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diff --git a/docs/manual/using-buildroot-toolchain.txt b/docs/manual/using-buildroot-toolchain.txt index 3246dc2411..0c0c35fced 100644 --- a/docs/manual/using-buildroot-toolchain.txt +++ b/docs/manual/using-buildroot-toolchain.txt @@ -12,15 +12,23 @@ The toolchain generated by Buildroot is located by default in +output/host/bin/+ to your PATH environment variable and then to use +ARCH-linux-gcc+, +ARCH-linux-objdump+, +ARCH-linux-ld+, etc. -It is possible to relocate the toolchain, this allows to distribute -the toolchain to other developers to build applications for your -target. To achieve this: +Alternatively, Buildroot can also export the toolchain and the development +files of all selected packages, as an SDK, by running the command ++make sdk+. This generates a tarball of the content of the host directory ++output/host/+, named +<TARGET-TUPLE>_sdk-buildroot.tar.gz+ (which can be +overriden by setting the environment variable +BR2_SDK_PREFIX+) and +located in the output directory +output/images/+. -* run +make sdk+, which prepares the toolchain to be relocatable; -* tarball the contents of the +output/host+ directory; -* distribute the resulting tarball. +This tarball can then be distributed to application developers, when +they want to develop their applications that are not (yet) packaged as +a Buildroot package. -Once the toolchain is installed to the new location, the user must run -the +relocate-sdk.sh+ script to make sure all paths are updated with -the new location. +Upon extracting the SDK tarball, the user must run the script ++relocate-sdk.sh+ (located at the top directory of the SDK), to make +sure all paths are updated with the new location. +Alternatively, if you just want to prepare the SDK without generating +the tarball (e.g. because you will just be moving the +host+ directory, +or will be generating the tarball on your own), Buildroot also allows +you to just prepare the SDK with +make prepare-sdk+ without actually +generating a tarball. |
