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To configure Eclipse to use a Yocto toolchain, go to Window | Preferences | Yocto Project SDK. The SDK configuration offers two cross-compiler options:

Standalone pre-built toolchain: Choose this when you have installed a Yocto SDK including a toolchain
Build system derived toolchain: Choose this when using a Yocto build directory prepared with meta-ide-support as explained previously

It also offers two target options:

QEMU: Choose this if you are using Poky with a virtualized machine like qemuarm.
External HW: Choose this if you are using real hardware like the Wandboard hardware. This option is the most useful for embedded development.

An example configuration when using a downloaded Yocto SDK installer would be to choose ...

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