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manual: improve documentation about using external toolchains

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- Remove the redundant FAQ entry about this topic,
  already covered in a specific section of the Development Tasks manual

- Document the TOOLCHAIN_LOCATION variable

- Expand both the Development Tasks manual and
  the TCMODE variable description using details from the FAQ entry.

- Mention the "meta-arm-toolchain" layer too.

(From yocto-docs rev: 53faa54a8e6311b4d3d41d96cb1a497d0f6502fb)

Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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``bblayers.conf`` file through the
:term:`BBLAYERS` variable.
- Set the ``EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN`` variable in your ``local.conf`` file
- Set the :term:`EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN` variable in your ``local.conf`` file
to the location in which you installed the toolchain.
A good example of an external toolchain used with the Yocto Project is
Mentor Graphics Sourcery G++ Toolchain. You can see information on how
to use that particular layer in the ``README`` file at
https://github.com/MentorEmbedded/meta-sourcery/. You can find
further information by reading about the
:term:`TCMODE` variable in the Yocto
Project Reference Manual's variable glossary.
The toolchain configuration is very flexible and customizable. It
is primarily controlled with the :term:`TCMODE` variable. This variable
controls which ``tcmode-*.inc`` file to include from the
``meta/conf/distro/include`` directory within the :term:`Source Directory`.
The default value of :term:`TCMODE` is "default", which tells the
OpenEmbedded build system to use its internally built toolchain (i.e.
``tcmode-default.inc``). However, other patterns are accepted. In
particular, "external-\*" refers to external toolchains. One example is
the Mentor Graphics Sourcery G++ Toolchain. Support for this toolchain resides
in the separate ``meta-sourcery`` layer at
https://github.com/MentorEmbedded/meta-sourcery/.
See its ``README`` file for details about how to use this layer.
Another example of external toolchain layer is
:yocto_git:`meta-arm-toolchain </meta-arm/tree/meta-arm-toolchain/>`
supporting GNU toolchains released by ARM.
You can find further information by reading about the :term:`TCMODE` variable
in the Yocto Project Reference Manual's variable glossary.