kumquat-buildroot/toolchain/toolchain-buildroot/Config.in
Thomas Petazzoni 4057e36ca9 toolchain/toolchain-buildroot: default to glibc as the C library
This is perhaps the most controversial change for Buildroot that can
be written in a two-liner.

Historically, we have used uClibc as our default C library, as
Buildroot was created initially as a test-bed for uClibc, and also
because uClibc made a lot of sense for embedded Linux systems, due to
its smaller size and fine-grained configurability.

Since then, the landscape of embedded Linux systems has changed. Even
though Buildroot happily supports really low-end devices, the vast
majority of Buildroot users are quite certainly running the resulting
system on a reasonably powerful platform, with significant amount of
RAM and storage. In this context, the benefits of uClibc are no longer
that much relevant, and glibc causes less "troubles". Therefore, this
patch proposes to use glibc as our default C library when using the
internal toolchain backend instead of uClibc.

Of course, we will keep the support for uClibc, which remains an
important C library choice, for space-constrained systems, or simply
for architectures that are not supported by glibc.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
Acked-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>
Acked-by: Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Acked-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
Signed-off-by: Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
2022-08-17 20:45:09 +02:00

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# Config entries for internal toolchain backend
if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT
comment "Toolchain Buildroot Options"
config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_VENDOR
string "custom toolchain vendor name"
default "buildroot"
help
This option allows to customize the "vendor" part of the
toolchain tuple, where the toolchain tuple has the form
<arch>-<vendor>-<os>-<libc>. The default value, "buildroot",
is fine for most cases, except in very specific situations
where gcc might make different decisions based on the vendor
part of the tuple. The value "unknown" is not allowed, as the
cross-compiling toolchain might then be confused with the
native toolchain when the target and host architecture are
identical. The value can not be empty either.
If you're not sure, just leave the default "buildroot" value.
choice
prompt "C library"
default BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_GLIBC
config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_UCLIBC
bool "uClibc-ng"
depends on BR2_PACKAGE_UCLIBC_SUPPORTS
select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC
help
This option selects uClibc-ng as the C library for the
cross-compilation toolchain.
http://uclibc-ng.org
config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_GLIBC
bool "glibc"
depends on BR2_PACKAGE_GLIBC_SUPPORTS
select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
help
This option selects glibc as the C library for the
cross-compilation toolchain.
http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/
comment "glibc needs a toolchain w/ kernel headers >= 3.2"
depends on BR2_PACKAGE_GLIBC_ARCH_SUPPORTS
depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_2
# glibc >= 2.26 require kernel headers >= 3.10 on powerpc64le.
comment "glibc on powerpc64le needs a toolchain w/ headers >= 3.10"
depends on BR2_powerpc64le
depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_10
# Support for MIPS NAN2008 needs headers >= 4.5
comment "glibc on MIPS w/ NAN2008 needs a toolchain w/ headers >= 4.5"
depends on BR2_MIPS_NAN_2008
depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_4_5
comment "glibc on RISC-V 64-bit needs a toolchain w/ headers >= 5.0"
depends on BR2_RISCV_64
depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_5_0
comment "glibc on ARC needs a toolchain w/ headers >= 5.1"
depends on BR2_arc
depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_5_1
config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_MUSL
bool "musl"
depends on BR2_PACKAGE_MUSL_SUPPORTS
select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL
help
This option selects musl as the C library for the
cross-compilation toolchain.
https://www.musl-libc.org/
endchoice
config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_LIBC
string
default "uclibc" if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_UCLIBC
default "glibc" if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_GLIBC
default "musl" if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_MUSL
source "package/linux-headers/Config.in.host"
source "package/linux-headers/Config.in"
source "package/musl/Config.in"
source "package/uclibc/Config.in"
source "package/glibc/Config.in"
source "package/binutils/Config.in.host"
source "package/gcc/Config.in.host"
endif