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authorKonrad Schwarz <konrad.schwarz@siemens.com>2016-03-23 07:54:13 +0300
committerCorinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>2016-03-23 13:18:50 +0300
commit5ec2d62bea91c6574cb3677f09220c0170bf14cd (patch)
tree702bf7157e0000dace7331e6f9a99a6f32ffed4d /newlib/README
parent3f258ada436ff9fdc7a390fcc15eff20a0f9b280 (diff)
Target/Host configuration elucidated
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diff --git a/newlib/README b/newlib/README
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+++ b/newlib/README
@@ -171,13 +171,16 @@ Since newlib is a library, the target concept does not apply to it, and the
build, host, and target options given to the top-level configure script must
be changed for newlib's use.
-The options are shifted according to these correspondences:
+The build system shifts the options according to these correspondences:
gcc's build platform has no equivalent in newlib.
gcc's host platform is newlib's build platform.
gcc's target platform is newlib's host platform.
and as mentioned before, newlib has no concept of target.
+In summary: the --target=TARGET switch to the top-level configure
+script configures newlib's host platform.
+
`configure' options
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