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+#How to Build Open Network Linux 
+
+In case you are not interested in building ONL from scratch
+(it takes a while) you can download pre-compiled binaries from
+http://opennetlinux.org/binaries .
+
+
+Build Hosts and Environments
+------------------------------------------------------------
+ONL builds with Docker so the only requirements on the build system is:
+
+- docker			# to grab the build workspace
+- binfmt-support		# kernel support for ppc builds
+- About 40G of disk free space 	# to build all images
+
+All of the testing is done with Debian, other Linux distributions may work, but we suggest using Debian 8.
+    # apt-get install lxc-docker binfmt-support
+
+
+Build ONL Summary
+------------------------------------------------------------
+    #> git clone https://github.com/opencomputeproject/OpenNetworkLinux
+    #> cd OpenNetworkLinux
+    #> make docker                                              # enter the docker workspace
+    user@system:/path/to/OpenNetworkLinux$ source setup.env    # import variables necessary to build OpenNetworkLinux
+    #> make onl-x86 onl-powerpc 				# make onl for $platform (currently x86 or powerpc)
+The resulting ONIE installers are in
+$ONL/builds/installer/$ARCH/all/onl-$VERSION-all.installer,
+and the SWI files (if you want them) are in
+$ONL/builds/swi/$ARCH/all/onl-$VERSION-all.swi.
+
+
+
+#Installing Docker Gotchas
+
+Docker installer oneliner (for reference: see docker.com for details)
+
+    # apt-get install -y lxc-docker
+or
+
+    # wget -qO- https://get.docker.com/ | sh
+
+
+Common docker related issues:
+
+- Check out http://docs.docker.com/installation/debian/ for detailed instructions
+- You may have to update your kernel to 3.10+
+- Beware that `apt-get install docker` installs a dock application not docker :-)  You want the lxc-docker package instead.
+- Some versions of docker are unhappy if you use a local DNS caching resolver:
+	- e.g., you have 127.0.0.1 in your /etc/resolv.conf
+        - if you have this, specify DNS="--dns 8.8.8.8" when you enter the docker environment
+ 	- e.g., `make DNS="--dns 8.8.8.8" docker`
+
+Consider enabling builds for non-privileged users with:
+
+- `sudo usermod -aG docker $USER`
+- If you run as non-root without this, you will get errors like "..: dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: permission denied"	
+- Building as root is fine as well (it immediately jumps into a root build shell), so this optional
+    
+#Additional Build Details
+----------------------------------------------------------
+
+The rest of this guide talks about how to build specific 
+sub-components of the ONL ecosystem and tries to overview
+all of the various elements of the build.
+
+Build all .deb packages for all architectures
+----------------------------------------------------------
+    #> cd $ONL/packages
+    #> make
+    #> find $ONL/REPO -name \*.deb    # all of the .deb files end up here
+
+A number of things will happen automatically, including:
+
+- git submodule checkouts and updates for kernel, loader, and additional code repositories
+- automatic builds of all debian packages and their dependencies
+- automatic download of binary-only .deb packages from apt.opennetlinux.org
+
+After all components have been built, your can build an ONL
+Software Image from those components.
+
+Adding/Removing packages from a SWI:
+------------------------------------------------------------
+
+The list of packages for a given SWI are in
+
+    $ONL/packages/base/any/rootfs/common/$ARCH-packages.yml # for $ARCH specific packages
+    $ONL/packages/base/any/rootfs/common/common-packages.yml	# for $ARCH-independent packages
+
+Build a software image (SWI) for all powerpc platforms:
+------------------------------------------------------------
+    #> cd $ONL/builds/swi/powerpc/all
+    #> make
+    #> ls *.swi
+    onl-27f67f6-powerpc-all-2014.01.27.10.59.swi  onl-27f67f6-powerpc-all.swi
+    #>
+
+Build an ONIE-compatible installer for all powerpc platforms.
+This will incorporate the SWI you just built or build it dynamically if not.
+
+This installer image can be served to ONIE on Quanta or Accton platforms:
+------------------------------------------------------------
+    #> cd $ONL/builds/installer/powerpc/all
+    #> make
+    #> ls *.installer
+    latest.installer  onl-27f67f6-powerpc-all.2014.01.27.11.05.installer
+    #>