From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Arnout Vandecappelle Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:49:15 +0100 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH 4/9] manual: faq: add entry about the relocatable toolchain In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <511C88EB.4@mind.be> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net On 13/02/13 23:59, Samuel Martin wrote: > > Signed-off-by: Samuel Martin > --- > docs/manual/faq-troubleshooting.txt | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/docs/manual/faq-troubleshooting.txt b/docs/manual/faq-troubleshooting.txt > index f91a8ef..8b0882a 100644 > --- a/docs/manual/faq-troubleshooting.txt > +++ b/docs/manual/faq-troubleshooting.txt > @@ -126,3 +126,24 @@ directory as the new root, will most likely fail. > If you want to run the target filesystem inside a chroot, or as an NFS > root, then use the tarball image generated in +images/+ and extract it > as root. > + > +[[faq-relocatable-toolchains]] > +Are Buildroot toolchains relocatable? > +------------------------------------- > + > +Because Buildroot uses several toolchain backends, there is one anwser > +per backend: > + > +Using the external or crosstool-NG toolchain backend > +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > + > +These toolchains are mostly likely relocatable; the _Buildroot compiler > +wrapper_ is relocatable. > + > +However, some tools built and installed into the +HOST_DIR+ may not be > +relocatable, with some absolute pathes hard-coded inside. ^^^^^^ paths Regards, Arnout > + > +Using the internal Buildroot toolchain backend > +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > + > +These toolchains are currently *not relocatable*. > -- Arnout Vandecappelle arnout at mind be Senior Embedded Software Architect +32-16-286500 Essensium/Mind http://www.mind.be G.Geenslaan 9, 3001 Leuven, Belgium BE 872 984 063 RPR Leuven LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/arnoutvandecappelle GPG fingerprint: 7CB5 E4CC 6C2E EFD4 6E3D A754 F963 ECAB 2450 2F1F