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@@ -72,11 +72,12 @@ The _internal toolchain backend_ is the backend where Buildroot builds
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by itself a cross-compilation toolchain, before building the userspace
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applications and libraries for your target embedded system.
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-This backend is the historical backend of Buildroot, and is limited to
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-the usage of the http://www.uclibc.org[uClibc C library] (i.e, the
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-_glibc_ and _eglibc_ C libraries are not supported by this backend,
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-see the _External toolchain backend_ and _Crosstool-NG toolchain
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-backend_ for solutions to use either _glibc_ or _eglibc_).
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+This backend is the historical backend of Buildroot, and has been
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+limited for a long time to the usage of the
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+http://www.uclibc.org[uClibc C library]. Support for the _eglibc_ C
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+library has been added in 2013 and is at this point considered
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+experimental. See the _External toolchain backend_ and _Crosstool-NG
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+toolchain backend_ for other solutions to use _glibc_ or _eglibc_.
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Once you have selected this backend, a number of options appear. The
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most important ones allow to:
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@@ -99,29 +100,29 @@ most important ones allow to:
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the C library might be using interfaces that are not provided by
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your Linux kernel.
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- * Change the version and the configuration of the uClibc C
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- library. The default options are usually fine. However, if you
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- really need to specifically customize the configuration of your
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- uClibc C library, you can pass a specific configuration file
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- here. Or alternatively, you can run the +make uclibc-menuconfig+
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- command to get access to uClibc's configuration interface. Note
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- that all packages in Buildroot are tested against the default
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- uClibc configuration bundled in Buildroot: if you deviate from this
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- configuration by removing features from uClibc, some packages may
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- no longer build.
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+ * Change the version and the configuration of the uClibc C library
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+ (if uClibc is selected). The default options are usually
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+ fine. However, if you really need to specifically customize the
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+ configuration of your uClibc C library, you can pass a specific
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+ configuration file here. Or alternatively, you can run the +make
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+ uclibc-menuconfig+ command to get access to uClibc's configuration
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+ interface. Note that all packages in Buildroot are tested against
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+ the default uClibc configuration bundled in Buildroot: if you
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+ deviate from this configuration by removing features from uClibc,
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+ some packages may no longer build.
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* Change the version of the GCC compiler and binutils.
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- * Select a number of toolchain options: whether the toolchain should
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- have largefile support (i.e support for files larger than 2 GB on
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- 32 bits systems), IPv6 support, RPC support (used mainly for NFS),
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- wide-char support, locale support (for internationalization), C++
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- support, thread support. Depending on which options you choose, the
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- number of userspace applications and libraries visible in Buildroot
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- menus will change: many applications and libraries require certain
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- toolchain options to be enabled. Most packages show a comment when
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- a certain toolchain option is required to be able to enable those
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- packages.
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+ * Select a number of toolchain options (uClibc only): whether the
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+ toolchain should have largefile support (i.e support for files
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+ larger than 2 GB on 32 bits systems), IPv6 support, RPC support
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+ (used mainly for NFS), wide-char support, locale support (for
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+ internationalization), C++ support, thread support. Depending on
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+ which options you choose, the number of userspace applications and
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+ libraries visible in Buildroot menus will change: many applications
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+ and libraries require certain toolchain options to be enabled. Most
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+ packages show a comment when a certain toolchain option is required
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+ to be able to enable those packages.
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It is worth noting that whenever one of those options is modified,
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then the entire toolchain and system must be rebuilt. See
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@@ -137,7 +138,6 @@ Drawbacks of this backend:
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* Rebuilding the toolchain is needed when doing +make clean+, which
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takes time. If you're trying to reduce your build time, consider
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using the _External toolchain backend_.
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-* Limited to the _uClibc_ C library.
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[[external-toolchain-backend]]
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External toolchain backend
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