Introduce the notion of tols facilities (none so far, sstrip coming right away...).

Makefile.steps

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ libfloat                \
 libc                    \
 cc                      \
 libc_finish             \
+tools                   \
 debug                   \
 :
 	@make -C "$(CT_TOP_DIR)" RESTART=$@ STOP=$@
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ debug                   \
 -libc                   \
 -cc                     \
 -libc_finish            \
+-tools                  \
 -debug                  \
 :
 	@make -C "$(CT_TOP_DIR)" STOP=$(patsubst -%,%,$@)
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ libfloat-               \
 libc-                   \
 cc-                     \
 libc_finish-            \
+tools-                  \
 debug-                  \
 :
 	@make -C "$(CT_TOP_DIR)" RESTART=$(patsubst %-,%,$@)

config/config.in

@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ source config/kernel.in
 source config/binutils.in
 source config/cc.in
 source config/libc.in
+source config/tools.in
 source config/debug.in

docs/overview.txt

@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ The list of steps is, in order of appearence in the build process:
   - libc
   - cc
   - libc_finish
+  - tools
   - debug
 
 Alternatively, you can call make with the name of a step to just do that step:
@@ -144,9 +145,9 @@ is equivalent to:
 
 The shortcuts -step_name and step_name- allow to respectively stop or restart
 at that step. Thus:
-  make -libc_headers         make libc_headers-
+  make -libc_headers        and:    make libc_headers-
 are equivalent to:
-  make STOP=libc_headers     make RESTART=libc_headers
+  make STOP=libc_headers    and:    make RESTART=libc_headers
 
 ____________________________
                            /

kconfig/Makefile

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 # crosstool-ng configuration targets
 # These targets are used from top-level makefile
 
+# Derive the project version from, well, the project version:
+export PROJECTVERSION=$(CT_VERSION)
+
 KCONFIG_TOP = config/config.in
 obj = ./kconfig
 PHONY += clean help oldconfig menuconfig config silentoldconfig \
@@ -18,11 +21,14 @@ endif
 
 # Build a list of all config files
 CONFIG_FILES = $(filter-out %debug.in,$(shell find $(CT_TOP_DIR)/config -type f -name '*.in'))
+DEBUG_CONFIG_FILES = $(shell find $(CT_TOP_DIR)/config/debug -type f -name '*.in')
+TOOLS_CONFIG_FILES = $(shell find $(CT_TOP_DIR)/config/tools -type f -name '*.in')
 
-# Derive the project version from, well, the project version:
-export PROJECTVERSION=$(CT_VERSION)
+.PHONY: generated_config_files
+generated_config_files: $(CT_TOP_DIR)/config/debug.in	\
+						$(CT_TOP_DIR)/config/tools.in
 
-$(CT_TOP_DIR)/config/debug.in: $(CONFIG_FILES)
+$(CT_TOP_DIR)/config/debug.in: $(DEBUG_CONFIG_FILES)
 	@echo "# Debug facilities menu" >$@
 	@echo "# Generated file, do not edit!!!" >>$@
 	@echo "menu \"Debug facilities\"" >>$@
@@ -31,13 +37,22 @@ $(CT_TOP_DIR)/config/debug.in: $(CONFIG_FILES)
 	 done >>$@
 	@echo "endmenu" >>$@
 
-menuconfig: $(obj)/mconf $(CT_TOP_DIR)/config/debug.in
+$(CT_TOP_DIR)/config/tools.in: $(TOOLS_CONFIG_FILES)
+	@echo "# Tools facilities menu" >$@
+	@echo "# Generated file, do not edit!!!" >>$@
+	@echo "menu \"Tools facilities\"" >>$@
+	@for f in $(patsubst $(CT_TOP_DIR)/%,%,$(wildcard $(CT_TOP_DIR)/config/tools/*.in)); do \
+	     echo "source $${f}";                                                               \
+	 done >>$@
+	@echo "endmenu" >>$@
+
+menuconfig: $(obj)/mconf generated_config_files
 	@$< $(KCONFIG_TOP)
 
-config: $(obj)/conf $(CT_TOP_DIR)/config/debug.in
+config: $(obj)/conf generated_config_files
 	@$< $(KCONFIG_TOP)
 
-oldconfig: $(obj)/conf $(CT_TOP_DIR)/config/debug.in
+oldconfig: $(obj)/conf generated_config_files
 	@$< -s $(KCONFIG_TOP)
 
 # Help text used by make help
@@ -66,4 +81,4 @@ kconfig/conf: $(SHIPPED) kconfig/conf.c
 
 clean::
 	@rm -f $(wildcard kconfig/*zconf*.c) kconfig/{conf,mconf}
-	@rm -f "$(CT_TOP_DIR)/config/debug.in"
+	@rm -f "$(CT_TOP_DIR)/config/debug.in" "$(CT_TOP_DIR)/config/tools.in"

scripts/build/tools.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# Wrapper to build the tools facilities
+
+# List all tools facilities, and parse their scripts
+CT_TOOLS_FACILITY_LIST=
+for f in "${CT_TOP_DIR}/scripts/build/tools/"*.sh; do
+    is_enabled=
+    . "${f}"
+    f=`basename "${f}" .sh`
+    if [ "${is_enabled}" = "y" ]; then
+        CT_TOOLS_FACILITY_LIST="${CT_TOOLS_FACILITY_LIST} ${f}"
+    fi
+done
+
+# Download the tools facilities
+do_tools_get() {
+    for f in ${CT_TOOLS_FACILITY_LIST}; do
+        do_tools_${f}_get
+    done
+}
+
+# Extract and patch the tools facilities
+do_tools_extract() {
+    for f in ${CT_TOOLS_FACILITY_LIST}; do
+        do_tools_${f}_extract
+    done
+}
+
+# Build the tools facilities
+do_tools() {
+    for f in ${CT_TOOLS_FACILITY_LIST}; do
+        do_tools_${f}_build
+    done
+}
+

scripts/crosstool.sh

@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@ fi
 . "${CT_TOP_DIR}/scripts/build/cc_core_${CT_CC_CORE}.sh"
 . "${CT_TOP_DIR}/scripts/build/cc_${CT_CC}.sh"
 . "${CT_TOP_DIR}/scripts/build/debug.sh"
+. "${CT_TOP_DIR}/scripts/build/tools.sh"
 
 if [ -z "${CT_RESTART}" ]; then
     CT_DoStep INFO "Retrieving needed toolchain components' tarballs"
@@ -372,6 +373,7 @@ if [ -z "${CT_RESTART}" ]; then
     do_libfloat_get
     do_libc_get
     do_cc_get
+    do_tools_get
     do_debug_get
     CT_EndStep
 
@@ -387,6 +389,7 @@ if [ -z "${CT_RESTART}" ]; then
         do_libfloat_extract
         do_libc_extract
         do_cc_extract
+        do_tools_extract
         do_debug_extract
         CT_EndStep
     fi
@@ -410,6 +413,7 @@ if [ "${CT_ONLY_DOWNLOAD}" != "y" -a "${CT_ONLY_EXTRACT}" != "y" ]; then
                 libc                    \
                 cc                      \
                 libc_finish             \
+                tools                   \
                 debug                   \
                 ; do
         if [ ${do_it} -eq 0 ]; then