Loading docs/buildroot.html +16 −7 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -715,13 +715,22 @@ endif <h2 id="external_toolchain">Using an external toolchain</h2> <p>It might be useful not to use the toolchain generated by Buildroot, for example if you already have a toolchain that is known to work for your specific CPU, or if the toolchain generation feature of Buildroot is not sufficiently flexible for you (for example if you need to generate a system with <i>glibc</i> instead of <i>uClibc</i>). Buildroot supports using an <i>external toolchain</i>.</p> <p>Using an already existing toolchain is useful for different reasons:</p> <ul> <li>you already have a toolchain that is known to work for your specific CPU</li> <li>you want to speed up the Buildroot build process by skipping the long toolchain build part</li> <li>the toolchain generation feature of Buildroot is not sufficiently flexible for you (for example if you need to generate a system with <i>glibc</i> instead of <i>uClibc</i>)</li> </ul> <p>Buildroot supports using existing toolchains through a mechanism called <i>external toolchain</i>.</p> <p>To enable the use of an external toolchain, go to the <code>Toolchain</code> menu, and :</p> Loading Loading
docs/buildroot.html +16 −7 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -715,13 +715,22 @@ endif <h2 id="external_toolchain">Using an external toolchain</h2> <p>It might be useful not to use the toolchain generated by Buildroot, for example if you already have a toolchain that is known to work for your specific CPU, or if the toolchain generation feature of Buildroot is not sufficiently flexible for you (for example if you need to generate a system with <i>glibc</i> instead of <i>uClibc</i>). Buildroot supports using an <i>external toolchain</i>.</p> <p>Using an already existing toolchain is useful for different reasons:</p> <ul> <li>you already have a toolchain that is known to work for your specific CPU</li> <li>you want to speed up the Buildroot build process by skipping the long toolchain build part</li> <li>the toolchain generation feature of Buildroot is not sufficiently flexible for you (for example if you need to generate a system with <i>glibc</i> instead of <i>uClibc</i>)</li> </ul> <p>Buildroot supports using existing toolchains through a mechanism called <i>external toolchain</i>.</p> <p>To enable the use of an external toolchain, go to the <code>Toolchain</code> menu, and :</p> Loading