Changes between Version 5 and Version 6 of buildroot

Timestamp:

11/08/2018 05:32:10 PM (7 years ago)

Author:

Tim Harvey

Comment:

added section on using buildroot toolchain externally

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  * [wiki:linux/initramfs linux/initramfs]
 
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+[=#toolchain]
+== Using Buildroot toolchain externally
+Buildroot builds its own GCC toolchain and using this externally can be useful. The toolchain generated by Buildroot is located by default in {{{output/host/}}} and the simplest way to use it to to add {{{output/host/bin/}}} to your PATH then and use the version of gcc tools there.
+
+For example:
+{{{#!bash
+export PATH=$PWD/output/host/bin:$PATH
+export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-
+export ARCH=arm
+}}}
+
+It is possible to relocate this toolchain making it easy for distribution using {{{make sdk}}} which prepares the toolchain to be relocatable and creates a tarball in the {{{output/host/}}} directory. The {{{relocate-sdk.sh}}} script in the tarball can be used to update paths.
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+See the full documentation in docs/manual/using-buildroot-toolchain.txt
 
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