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binaries and libraries, that make it far too big for an embedded
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system.</li>
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- <li><code>target/<code> which contains the root filesystem for
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- the target. Only the necessary files to run the libraries and
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- applications are installed in this directory. However,
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- <code>target/dev/</code> doesn't contain the device files, as
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- creating device files requires the root access. The device files
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- only exist in the root filesystem image produced by
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- Buildroot.</li>
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+ <li><code>target/</code> which contains <i>almost</i> the root
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+ filesystem for the target: everything needed is present except
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+ the device files in <code>/dev/</code> (Buildroot can't create
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+ them because Buildroot doesn't run as root and does not want to
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+ run as root). Therefore, this directory <b>should not be used on
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+ your target</b> but instead you should use one of the images
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+ built in the <code>images/</code> directory. If you need an
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+ extracted image of the root filesystem, for booting over NFS,
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+ then use the tarball image generated in <code>images/</code> and
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+ extract it as root.<br/>Compared to <code>staging/</code>,
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+ <code>target/</code> contains only the necessary files to run
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+ the libraries and applications: all the development files
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+ (headers, etc.) are not present.</li>
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<li><code>host/</code> contains the installation of tools
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compiled for the host that are needed for the proper execution
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