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From: Adriaan Schmidt <adriaan.schmidt@siemens.com>
To: isar-users@googlegroups.com
Cc: Adriaan Schmidt <adriaan.schmidt@siemens.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 4/4] doc: add compat/native targets to user manual
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2023 15:24:32 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230224142432.3767746-5-adriaan.schmidt@siemens.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230224142432.3767746-1-adriaan.schmidt@siemens.com>

Signed-off-by: Adriaan Schmidt <adriaan.schmidt@siemens.com>
---
 doc/user_manual.md | 19 ++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/user_manual.md b/doc/user_manual.md
index b9a0bb64..3db5eb26 100644
--- a/doc/user_manual.md
+++ b/doc/user_manual.md
@@ -963,18 +963,24 @@ Debian cross-compilation works out of the box. Currently the following build con
 
 Experimental support for riscv64 is available as well.
 
-### Cross-building for a compat architecture
+### Building for a compat and/or native architecture
 
 Some architectures, under Isar amd64 and arm64 so far, support running 32-bit
 legacy applications on 64-bit kernels. Debian supports this via the multiarch
 concept.
 
 Isar can build 32-bit packages as part of a 64-bit image build and also enable
-the image with the necessary packages. To activate the compat mode of a build,
-set `ISAR_ENABLE_COMPAT_ARCH = "1"` in `local.conf`. Packages that shall be
-built for the compat arch need to be tagged individually by setting
-`PACKAGE_ARCH = "${COMPAT_DISTRO_ARCH}"` in the package recipe. Non-tagged
-packages will continue to be built for the primary target architecture.
+the image with the necessary packages. To activate compat support,
+set `ISAR_ENABLE_COMPAT_ARCH = "1"` in `local.conf`. This will install neccessary
+build dependencies in the buildchroot.
+
+For all dpkg package recipes, Isar automatically provides a `<package>-compat`
+target that builds the package for the `COMPAT_DISTRO_ARCH`. This can be
+referenced using the `DEPENDS` and `IMAGE_INSTALL` variables.
+
+To explicitly build a package for the build host architecture (in cross build
+scenarios, or when generating an SDK), Isar automatically provides a
+`<package>-native` target for all dpkg package recipes.
 
 ### Cross Support for Imagers
 
@@ -987,7 +993,6 @@ In case your setup does not support cross-imaging, you can disable this
 just for the particular image by adding `ISAR_CROSS_COMPILE = "0"` to your
 image recipe.
 
-
 ## Examining and debugging package generation inside their buildchroot
 
 Just like OpenEmbedded, Isar supports a devshell target for all dpkg package
-- 
2.30.2


  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-02-24 14:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-02-24 14:24 [PATCH v3 0/4] multiarch support Adriaan Schmidt
2023-02-24 14:24 ` [PATCH v3 1/4] bitbake.conf: use PACKAGE_ARCH in overrides Adriaan Schmidt
2023-02-24 14:24 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] add multiarch support Adriaan Schmidt
2023-02-24 14:24 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] remove obsolete compat-arch override Adriaan Schmidt
2023-02-24 14:24 ` Adriaan Schmidt [this message]
2023-03-03  7:31 ` [PATCH v3 0/4] multiarch support Uladzimir Bely
2023-03-03  7:39   ` Jan Kiszka
2023-03-03  8:10     ` Schmidt, Adriaan

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