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docs/manual/quickstart: update output directory contents documentation 

Update the documentation for the output/host/ directory to mention
that it contains the sysroot for the target toolchain, as well as the
host tools required for running buildroot.

Update the staging/ documentation to reflect that it is a link to the
target toolchain sysroot in the host/ directory.

Signed-off-by: Michael Drake <michael.drake@codethink.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
2019.11.x
Michael Drake 2019-11-18 16:42:17 +00:00 committed by Thomas Petazzoni
parent 1ab7e0c6f3
commit 728d6800bb
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@ -87,15 +87,21 @@ This directory contains several subdirectories:
target). This directory contains one subdirectory for each of these
components.
* +staging/+ which contains a hierarchy similar to a root filesystem
hierarchy. This directory contains the headers and libraries of the
cross-compilation toolchain and all the userspace packages selected
for the target. However, this directory is 'not' intended to be
the root filesystem for the target: it contains a lot of development
files, unstripped binaries and libraries that make it far too big
for an embedded system. These development files are used to compile
libraries and applications for the target that depend on other
libraries.
* +host/+ contains both the tools built for the host, and the sysroot
of the target toolchain. The former is an installation of tools
compiled for the host that are needed for the proper execution of
Buildroot, including the cross-compilation toolchain. The latter
is a hierarchy similar to a root filesystem hierarchy. It contains
the headers and libraries of all user-space packages that provide
and install libraries used by other packages. However, this
directory is 'not' intended to be the root filesystem for the target:
it contains a lot of development files, unstripped binaries and
libraries that make it far too big for an embedded system. These
development files are used to compile libraries and applications for
the target that depend on other libraries.
* +staging/+ is a symlink to the target toolchain sysroot inside
+host/+, which exists for backwards compatibility.
* +target/+ which contains 'almost' the complete root filesystem for
the target: everything needed is present except the device files in
@ -111,10 +117,6 @@ This directory contains several subdirectories:
development files (headers, etc.) are not present, the binaries are
stripped.
* +host/+ contains the installation of tools compiled for the host
that are needed for the proper execution of Buildroot, including the
cross-compilation toolchain.
These commands, +make menuconfig|nconfig|gconfig|xconfig+ and +make+, are the
basic ones that allow to easily and quickly generate images fitting
your needs, with all the features and applications you enabled.