[Buildroot] External toolchain: crosstool-NG instead of buildroot?

Peter Korsgaard jacmet at uclibc.org
Sun Dec 20 19:50:09 UTC 2009


>>>>> "Grant" == Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards at gmail.com> writes:

 Grant> The buildroot docs recommends using crosstool-NG to generate
 Grant> external toolchains.

 Grant> Is there some reason one shouldn't or can't use a toolchain
 Grant> generated buildroot?

No not at all. The reason for recommending crosstool-NG is simply that
it's a solution known to work, and we had some discussion about working
closer together with the crosstool-NG people, E.G. long term perhaps
getting rid of toolchain building in BR, and simply use crosstool-NG for
it.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard



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