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Better explain why populate exists.
New entry for how to add a new component version. Some homogeneisation in style. /trunk/docs/overview.txt | 44 30 14 0 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
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@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ where you want it installed, what architecture and specific processor it
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will support, the version of the components you want to use, etc... The
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value for those options are then stored in a configuration file.
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The configurator works the same way you configure your Linux kernel.It is
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The configurator works the same way you configure your Linux kernel. It is
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assumed you now how to handle this.
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To enter the menu, type:
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@ -177,9 +177,8 @@ CT_VERSION:
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The version of crosstool-NG you are using. Not much use for you, but it's
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there if you need it.
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Interesting config options |
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---------------------------*
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---------------------------+
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CT_LOCAL_TARBALLS_DIR:
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If you already have some tarballs in a direcotry, enter it here. That will
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@ -221,7 +220,7 @@ CT_BROKEN:
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Show broken versions or tools. Some usefull tools are currently broken: they
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won't compile, run, or worse, cause defects when running. But if you are
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brave enough, you can try and debug them. They are hidden behind CT_BROKEN,
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which itself is hidden behind EXPERIMENTAL.
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which itself is hidden behind CT_EXPERIMENTAL.
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Re-building an existing toolchain |
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----------------------------------+
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@ -258,9 +257,8 @@ In any case, you can get some terse help. Just type:
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or:
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man 1 ct-ng
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Stopping and restarting a build |
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-------------------------------*
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--------------------------------+
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If you want to stop the build after a step you are debugging, you can pass the
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variable STOP to make:
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@ -288,16 +286,14 @@ Note that in order to restart a build, you'll have to say 'Y' to the config
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option CT_DEBUG_CT_SAVE_STEPS, and that the previous build effectively went
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that far.
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Testing all toolchains at once |
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-------------------------------*
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-------------------------------+
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You can test-build all samples; simply call:
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ct-ng regtest
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Overriding the number of // jobs |
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---------------------------------*
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---------------------------------+
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If you want to override the number of jobs to run in // (the -j option to
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make), you can either re-enter the menuconfig, or simply add it on the command
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@ -328,6 +324,17 @@ or
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make CROSS_COMPILE=your-target-tuple-
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and so on...
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It is strongly advised not to use the toolchain sys-root directory as an
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install directory for your programms/packages. If you do so, you will not be
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able to use your toolchain for another project. It is even strongly advised
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that your toolchain is chmod-ed to read-only once successfully build, so that
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you don't go polluting your toolchain with your programms/packages' files.
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Thus, when you build a program/package, install it in a separate directory,
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eg. /your/root. This directory is the /image/ of what would be in the root file
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system of your target, and will contain all that your programms/packages have
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installed.
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When your root directory is ready, it is still missing some important bits: the
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toolchain's libraries. To populate your root directory with those libs, just
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run:
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@ -429,7 +436,7 @@ Internally, crosstool-NG is script-based. To ease usage, the frontend is
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Makefile-based.
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Makefile front-end |
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-------------------*
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-------------------+
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The entry point to crosstool-NG is the Makefile script "ct-ng". Calling this
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script with an action will act exactly as if the Makefile was in the current
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@ -453,7 +460,7 @@ rules are disabled: installing with --local would triger those rules, and mconf
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was unbuildable.
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Kconfig parser |
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---------------*
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The kconfig language is a hacked version, vampirised from the toybox project
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by Rob LANDLEY (http://www.landley.net/code/toybox/), itself coming from the
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@ -466,7 +473,7 @@ use the same crosstool-NG installation, and most notably, the same set of
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patches.
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Architecture-specific |
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----------------------*
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----------------------+
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An architecture is defined by:
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@ -555,8 +562,17 @@ The "functions" file API:
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- default to:
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see above.
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Adding a new version of a conponent |
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------------------------------------+
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When a new component, such as the Linux kernel, gcc or any other is released,
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adding the new version to crosstool-NG is quite easy. There is a script that
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will do all that for you:
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tools/addToolVersion.sh
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Run it with no option to get some help.
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Build scripts |
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--------------*
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--------------+
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To Be Written later...
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