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authorPaul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com>2011-12-14 09:16:29 +0000
committerPaul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com>2012-01-05 09:15:37 +0000
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README: add short description of OE-Core
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OpenEmbedded-Core
=================
-For information about OpenEmbedded see their website:
+OpenEmbedded-Core is a layer containing the core metadata for current versions
+of OpenEmbedded. It is distro-less (can build a functional image with
+DISTRO = "") and contains only emulated machine support.
+
+For information about OpenEmbedded, see the OpenEmbedded website:
http://www.openembedded.org/
The Yocto Project has extensive documentation about OE including a reference manual