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authorScott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>2015-01-23 08:44:17 -0800
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2015-02-17 15:16:55 +0000
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adt-manual: Remaining mods to clarify xtoolchain env use
Fixes [YOCTO #7133] Edits to add more clarification for use and role of the cross-toolchain environment variables established when a user runs the cross-toolchain environment setup script. (From yocto-docs rev: 2c3fa3a838a3a8970cd112935e903c96552ed06b) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/documentation/adt-manual/adt-prepare.xml b/documentation/adt-manual/adt-prepare.xml
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@@ -580,7 +580,8 @@
<para>
To extract the root filesystem, first <filename>source</filename>
- the cross-development environment setup script.
+ the cross-development environment setup script to establish
+ necessary environment variables.
If you built the toolchain in the Build Directory, you will find
the toolchain environment script in the
<filename>tmp</filename> directory.
@@ -657,7 +658,10 @@
hardware can be passed to <filename>gcc</filename> as a set of
compiler options.
Those options are set up by the environment script and
- contained in variables like CC and LD.
+ contained in variables such as
+ <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-CC'><filename>CC</filename></ulink>
+ and
+ <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-LD'><filename>LD</filename></ulink>.
This reduces the space needed for the tools.
Understand, however, that a sysroot is still needed for every
target since those binaries are target-specific.
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