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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> | 2013-03-06 10:26:55 -0800 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2013-03-22 17:08:42 +0000 |
| commit | ac18d660ebadf24f453867ec63573e6b37e5801a (patch) | |
| tree | 425220cf312d676e939d5193642dd78139d46beb /documentation | |
| parent | e7df816a4fab57c76e9f837178eb520adac1867c (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-ac18d660ebadf24f453867ec63573e6b37e5801a.tar.gz | |
dev-manual: Added notes about creating your own distro
Added a couple of notes to point out the ease of creating your
own distro and not just relying on a Poky distribution. One
note is at the very beginning of the manual and mentions
Angstrom as an example of a distro based on the YP. The
other note is at the beginning of the second chapter.
(From yocto-docs rev: 1525a5e34c615cbfd25aeb12cc7a27ef95b51eab)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-intro.xml | 31 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml | 11 |
2 files changed, 30 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-intro.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-intro.xml index 01aafc45b5..9d20fd3687 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-intro.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-intro.xml @@ -10,16 +10,27 @@ <para> Welcome to the Yocto Project Development Manual! - This manual gives you an idea of how to use the Yocto Project to develop embedded Linux - images and user-space applications to run on targeted devices. - Reading this manual gives you an overview of image, kernel, and user-space application development - using the Yocto Project. - Because much of the information in this manual is general, it contains many references to other - sources where you can find more detail. - For example, detailed information on Git, repositories and open source in general - can be found in many places. - Another example is how to get set up to use the Yocto Project, which our Yocto Project - Quick Start covers. + This manual gives you an idea of how to use the Yocto Project to + develop embedded Linux images and user-space applications to run on + targeted devices. + Reading this manual gives you an overview of image, kernel, and + user-space application development using the Yocto Project. + Because much of the information in this manual is general, it + contains many references to other sources where you can find more + detail. + For example, detailed information on Git, repositories and open + source in general can be found in many places. + Another example is how to get set up to use the Yocto Project, + which our Yocto Project Quick Start covers. + <note> + By default, using the Yocto Project creates a Poky distribution. + However, you can create your own distribution by providing key + <link linkend='metadata'>Metadata</link>. + A good example is Angstrom, which has had a distribution + based on the Yocto Project since its inception. + See the "<link linkend='creating-your-own-distribution'>Creating Your Own Distribution</link>" + section for more information. + </note> </para> <para> diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml index b9401e9017..c4d91fff84 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml @@ -33,8 +33,15 @@ <para> You can use the OpenEmbedded build system, which uses BitBake to develop complete Linux - images and associated user-space applications for architectures based on ARM, MIPS, PowerPC, - x86 and x86-64. + images and associated user-space applications for architectures based + on ARM, MIPS, PowerPC, x86 and x86-64. + <note> + By default, using the Yocto Project creates a Poky distribution. + However, you can create your own distribution by providing key + <link linkend='metadata'>Metadata</link>. + See the "<link linkend='creating-your-own-distribution'>Creating Your Own Distribution</link>" + section for more information. + </note> While the Yocto Project does not provide a strict testing framework, it does provide or generate for you artifacts that let you perform target-level and emulated testing and debugging. |