toolchain: control vendor part in GNU_TARGET_NAME

This option allows to customize the "vendor" part of the
toolchain tuple, where the toolchain tuple has the form
<arch>-<vendor>-<os>-<libc>. Use this option in situations
where gcc might make different decisions based on the vendor
part of the tuple.

[Thomas: move the config option in a slightly different place, so that
it does not appear between the C library selection and the C library
options.]

Signed-off-by: "Noam Camus" <noamc@ezchip.com>
Reviewed-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/toolchain/toolchain-buildroot/Config.in b/toolchain/toolchain-buildroot/Config.in
index 07db50bfc..42166d263 100644
--- a/toolchain/toolchain-buildroot/Config.in
+++ b/toolchain/toolchain-buildroot/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,23 @@
 # Config entries for internal toolchain backend
 
 if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT
+
+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.
+
 source "package/linux-headers/Config.in.host"
 
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