[yocto] Difference of toolchain recipes

[Bill Traynor]

I can likely help with this, Scott.


On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Rifenbark, Scott M <
scott.m.rifenbark at intel.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the feedback Mark.  I will go ahead with it.
>
> Scott
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Mark Hatle [mailto:mark.hatle at windriver.com]
> >Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 9:08 AM
> >To: Rifenbark, Scott M
> >Cc: yocto at 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-bounces at yoctoproject.org [mailto:yocto-
> >>> bounces at yoctoproject.org] On Behalf Of Mark Hatle
> >>> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 10:05 AM
> >>> To: yocto at 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-core at lists.openembedded.org;
> >>> 'yocto at 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
> >>>>
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