document MAKE_FLAGS and MAKE_VARS

[openwrt.git] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
index ee704de..2face56 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 This is the buildsystem for the OpenWrt Linux distribution
 This is the buildsystem for the OpenWrt Linux distribution

-It is a modified uClibc buildroot2.

 
 Please use "make menuconfig" to configure your appreciated
 configuration for the toolchain and firmware.
 
 
 Please use "make menuconfig" to configure your appreciated
 configuration for the toolchain and firmware.
 

+You need to have installed gcc, binutils, patch, bzip2, flex, bison,
+make, gettext, pkg-config, unzip, libz-dev and libc headers.
+

 Simply running 'make' will build your firmware.
 It will download all sources, build the cross-compile toolchain, 
 the kernel and all choosen applications.
 Simply running 'make' will build your firmware.
 It will download all sources, build the cross-compile toolchain, 
 the kernel and all choosen applications.


@@ -11,7 +13,11 @@ the kernel and all choosen applications.
 You can use scripts/flash.sh for remotely updating your embedded system
 via tftp.
 
 You can use scripts/flash.sh for remotely updating your embedded system
 via tftp.
 

-The buildroot system is documented in docs/buildroot-documentation.html.
+The OpenWrt system is documented in docs/. You will need a LaTeX distribution
+and the tex4ht package to build the documentation. Type make -C docs/ to build it.
+
+Building your own firmware you need to have access to a Linux, BSD or MacOSX system.
+Cygwin will not be supported because of the lack of case sensitiveness.

 
 Sunshine!
        Your OpenWrt Project
 
 Sunshine!
        Your OpenWrt Project