Thanks for the feedback Mark. I will go ahead with it. Scott
>-----Original Message----- >From: Mark Hatle [mailto:mark.ha...@windriver.com] >Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 9:08 AM >To: Rifenbark, Scott M >Cc: yocto@yoctoproject.org >Subject: Re: [yocto] Difference of toolchain recipes > >On 12/11/12 3:20 PM, Rifenbark, Scott M wrote: >> I think what I am going to do is document these in general as part of >the "Terms" section in the YP Development Manual where the term "Cross- >Development Toolchain" is defined. Would putting such a high-level list >in the YP documentation be unnecessary or helpful? > >I think it would. The set of compiler/toolchain elements we have is >definitely >confusing to someone new. > >--Mark > >> Scott >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: yocto-boun...@yoctoproject.org [mailto:yocto- >>> boun...@yoctoproject.org] On Behalf Of Mark Hatle >>> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 10:05 AM >>> To: yocto@yoctoproject.org >>> Subject: Re: [yocto] Difference of toolchain recipes >>> >>> On 12/6/12 4:00 AM, Luo Zhenhua-B19537 wrote: >>>> Can anybody shed some light, please? >>>> >>>> >>>> Best Regards, >>>> >>>> Zhenhua >>>> >>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Luo Zhenhua-B19537 >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 11:53 AM >>>>> To: openembedded-c...@lists.openembedded.org; >>> 'yocto@yoctoproject.org' >>>>> Subject: Difference of toolchain recipes >>>>> >>>>> It is a bit confused for the different recipes of toolchian, can >>> somebody >>>>> help to explain what's the difference for those recipes? E.g. gcc- >>> cross, >>>>> gcc-cross-canadian, gcc-cross-initial, gcc-cross-intermediate, gcc- >>>>> crosssdk, gcc-crosssdk-initial, gcc-crosssdk-intermediate, gcc- >>> runtime, >>>>> etc. >>> >>> gcc-cross-initial - This is the initial compiler needed to bootstrap >the >>> toolchain to build software on the host for the target. (This is a >>> 'native' >>> package.) >>> >>> gcc-cross-intermediate - This is the second stage of the bootstrap >>> process to >>> build software on the host for the target. (This is a 'native' >package.) >>> >>> gcc-cross - this is the the final stage of the bootstrap process, and >>> results in >>> the cross compiler to build software on the host for the target. >(This >>> is a >>> 'native' package.) If you are replacing the cross compiler toolchain >>> with a >>> custom version, this is what you must replace. >>> >>> gcc-runtime - these are the runtime libraries, but from the toolchain >>> bootstrapping process. This results in a 'target' binary. >>> >>> gcc-crosssdk-initial/intermediate - stage 1 and 2 of the a cross >>> compiler to >>> build from the 'host' to the 'sdk'. Often the SDK is not the same >>> target as the >>> host. (This is a 'native' binary.) >>> >>> gcc-crosssdk - this the final stage of the SDK compiler. Again, this >is >>> to >>> build on the host, for the sdk. This is a 'native' binary. >>> >>> gcc-cross-canadian - This is the compiler included with the SDK to >build >>> on the >>> SDK machine creating software for the target. This is an 'nativesdk' >>> package. >>> >>>>> Is there any document for those description? >>> >>> Not that I know of.. It's one of those things that you kind of need >to >>> know in >>> order to work with it. It likely should be documented somewhere >>> officially. >>> >>> --Mark >>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Best Regards, >>>>> >>>>> Zhenhua >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> yocto mailing list >>>> yocto@yoctoproject.org >>>> https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> yocto mailing list >>> yocto@yoctoproject.org >>> https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto _______________________________________________ yocto mailing list yocto@yoctoproject.org https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto
