# HG changeset patch # User "Yann E. MORIN" # Date 1184708983 0 # Node ID 4c32aa5569b2bd6c407cdccfb86d46e5e8e19ff1 # Parent 835178a32fc1d71e420ecff8c81fef54d5550e7d Re-order and rework a bit docs/overview.txt. Plus a typo fix. diff -r 835178a32fc1 -r 4c32aa5569b2 docs/overview.txt --- a/docs/overview.txt Tue Jul 17 21:44:33 2007 +0000 +++ b/docs/overview.txt Tue Jul 17 21:49:43 2007 +0000 @@ -90,8 +90,14 @@ Configuring crosstool-NG / _________________________/ -crosstool-NG is configured the same way you configure your Linux kernel: by -using a curses-based menu. It is assumed you now how to handle this. +crosstool-NG is configured by a configurator presenting a menu-stuctured set of +options. These options let you specify the way you want your toolchain built, +where you want it installed, what architecture and specific processor it +will support, the version of the components you want to use, etc... The +value for those options are then stored in a configuration file. + +The configurator works the same way you configure your Linux kernel.It is +assumed you now how to handle this. To enter the menu, type: ct-ng menuconfig @@ -126,13 +132,15 @@ ---------------------------* CT_LOCAL_TARBALLS_DIR: - If you already have sone tarballs in a direcotry, enter it here. That will + If you already have some tarballs in a direcotry, enter it here. That will speed up the retrieving phase, where crosstool-NG would otherwise download those tarballs. CT_PREFIX_DIR: This is where the toolchain will be installed in (and for now, where it - will run from). + will run from). Common use it to add the target triplet in the directory + path, such as (see above): + /opt/x-tools/${CT_TARGET} CT_TARGET_VENDOR: An identifier for your toolchain, will take place in the vendor part of the @@ -186,12 +194,6 @@ Running crosstool-NG / _____________________/ -crosstool-NG is configured by a configurator presenting a menu-stuctured set of -options. These options let you specify the way you want your toolchain built, -where you want it installed, what architecture and specific processor it -will support, the version of the components you want to use, etc... The -value for those options are then stored in a configuration file. - To build the toolchain, simply type: ct-ng build