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| author | Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> | 2011-01-30 15:37:50 +0100 |
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| committer | Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk> | 2011-01-30 20:13:44 +0100 |
| commit | ae3ae906e5b910f062c15db7fab089c8cd657994 (patch) | |
| tree | e4e43b4f93b65a291d5395a14f70309cbf6cb054 /docs | |
| parent | 07cb06962c5a9326bf30713ee0a6ee2fd6a67323 (diff) | |
documentation: mention we can't use the distro toolchain as external
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/buildroot.html | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/buildroot.html b/docs/buildroot.html index f1721ea41..36297e099 100644 --- a/docs/buildroot.html +++ b/docs/buildroot.html @@ -778,6 +778,15 @@ $(ZLIB_DIR)/libz.a: $(ZLIB_DIR)/.configured </ul> + <p>We also do not support using the distribution toolchain (i.e + the gcc/binutils/C library installed by your distribution) as the + toolchain to build software for the target. This is because your + distribution toolchain is not a "pure" toolchain (i.e only with + the C/C++ library), so we cannot import it properly into the + Buildroot build environment. So even if you are building a system + for a x86 or x86_64 target, you have to generate a + cross-compilation toolchain with Buildroot or Crosstool-NG.</p> + <h2 id="add_packages">Adding new packages to Buildroot</h2> <p>This section covers how new packages (userspace libraries or |