I need this clarified as well. I am taking some "guesses" here and hoping for input.
Scott >-----Original Message----- >From: Paul D. DeRocco [mailto:pdero...@ix.netcom.com] >Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 12:51 PM >To: 'Paul Eggleton'; Rifenbark, Scott M >Cc: yocto@yoctoproject.org >Subject: RE: [yocto] Need clarification on some terms > >> From: Paul Eggleton >> >> gcc-cross-intermediate is gone as of 1.3; as I understand it >> current versions >> of glibc can be compiled using gcc-cross-initial so the >> intermediate step is >> no longer required. We should remove mention of this from the >> documentation >> (other than in the migration section that is). > >Okay, so now there are two stages to each cross-compilation, so there's >gcc-cross-initial producing gcc-cross, and also gcc-crosssdk-initial >producing gcc-crosssdk. But is the difference between those two pairs >that >the first pair ultimately produces a cross-compiler that runs on the >host, >and the second pair ultimately produces a native compiler that runs on >the >target? From what I can gather about the various references to "SDK", it >sounds like it's supposed to be a set of native tools that runs on the >target and produces output for the target. If that's true, then the new >descriptions are still wrong. Shouldn't gcc-cross be described as a >"cross" >package rather than a "native", and shouldn't gcc-crosssdk be described >as a >"native" binary that runs on the target? Or am I still fundamentally >misinterpreting these things? > >For now, I really just need to know if I'm interested in the SDK, since >I >have no intention of ever running compilations on my target system. > >-- > >Ciao, Paul D. DeRocco >Paul mailto:pdero...@ix.netcom.com _______________________________________________ yocto mailing list yocto@yoctoproject.org https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto