config/kernel/bare-metal.in
author "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
Mon Aug 23 20:21:43 2010 +0200 (2010-08-23)
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parent 890 6227df6bbb79
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binutils/binutils: companion libraries are not used

GNU binutils does not use the companion libraries, although
./configure advertises switches for them. This is because the
configure file is shared between different packages, and is
a bit 'lax' about what it checks. See:
http://sourceware.org/ml/crossgcc/2010-08/msg00160.html
http://sourceware.org/ml/crossgcc/2010-08/msg00161.html

Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
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# Bare metal config options
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config KERNEL_bare_metal
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    select BARE_METAL
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    help
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      'Bare metal' refers to those programs that run without any kernel.
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      You probably want to say 'y' here if you plan to use your compiler
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      to build bootloaders. It is not yet suitable to build Linux kernels,
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      though, because the APCI stuff relies on the target C library headers
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      being available?!?!...