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| author |   Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> | 2015-01-05 14:00:57 -0600 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2015-01-06 14:27:01 +0000 |
| commit | bc4215154cb93c6046c69eca025f70fcd208bfee (patch) | |
| tree | ce9a1df601e70b1b7b4da923591bbb4aa400ec4e /documentation/bsp-guide | |
| parent | e38e7e7c79b01a99796db662b992527b93fea612 (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-bc4215154cb93c6046c69eca025f70fcd208bfee.tar.gz | |
bsp-guide: Some minor fixes to the BSP Guide
(From yocto-docs rev: c0ca0d285f8de6ce921971fdd8bd8473fa33f3c2)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation/bsp-guide')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml | 17 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml b/documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml index 7055a21168..0fa1f2d2b5 100644 --- a/documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml +++ b/documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml @@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ Collectively, you can think of the base directory, its file structure, and the contents as a BSP Layer. Although not a strict requirement, layers in the Yocto Project use the - following well established naming convention: + following well-established naming convention: <literallayout class='monospaced'> meta-<replaceable>bsp_name</replaceable> </literallayout> The string "meta-" is prepended to the machine or platform name, which is - "bsp_name" in the above form. + <replaceable>bsp_name</replaceable> in the above form. </para> <para> @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Each of these layers is a repository unto itself and clicking on a layer reveals information that includes two links from which you can choose to set up a clone of the layer's repository on your local host system. - Here is an example that clones the Minnow Board BSP layer: + Here is an example that clones the MinnowBoard BSP layer: <literallayout class='monospaced'> $ git clone git://git.yoctoproject.org/meta-minnow </literallayout> @@ -115,8 +115,9 @@ <para> Some layers function as a layer to hold other BSP layers. - An example of this type of layer is the <filename>meta-intel</filename> layer. - The <filename>meta-intel</filename> layer contains many individual BSP layers. + An example of this type of layer is the <filename>meta-intel</filename> layer, + which contains a number of individual BSP sub-layers, as well as a directory + named <filename>common/</filename> full of common content across those layers. </para> <para> @@ -131,8 +132,8 @@ <title>Example Filesystem Layout</title> <para> - Providing a common form allows end-users to understand and become familiar - with the layout. + Defining a common BSP directory structure allows end-users to understand and + become familiar with that structure. A common format also encourages standardization of software support of hardware. </para> @@ -504,7 +505,7 @@ <para> You can find these files in the BSP Layer at: <literallayout class='monospaced'> - meta-<replaceable>bsp_name</replaceable>/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_*.bbappend + meta-<replaceable>bsp_name</replaceable>/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto*.bbappend </literallayout> </para> |