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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> | 2016-03-08 07:59:59 -0800 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2016-03-11 23:06:05 +0000 |
| commit | 53dd8a06ec2de39920a686d5e09ed5b90865ac2d (patch) | |
| tree | 90da33e485ab767525207a2844301d3a74bec905 | |
| parent | 9d76cfee1f8880d6647ac99faad0e688dfa1694f (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-53dd8a06ec2de39920a686d5e09ed5b90865ac2d.tar.gz | |
dev-manual: Moved "Optionally Using an External Toolchain" to Tasks chapter.
(From yocto-docs rev: e7880667db33c1495d1cbcb91de8c91b9b84dc59)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml | 40 |
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diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml index ddff77cdc2..36c69396cf 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml @@ -3701,6 +3701,46 @@ </section> </section> + <section id='dev-optionally-using-an-external-toolchain'> + <title>Optionally Using an External Toolchain</title> + + <para> + You might want to use an external toolchain as part of your + development. + If this is the case, the fundamental steps you need to accomplish + are as follows: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para> + Understand where the installed toolchain resides. + For cases where you need to build the external toolchain, + you would need to take separate steps to build and install + the toolchain. + </para></listitem> + <listitem><para> + Make sure you add the layer that contains the toolchain to + your <filename>bblayers.conf</filename> file through the + <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-BBLAYERS'><filename>BBLAYERS</filename></ulink> + variable. + </para></listitem> + <listitem><para> + Set the + <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN'><filename>EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN</filename></ulink> + variable in your <filename>local.conf</filename> file + to the location in which you installed the toolchain. + </para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + A good example of an external toolchain used with the Yocto Project + is <trademark class='registered'>Mentor Graphics</trademark> + Sourcery G++ Toolchain. + You can see information on how to use that particular layer in the + <filename>README</filename> file at + <ulink url='http://github.com/MentorEmbedded/meta-sourcery/'></ulink>. + You can find further information by reading about the + <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-TCMODE'><filename>TCMODE</filename></ulink> + variable in the Yocto Project Reference Manual's variable glossary. + </para> + </section> + <section id='creating-partitioned-images'> <title>Creating Partitioned Images</title> |