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diff --git a/docs/manual/embedded-basics.txt b/docs/manual/embedded-basics.txt index a33338c1d..fdadf62fc 100644 --- a/docs/manual/embedded-basics.txt +++ b/docs/manual/embedded-basics.txt @@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ processor. Under most Linux systems, the compilation toolchain uses the GNU libc (glibc) as the C standard library. This compilation toolchain is called the "host compilation toolchain". The machine on which it is running, and on which you're working, is called the "host -system". +system" footnote:[This terminology differs from what is used by GNU +configure, where the host is the machine on which the application will +run (which is usually the same as target)]. The compilation toolchain is provided by your distribution, and Buildroot has nothing to do with it (other than using it to build a |