From: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:38:29 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: documentation/poky-ref-manual/faq.xml: Updates to external toolchain
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documentation/poky-ref-manual/faq.xml: Updates to external toolchain

Updated the FAQ entry on "How do I use an external toolchain."
Comments were from Richard Purdie.

(From yocto-docs rev: db3986d2eff17087eb141ac0f4dfed55ff753368)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/faq.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/faq.xml
index 74406ffcb8f..d619056355e 100644
--- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/faq.xml
+++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/faq.xml
@@ -477,25 +477,27 @@
                 <filename><link linkend='var-TCMODE'>TCMODE</link></filename> variable.
                 This variable controls which <filename>tcmode-*.inc</filename> file to include 
                 from the <filename>meta/conf/distro/include</filename> directory within the 
-                <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#yocto-project-files'>Yocto Project Files</ulink>.
+                <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#source-directory'>source directory</ulink>.
             </para>
+
             <para>
                 The default value of <filename>TCMODE</filename> is "default"
-                (i.e. <filename>tcmode-default.inc</filename>.
+                (i.e. <filename>tcmode-default.inc</filename>).
                 However, other patterns are accepted.
                 In particular, "external-*" refers to external toolchains of which there are some
-                basic examples included with the core.
-                A user can use their own custom toolchain definition in their own layer 
+                basic examples included in the OpenEmbedded Core (<filename>meta</filename>).
+                You can use your own custom toolchain definition in your own layer 
                 (or as defined in the <filename>local.conf</filename> file) at the location 
                 <filename>conf/distro/include/tcmode-*.inc</filename>.
             </para>
+
             <para>
                 In addition to the toolchain configuration, you also need a corresponding toolchain recipe file.
                 This recipe file needs to package up any pre-built objects in the toolchain such as 
                 <filename>libgcc</filename>, <filename>libstdcc++</filename>, 
-                any locales and <filename>libc</filename>.
-                An example is the <filename>external-csl-toolchain_2008q3-72.bb</filename>, which reuses the core 
-                <filename>libc</filename> packaging class to do most of the work.
+                any locales, and <filename>libc</filename>.
+                An example is the <filename>external-sourcery-toolchain.bb</filename>, which is located
+                in <filename>meta/recipes-core/meta/</filename> within the source directory.
             </para>
         </answer>
     </qandaentry>