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+config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_SYNOPSYS_ARC
+ bool "Synopsys ARC 2014.12 toolchain"
+ depends on BR2_arc
+ depends on BR2_HOSTARCH = "x86_64"
+ # does not provide IPv6, and lacks many uClibc features
+ # expected by Buildroot. The next Synopsys toolchain version
+ # should fix those problems.
+ depends on BROKEN
+ select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_UCLIBC
+ select BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+ select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_NATIVE_RPC
+ select BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE
+ select BR2_USE_WCHAR
+ select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+ select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_DEBUG
+ select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_13
+ select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8
+ help
+ Toolchain for the ARC cores, from
+ https://github.com/foss-for-synopsys-dwc-arc-processors/toolchain/releases
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+if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_SYNOPSYS_ARC
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PROVIDES_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL
+ default "toolchain-external-synopsys-arc"
+
+endif
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+# Locally calculated
+sha256 1fa4ea2c8616623205f1c7beca02ea31b019099528a7433e5b020b0876b93bf3 arc_gnu_2014.12_prebuilt_uclibc_le_arc700_linux_install.tar.gz
+sha256 1080f07fcae2bfc176a3ea8d30b9ed8eaecab70fb786639d6ec70cae8322df10 arc_gnu_2014.12_prebuilt_uclibc_be_arc700_linux_install.tar.gz
+sha256 aaaf6facd1f60a3cd2a537154ea39cd7d70501c175e30e01a97e8df6cb8226c7 arc_gnu_2014.12_prebuilt_uclibc_le_archs_linux_install.tar.gz
+sha256 30711c5f15762764d4cd5ec1e6ced5b1fddd03aac41c424b0c4ec8a45d5d79cd arc_gnu_2014.12_prebuilt_uclibc_be_archs_linux_install.tar.gz
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+################################################################################
+#
+# toolchain-external-synopsys-arc
+#
+################################################################################
+
+TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_SYNOPSYS_ARC_VERSION = 2014.12
+TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_SYNOPSYS_ARC_SITE = https://github.com/foss-for-synopsys-dwc-arc-processors/toolchain/releases/download/arc-$(TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_SYNOPSYS_ARC_VERSION)
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_arc750d)$(BR2_arc770d),y)
+TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_SYNOPSYS_ARC_CORE = arc700
+else
+TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_SYNOPSYS_ARC_CORE = archs
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_arcle),y)
+TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_SYNOPSYS_ARC_ENDIANESS = le
+TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_SYNOPSYS_ARC_PREFIX = arc-linux
+else
+TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_SYNOPSYS_ARC_ENDIANESS = be
+TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_SYNOPSYS_ARC_PREFIX = arceb-linux
+endif
+
+TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_SYNOPSYS_ARC_SOURCE = arc_gnu_$(TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_SYNOPSYS_ARC_VERSION)_prebuilt_uclibc_$(TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_SYNOPSYS_ENDIANESS)_$(TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_SYNOPSYS_CORE)_linux_install.tar.gz
+
+$(eval $(toolchain-external-package))