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@@ -109,20 +109,19 @@ most important ones allow to:
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* Change the version of the GCC compiler, binutils and the C library.
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* Select a number of toolchain options (uClibc only): whether the
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- toolchain should have largefile support (i.e. support for files
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- larger than 2 GB on 32 bits systems), IPv6 support, RPC support
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- (used mainly for NFS), wide-char support, locale support (for
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- internationalization), C++ support or thread support. Depending on
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- which options you choose, the number of userspace applications and
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- libraries visible in Buildroot menus will change: many applications
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- and libraries require certain toolchain options to be enabled. Most
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- packages show a comment when a certain toolchain option is required
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- to be able to enable those packages. If needed, you can further
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- refine the uClibc configuration by running +make
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- uclibc-menuconfig+. Note however that all packages in Buildroot are
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- tested against the default uClibc configuration bundled in
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- Buildroot: if you deviate from this configuration by removing
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- features from uClibc, some packages may no longer build.
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+ toolchain should have IPv6 support, RPC support (used mainly for
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+ NFS), wide-char support, locale support (for internationalization),
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+ C++ support or thread support. Depending on which options you choose,
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+ the number of userspace applications and libraries visible in
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+ Buildroot menus will change: many applications and libraries require
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+ certain toolchain options to be enabled. Most packages show a comment
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+ when a certain toolchain option is required to be able to enable
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+ those packages. If needed, you can further refine the uClibc
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+ configuration by running +make uclibc-menuconfig+. Note however that
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+ all packages in Buildroot are tested against the default uClibc
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+ configuration bundled in Buildroot: if you deviate from this
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+ configuration by removing features from uClibc, some packages may no
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+ longer build.
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It is worth noting that whenever one of those options is modified,
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then the entire toolchain and system must be rebuilt. See
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@@ -178,8 +177,8 @@ Then, you have three solutions to use an external toolchain:
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external toolchain uses the 'glibc' library, you only have to tell
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whether your toolchain supports C\++ or not and whether it has
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built-in RPC support. If your external toolchain uses the 'uClibc'
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- library, then you have to tell Buildroot if it supports largefile,
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- IPv6, RPC, wide-char, locale, program invocation, threads and
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+ library, then you have to tell Buildroot if it supports IPv6,
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+ RPC, wide-char, locale, program invocation, threads and
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C++. At the beginning of the execution, Buildroot will tell you if
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the selected options do not match the toolchain configuration.
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