source: BOOK/cross-tools/x86/variables.xml@ bc4c1e3

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<sect1 id="ch-cross-tools-variables">
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  <title>Build Variables</title>

  <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Setting Host and Target</bridgehead>

  <para os="a">During the building of the cross-compile tools you will need to
  set a few variables that will be dependent on your particular needs.
  The first variable will be the triplet of the host machine, which will be
  put into the <envar>CLFS_HOST</envar> variable. To account for the
  possibility that the host and target are the same arch, as cross-compiling
  won't work when host and target are the same, part of the triplet needs to
  be changed slightly to add "cross". Set <envar>CLFS_HOST</envar> using the
  following command:</para>

<screen os="b"><userinput>export CLFS_HOST="$(echo $MACHTYPE | \
    sed "s/$(echo $MACHTYPE | cut -d- -f2)/cross/")"</userinput></screen>

  <para os="c">Now you will need to set the triplet for the target
  architecture. Set the target variable using the following command:</para>

<screen os="d"><userinput>export CLFS_TARGET="[target triplet]"</userinput></screen>

  <para os="t1">Replace [target triplet] with the appropriate machine triplet
  using the table at the bottom of the page.</para>

  <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Copy settings to the Environment</bridgehead>

  <para os="e">Now add these to <filename>~/.bashrc</filename>, just in
  case you have to exit and restart building later:</para>

<screen os="f"><userinput>cat &gt;&gt; ~/.bashrc &lt;&lt; EOF
export CLFS_HOST="${CLFS_HOST}"
export CLFS_TARGET="${CLFS_TARGET}"
EOF</userinput></screen>

  <table os="g">
    <title>Processor Type and  Target Triplets</title>
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    <tgroup cols="2">

      <colspec colnum="1" colwidth="2.5in" colname="Processor"/>
      <colspec colnum="2" colwidth="2.5in" colname="Triplet"/>

      <thead>
        <row>
          <entry>Processor</entry>
          <entry>Target Triplet</entry>
        </row>
      </thead>

      <tbody>
        <row>
          <entry>386 Compatibles</entry>
          <entry>Not Supported By Glibc</entry>
        </row>
        <row>
          <entry>486 Compatibles</entry>
          <entry>i486-pc-linux-gnu</entry>
        </row>
        <row>
          <entry>Pentium, K6, 586 Compatibles</entry>
          <entry>i586-pc-linux-gnu</entry>
        </row>
        <row>
          <entry>Pentium II, Pentium III, Pentium 4</entry>
          <entry>i686-pc-linux-gnu</entry>
        </row>
        <row>
          <entry>Athlon, Duron</entry>
          <entry>i686-pc-linux-gnu</entry>
        </row>
      </tbody>

    </tgroup>

  </table>

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