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<span id="variable:CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR"></span><h1>CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR<a class="headerlink" href="#cmake-system-processor" title="Permalink to this headline">ΒΆ</a></h1>
<p>When not cross-compiling, this variable has the same value as the
<span class="target" id="index-0-variable:CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR"></span><a class="reference internal" href="CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR.html#variable:CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR" title="CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR"><code class="xref cmake cmake-variable docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR</span></code></a> variable. In many cases,
this will correspond to the target architecture for the build, but
this is not guaranteed. (E.g. on Windows, the host may be <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AMD64</span></code>
even when using a MSVC <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cl</span></code> compiler with a 32-bit target.)</p>
<p>When cross-compiling, a <span class="target" id="index-0-variable:CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE"></span><a class="reference internal" href="CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE.html#variable:CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE" title="CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE"><code class="xref cmake cmake-variable docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE</span></code></a> should set
the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR</span></code> variable to match target architecture
that it specifies (via <span class="target" id="index-0-variable:CMAKE_&lt;LANG&gt;_COMPILER"></span><a class="reference internal" href="CMAKE_LANG_COMPILER.html#variable:CMAKE_&lt;LANG&gt;_COMPILER" title="CMAKE_&lt;LANG&gt;_COMPILER"><code class="xref cmake cmake-variable docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_&lt;LANG&gt;_COMPILER</span></code></a> and perhaps
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