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diff --git a/HDL_workflow/devscripts.mdwn b/HDL_workflow/devscripts.mdwn
index 8116a1bb295eff62b6e70494a586374cbfa08a0b..2ec96bef61e564ee2e4cf551f8639a40cd7dab08 100644 (file)
--- a/HDL_workflow/devscripts.mdwn
+++ b/HDL_workflow/devscripts.mdwn
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ to simply copy the repository into the chroot to save bandwidth.
 
 **no you do not need to blow away your system and install debian 10 native**
 you can e.g. use debian/11 at the "host" level and some people have managed
-to use archlinux but you are **on your own if you do so**.
+to use archlinux but you are **on your own if you do so, and should only
+consider the option of using your own preferred host OS if you are an
+advanced expert**.  We do **NOT** provide "personal end-user support"
+for Host OS problems.
 
 Note: these scripts assume that you are using debian/10 and that you
 understand and accept why we have standardised on that as an OS
@@ -27,16 +30,17 @@ if you are going to drop USD 16 million on 7nm Mask Charges.
     $ git clone https://git.libre-soc.org/git/dev-env-setup.git
     $ cd dev-env-setup
     $ sudo bash
+    (optional: # export CHROOT_DEBIAN_MIRROR=http://ftp.<mirror>.debian.org/debian)
     # ./mk-deb-chroot libresoc
+    # ./cp-scripts-to-chroot libresoc # copies dev-env-setup to chroot
     # exit
     $ schroot -c libresoc
-    (libresoc)$ git clone https://git.libre-soc.org/git/dev-env-setup.git
-    (libresoc)$ cd dev-env-setup
     (libresoc)$ sudo bash
     (libresoc)# ./install-hdl-apt-reqs
     (libresoc)# ./hdl-tools-yosys
     (libresoc)# ./hdl-dev-repos
     (libresoc)# ./ppc64-gdb-gcc           # needed for compiling unit tests
+    (libresoc)# ./binutils-gdb-install    # needed for binutils-svp64
     (libresoc)# exit
     (libresoc)$