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| author | Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> | 2012-06-27 09:25:41 -0700 |
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| committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2012-06-28 16:32:58 +0100 |
| commit | 5f36c2c37f4f92c8c3ed2ab88413a3573f20aec6 (patch) | |
| tree | 75e9003078e5b73b725b74c33dc560cc7b10c3f9 /documentation | |
| parent | 060e7b4ca549e6ab7f6572b636d4e4a018407af5 (diff) | |
| download | poky-5f36c2c37f4f92c8c3ed2ab88413a3573f20aec6.tar.gz | |
documentation/poky-ref-manual/faq.xml: Clean up to ext. toolchain
I have cleaned up a bit of the FAQ entry for how to use an
external toolchain. This is not complete yet.
(From yocto-docs rev: 030324a6881d8b9b0bcf476a2b7bfdd6fbd978a8)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/poky-ref-manual/faq.xml | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/faq.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/faq.xml index e0dbb1d84d..dffe6bfbbf 100644 --- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/faq.xml +++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/faq.xml | |||
| @@ -467,14 +467,16 @@ | |||
| 467 | The toolchain configuration is very flexible and customizable. | 467 | The toolchain configuration is very flexible and customizable. |
| 468 | It is primarily controlled with the | 468 | It is primarily controlled with the |
| 469 | <filename><link linkend='var-TCMODE'>TCMODE</link></filename> variable. | 469 | <filename><link linkend='var-TCMODE'>TCMODE</link></filename> variable. |
| 470 | This variable controls which file to include | 470 | This variable controls which <filename>tcmode-*.inc</filename> file to include |
| 471 | (<filename>conf/distro/include/tcmode-*.inc</filename>). | 471 | from the <filename>meta/conf/distro/include</filename> directory within the |
| 472 | <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#yocto-project-files'>Yocto Project Files</ulink>. | ||
| 472 | </para> | 473 | </para> |
| 473 | <para> | 474 | <para> |
| 474 | The default value of <filename>TCMODE</filename> is "default". | 475 | The default value of <filename>TCMODE</filename> is "default" |
| 476 | (i.e. <filename>tcmode-default.inc</filename>. | ||
| 475 | However, other patterns are accepted. | 477 | However, other patterns are accepted. |
| 476 | In particular, "external-*" refers to external toolchains of which there are some basic examples | 478 | In particular, "external-*" refers to external toolchains of which there are some |
| 477 | included with the core. | 479 | basic examples included with the core. |
| 478 | A user can use their own custom toolchain definition in their own layer | 480 | A user can use their own custom toolchain definition in their own layer |
| 479 | (or as defined in the <filename>local.conf</filename> file) at the location | 481 | (or as defined in the <filename>local.conf</filename> file) at the location |
| 480 | <filename>conf/distro/include/tcmode-*.inc</filename>. | 482 | <filename>conf/distro/include/tcmode-*.inc</filename>. |
