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authorScott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>2010-12-17 16:53:59 -0800
committerRichard Purdie <rpurdie@linux.intel.com>2010-12-21 12:49:46 +0000
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documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml: Updated Linux Kernel Configuration section.
Another round of feedback from Tom Z applied. Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation')
-rw-r--r--documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml17
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml b/documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml
index 7909bb5ba0..e2c9487452 100644
--- a/documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml
+++ b/documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ meta-crownbay/recipes-graphics/xorg-xserver/xserver-xf86-emgd_1.7.99.2.bb
<section id='bsp-filelayout-kernel'>
<title>Linux Kernel Configuration</title>
<programlisting>
-meta-&lt;bsp_name&gt;/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-wrs_git.bbappend
+meta-&lt;bsp_name&gt;/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-stable.bbappend
</programlisting>
<para>
@@ -330,21 +330,26 @@ meta-&lt;bsp_name&gt;/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-wrs_git.bbappend
directory.
</para>
<para>
- Consider a BSP that uses the <filename>linux-yocto-stable_git.bb</filename> kernel,
+ Supppose you use a BSP that uses the <filename>linux-yocto-stable_git.bb</filename> kernel,
which is the preferred kernel to use for developing a new BSP using the Yocto Project.
+ In other words, you have selected the kernel in your
+ <filename>&lt;bsp_name&gt;.conf</filename> file by adding the following statement:
+ <programlisting>
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel ?= "linux-yocto-stable"
+ </programlisting>
You would use the <filename>linux-yocto-stable_git.bbappend</filename> file to append
specific BSP settings to the kernel, thus configuring the kernel for your particular BSP.
</para>
<para>
- Consider an example for the existing "crownbay" BSP.
- The append file used for the "crownbay" BSP is:
+ Now take a look at the existing "crownbay" BSP.
+ The append file used is:
<programlisting>
meta-crownbay/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-stable_git.bbappend
</programlisting>
The file contains the following:
<programlisting>
FILESEXTRAPATHS := "${THISDIR}/${PN}"
-COMPATIBLE_MACHINE_crownbay = "cronwbay"
+COMPATIBLE_MACHINE_crownbay = "crownbay"
KMACHINE_crownbay = "crownbay"
</programlisting>
This append file adds "crownbay" as a compatible machine,
@@ -366,7 +371,7 @@ KMACHINE_crownbay = "crownbay"
For example, suppose you had a set of configuration options in a file called
<filename>defonfig</filename>.
If you put that file inside a directory named
- <filename class='directory'>/linux-yocto-stable_git</filename> and then added
+ <filename class='directory'>/linux-yocto-stable</filename> and then added
a SRC_URI statement such as the following to the append file, those configuration
options will be picked up and applied when the kernel is built.
<programlisting>