diff --git a/configs/esp32-core/README.txt b/configs/esp32-core/README.txt
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@@ -1,41 +1,59 @@
-README for the Expressif ESP32 Core board (V2)
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-  The ESP32 is a dual-core system from Expressif with two Harvard
-  architecture Xtensa LX6 CPUs. All embedded memory, external memory and
-  peripherals are located on the data bus and/or the instruction bus of
-  these CPUs. With some minor exceptions, the address mapping of two CPUs
-  is symmetric, meaning they use the same addresses to access the same
-  memory. Multiple peripherals in the system can access embedded memory via
-  DMA.
-
-  The two CPUs are named "PRO_CPU" and "APP_CPU" (for "protocol" and
-  "application"), however for most purposes the two CPUs are
-  interchangeable.
-
-  Features:
-
-  * Address Space
-    - Symmetric address mapping
-    - 4 GB (32-bit) address space for both data bus and instruction bus
-    - 1296 KB embedded memory address space
-    - 19704 KB external memory address space
-    - 512 KB peripheral address space
-    - Some embedded and external memory regions can be accessed by either
-      data bus or instruction bus
-    - 328 KB DMA address space
-  * Embedded Memory
-    - 448 KB Internal ROM
-    - 520 KB Internal SRAM
-    - 8 KB RTC FAST Memory
-    - 8 KB RTC SLOW Memory
-  * External Memory
-    Off-chip SPI memory can be mapped into the available address space as
-    external memory. Parts of the embedded memory can be used as transparent
-    cache for this external memory.
-    - Supports up to 16 MB off-Chip SPI Flash.
-    - Supports up to 8 MB off-Chip SPI SRAM.
-  * Peripherals
-    - 41 peripherals
-  * DMA
-    - 13 modules are capable of DMA operation
\ No newline at end of file
+README for the Expressif ESP32 Core board (V2)
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+  The ESP32 is a dual-core system from Expressif with two Harvard
+  architecture Xtensa LX6 CPUs. All embedded memory, external memory and
+  peripherals are located on the data bus and/or the instruction bus of
+  these CPUs. With some minor exceptions, the address mapping of two CPUs
+  is symmetric, meaning they use the same addresses to access the same
+  memory. Multiple peripherals in the system can access embedded memory via
+  DMA.
+
+  The two CPUs are named "PRO_CPU" and "APP_CPU" (for "protocol" and
+  "application"), however for most purposes the two CPUs are
+  interchangeable.
+
+  Features:
+
+  * Address Space
+    - Symmetric address mapping
+    - 4 GB (32-bit) address space for both data bus and instruction bus
+    - 1296 KB embedded memory address space
+    - 19704 KB external memory address space
+    - 512 KB peripheral address space
+    - Some embedded and external memory regions can be accessed by either
+      data bus or instruction bus
+    - 328 KB DMA address space
+  * Embedded Memory
+    - 448 KB Internal ROM
+    - 520 KB Internal SRAM
+    - 8 KB RTC FAST Memory
+    - 8 KB RTC SLOW Memory
+  * External Memory
+    Off-chip SPI memory can be mapped into the available address space as
+    external memory. Parts of the embedded memory can be used as transparent
+    cache for this external memory.
+    - Supports up to 16 MB off-Chip SPI Flash.
+    - Supports up to 8 MB off-Chip SPI SRAM.
+  * Peripherals
+    - 41 peripherals
+  * DMA
+    - 13 modules are capable of DMA operation
+
+ESP32 Toolchain
+===============
+
+  The steps to build toolchain with crosstool-NG on Linux are as follows:
+
+    git clone -b xtensa-1.22.x https://github.com/espressif/crosstool-NG.git
+    cd crosstool-NG
+    ./bootstrap && ./configure --prefix=$PWD && make install
+    ./ct-ng xtensa-esp32-elf
+    ./ct-ng build
+    chmod -R u+w builds/xtensa-esp32-elf
+
+  These steps are given in setup guide in ESP-IDF repository:
+  https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/blob/master/docs/linux-setup.rst#alternative-step-1-compile-the-toolchain-from-source-using-crosstool-ng
+
+  NOTE: the xtensa-esp32-elf configuration is only available in the
+  xtensa-1.22.x branch.