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+Customizing the toolchain
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+[[toolchain-custom]]
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+There are three distinct types of toolchain backend supported in Buildroot,
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+available under the menu +Toolchain+, invoking +make menuconfig+.
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+Using the external toolchain backend
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+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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+There is no way of tuning an external toolchain since Buildroot does not
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+generate it.
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+It also requires to set the Buildroot settings according to the toolchain ones
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+(see xref:external-toolchain[]).
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+Using the internal Buildroot toolchain backend
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+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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+The internal Buildroot toolchain backend *only* allows to generate
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+*http://www.uclibc.org/[uClibc]-based toolchains*.
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+However, it allows to tune major settings, such as:
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+* Linux header version
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+* http://www.uclibc.org/[uClibc] configuration (see xref:uclibc-custom[uClibc])
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+
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+* Binutils, GCC, Gdb and toolchain options
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+This is directly avaiblable after selecting the +Buildroot toolchain+ type in
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+the menu +Toolchain+.
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+Using the Crosstool-NG backend
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+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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+The http://crosstool-ng.org[crosstool-NG] toolchain backend enables a rather
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+limited set of settings under the Buildroot +Toolchain+ menu (ie. when invoking
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++make menuconfig+); mostly:
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+
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+* The http://crosstool-ng.org[crosstool-NG] configuration file
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+* Gdb and some toolchain options
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+Then, the toolchain can be finely tuned invoking +make ctng-menuconfig+.
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