Index: tools/toolchain.sh
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--- tools/toolchain.sh	(revision 75b24cd661b90107b21a0d42987e1767e7b83ac9)
+++ tools/toolchain.sh	(revision 81dd2edaddd4f5ceb84c52eabccc844c4c1a5661)
@@ -163,4 +163,5 @@
 	echo " sparc64    SPARC V9"
 	echo " all        build all targets"
+	echo " essential  build only targets currently needed for HelenOS development"
 	echo " parallel   same as 'all', but all in parallel"
 	echo " 2-way      same as 'all', but 2-way parallel"
@@ -594,4 +595,15 @@
 		build_target "ppc64"
 		build_target "riscv64"
+		build_target "sparc64"
+		;;
+	"essential")
+		prepare
+		build_target "amd64"
+		build_target "arm32"
+		build_target "ia32"
+		build_target "ia64"
+		build_target "mips32"
+		build_target "mips32eb"
+		build_target "ppc32"
 		build_target "sparc64"
 		;;