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Yann E. MORIN 91ea933127 core: fix setting of HOSTARCH
Currently, we set HOSTARCH to the output of `uname -m`. This gives us
the architecture as seen by the running kernel. For example, we would
end up with 'x86_64' for a 64-bit kernel running on an x86_64 processor.

We use that value to determine whether we can run some binary tools,
like our pre-configured external toolchains.

However, one may be running a userland in a different bitness than that
of the running kernel. For example, one may run in a 32-bit chroot, even
though the kernel is running in 64-bit.

Up until recently, this was not an issue because the pre-configured
external toolchains were all requiring an i386 (x86 in Buildroot
parlance).

But since we introduced the latest Linaro toolchains, we now have
toolchains that require a 64-bit userland.

So, when running on a 64-bit kernel, we believe those toolchains are
available, even when the user is running a 32-bit userland. This causes
build failures for our autobuilders, like so:

    http://autobuild.buildroot.org/results/9cd/9cdf10ec5b31144b2e03ea09cf128702339895b3/

with the following symptoms:

    >>> toolchain-external undefined Configuring
    Cannot execute cross-compiler '/home/test/autobuild/instance-3/output/host/opt/ext-toolchain/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc'

So, instead of relying on the output of `uname -r`, look for the host
gcc and extract the target it was configured to generate code for.

Fixes:
    http://autobuild.buildroot.org/results/9cd/9cdf10ec5b31144b2e03ea09cf128702339895b3/  (aarch64)
    http://autobuild.buildroot.org/results/888/8889aa7d9fb48370e4760a6edbc6d3ae945f02f2/  (arm)
    and many more...

Besides fixing those issues, it will also allow us to add the 64-bit
variants of toolchains when they exist, like the upcoming Codescape
MTI and IMG toolchains for MIPS from Imagination Technologies.

[Peter: use HOSTCC_NOCCACHE]
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Cc: Vicente Olivert Riera <Vincent.Riera@imgtec.com>
Reviewed-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
2016-01-20 00:12:41 +01:00
arch Add ARM11 MPCore CPU target support 2016-01-03 22:35:22 +01:00
board orangepipc: readme.txt: fix typo 2016-01-17 22:55:25 +01:00
boot uboot: remove unused helper function insert_define 2016-01-18 10:10:50 +01:00
configs configs/orangepipc: bump u-boot to 2016.01 2016-01-17 22:55:25 +01:00
docs docs/manual: add ordering of kconfig options' attributes 2016-01-19 22:24:34 +01:00
fs fs/ext2: add options for extra space and extra inodes 2015-10-31 15:56:56 +01:00
linux linux: handle read-only dts files 2016-01-19 21:46:58 +01:00
package package/triggerhappy: bump to latest commit to fix runtime issue 2016-01-19 22:53:59 +01:00
support support/download: support older bazaar versions 2016-01-18 20:46:04 +01:00
system Makefile: drop ldconfig handling 2016-01-03 21:46:07 +01:00
toolchain toolchain: allow side by side sysroot directories 2016-01-19 23:06:58 +01:00
.defconfig arch: kill avr32 2015-02-14 17:39:50 +01:00
.gitignore update gitignore 2013-05-04 12:41:55 +02:00
CHANGES Update for 2015.11 2015-11-30 23:13:41 +01:00
Config.in Config.in: Add BR2_DEPRECATED_SINCE_2016_02 2016-01-15 18:55:54 +01:00
Config.in.legacy python-pyxml: remove obsolete package 2016-01-01 21:07:07 +01:00
COPYING clarify license and fix website license link 2009-05-08 09:29:41 +02:00
Makefile core: fix setting of HOSTARCH 2016-01-20 00:12:41 +01:00
Makefile.legacy Makefile.legacy: fix recursive invocation with BUILDROOT_DL_DIR and _CONFIG 2014-02-11 08:14:57 +01:00
README README: mention 'make list-defconfigs' 2015-04-04 15:19:43 +02:00

Buildroot is a simple, efficient and easy-to-use tool to generate embedded
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The documentation can be found in docs/manual. You can generate a text
document with 'make manual-text' and read output/docs/manual/manual.text.
Online documentation can be found at http://buildroot.org/docs.html

To build and use the buildroot stuff, do the following:

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