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[07/20] ref-manual/variables.rst: document the KERNEL_TOOLCHAIN variable

Message ID 20260918-releases-notes-6-1-v1-7-2d0fceffa242@bootlin.com
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Series Updates and release notes for 6.1 | expand

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Antonin Godard Sept. 18, 2026, 1:53 p.m. UTC 
Added by commit 0e3756efe092 ("kernel-arch: add KERNEL_TOOLCHAIN to
switch the whole kernel toolchain") in OE-Core.

Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>
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 documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst | 5 +++++
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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
index 780bde3f1..8ec5cd955 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
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@@ -5758,6 +5758,11 @@  system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
       Allows to specific which ``strip`` command to use to strip the kernel
       binary, typically either GNU binutils ``strip`` or ``llvm-strip``.
 
+   :term:`KERNEL_TOOLCHAIN`
+      The :term:`KERNEL_TOOLCHAIN` variable allows specifying the toolchain to
+      use to build the Linux kernel. Its value can be one of the values
+      supported by the :term:`PREFERRED_TOOLCHAIN_TARGET` variable.
+
    :term:`KERNEL_VERSION`
       Specifies the version of the kernel as extracted from ``version.h``
       or ``utsrelease.h`` within the kernel sources. Effects of setting