[oe] [RFC][PATCH] meta-toolchain: use MULTIMACH_TARGET_SYS instead of TARGET_SYS

[Tom Rini]

On Fri, 2010-04-23 at 16:54 -0400, Denys Dmytriyenko wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 10:29:54PM +0200, Koen Kooi wrote:
> > >> Yes, that needs to be done, as well as seperating the cross tools in
> > >> case different archs need different versions (as is the case with
> > >> angstrom, v5te and v7a need different binutils). This change largely to
> > >> to cosmetically highlight that the toolchain is not really "universal"
> > >> (yet).
> > > 
> > > And we can talk about if "universal" is really a good goal either.
> > 
> > I don't think we can make it "universal" without sacrificing key benefits.
> > 
> > > Taking a bit of a guess in the dark, an SDK with support for all the fun
> > > stuff found on Beagleboard might not be done easily with also having
> > > support for all the fun stuff found on some other ref board too.
> > 
> > The immediate problem I'm trying to address now is that having both an
> > armv5te and armv7a toolchain installed is breaking horribly. Ideally
> > they would coexist peacefully, but I don't know if we can manage that,
> > without impacting the ease of use.
> 
> I know it's not what you are looking for, but easier workaround would be to 
> install different toolchains in different paths... :)

Or, noting all of the very machine specific stuff Koen mentions
elsewhere, we don't pretend it's an SDK for armv7a but just call it an
SDK for ${MACHINE} and encode that into the PATH.

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Tom Rini <tom_rini at mentor.com>
Mentor Graphics Corporation