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diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET.rst index 89abe54..11c37d7 100644 --- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET.rst +++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET.rst @@ -1,15 +1,50 @@ CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET ----------------------- -Native build system toolset name specified by user. +Native build system toolset specification provided by user. -Some CMake generators support a toolset name to be given to the native -build system to choose a compiler. If the user specifies a toolset -name (e.g. via the :manual:`cmake(1)` ``-T`` option) the value will be -available in this variable. +Some CMake generators support a toolset specification to tell the +native build system how to choose a compiler. If the user specifies +a toolset (e.g. via the :manual:`cmake(1)` ``-T`` option) the value +will be available in this variable. The value of this variable should never be modified by project code. A toolchain file specified by the :variable:`CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE` variable may initialize ``CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET``. Once a given build tree has been initialized with a particular value for this variable, changing the value has undefined behavior. + +Toolset specification is supported only on specific generators: + +* :ref:`Visual Studio Generators` for VS 2010 and above +* The :generator:`Xcode` generator for Xcode 3.0 and above + +See native build system documentation for allowed toolset names. + +Visual Studio Toolset Selection +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +The :ref:`Visual Studio Generators` support toolset specification +using one of these forms: + +* ``toolset`` +* ``toolset[,key=value]*`` +* ``key=value[,key=value]*`` + +The ``toolset`` specifies the toolset name. The selected toolset name +is provided in the :variable:`CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_TOOLSET` variable. + +The ``key=value`` pairs form a comma-separated list of options to +specify generator-specific details of the toolset selection. +Supported pairs are: + +``cuda=<version>`` + Specify the CUDA toolkit version to use. Supported by VS 2010 + and above with the CUDA toolkit VS integration installed. + See the :variable:`CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_TOOLSET_CUDA` variable. + +``host=x64`` + Request use of the native ``x64`` toolchain on ``x64`` hosts. + Supported by VS 2013 and above. + See the :variable:`CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_TOOLSET_HOST_ARCHITECTURE` + variable. |