[uClibc] buildroot, toolchain or root_fs?

Selwyn Tang selwyn at hectrix.com
Wed May 5 04:03:35 UTC 2004


On 05/05/04 05:19, David Poole wrote:
> If you're targeting an embedded system, you might want 'toolchain'. I'm 
> [...]
> I built 'buildroot' first by misunderstanding. 'buildroot' builds a 
> complete uClibc runnable system. I wound up with compiler and tools 
> that would run on ARM-linux targeting ARM-linux instead of running on 
> x86-Linux targeting ARM-linux. Oops.

You are right that there is a native toolchain that runs on the target.
But in fact, a host toolchain is also built with buildroot. In the case
of the target being an ARM, the toolchain can be found at
buildroot/build_arm/staging_dir/arm-linux-uclibc. This toolchain runs on
the host (like i386) and targets the target (like ARM).

Selwyn



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