ref-manual: document TOOLCHAIN_HOST_TASK_ESDK

(From yocto-docs rev: 2adac164a2d4cf23c0372c1154709f2866d483fa)

Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/migration-guides/migration-3.4.rst b/documentation/migration-guides/migration-3.4.rst
index 9ef1982026..797bfde41e 100644
--- a/documentation/migration-guides/migration-3.4.rst
+++ b/documentation/migration-guides/migration-3.4.rst
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ in this variable it uses native recipes instead - a very different
 approach. This has led to confusing errors when binaries are added
 to the SDK but not relocated.
 
-To avoid these issues, a new ``TOOLCHAIN_HOST_TASK_ESDK`` variable has
+To avoid these issues, a new :term:`TOOLCHAIN_HOST_TASK_ESDK` variable has
 been created. If you wish to extend what is installed in the host
 portion of the eSDK then you will now need to set this variable.
 
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
index 85f65cae35..cc55f33d98 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
@@ -8158,6 +8158,15 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
       information on setting up a cross-development environment, see the
       :doc:`/sdk-manual/index` manual.
 
+      Note that this variable applies to building an SDK, not an eSDK,
+      in which case the term:`TOOLCHAIN_HOST_TASK_ESDK` setting should be
+      used instead.
+
+   :term:`TOOLCHAIN_HOST_TASK_ESDK`
+      This variable allows to extend what is installed in the host
+      portion of an eSDK. This is similar to :term:`TOOLCHAIN_HOST_TASK`
+      applying to SDKs.
+
    :term:`TOOLCHAIN_OUTPUTNAME`
       This variable defines the name used for the toolchain output. The
       :ref:`populate_sdk_base <ref-classes-populate-sdk-*>` class sets