How to Use a Custom Toolchain for ROMs and Kernels

Toolchains are basically a bundle of development tools that are used in a chain (the output of one tool becomes the input for the next, and so on) in order to compile source code (in this case, ROMs and kernels). While the Android NDK toolchain (which comes with GCC, among other tools) is usually used for this, developers can also use other toolchains if they wish. These can include optimizations focusing on performance or stability, for example.

Linaro and SaberMod are two popular examples for custom toolchains. They both introduce several optimizations, especially for recent ARM CPUs. If you’re trying to find out how to switch to a custom toolchain, then you might want to check out the tutorial XDA Seni. . . READ ON »

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