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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> | 2019-03-25 10:32:57 -0700 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2019-03-26 15:38:56 +0000 |
| commit | 35742c10f531ba451c06a4e360fecfb55f358b35 (patch) | |
| tree | 8e0a948a4e68377f6c5a0b5f41510c01f997af0f /documentation | |
| parent | b1641008f072ecd7b8843d80e0d3de6c0584129e (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-35742c10f531ba451c06a4e360fecfb55f358b35.tar.gz | |
ref-manual: Removed DISK_DESCRIPTION variable from glossary
(From yocto-docs rev: 0bc99a673376e70279a353f654287068c59a0b03)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 54 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 54 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index b49fb2535b..6470c739c2 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -3621,60 +3621,6 @@ </glossdef> </glossentry> - <glossentry id='var-DISK_SIGNATURE'><glossterm>DISK_SIGNATURE</glossterm> - <info> - DISK_SIGNATURE[doc] = "A 32-bit MBR disk signature used by directdisk images." - </info> - <glossdef> - <para role="glossdeffirst"> -<!-- <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> --> - A 32-bit MBR disk signature used by - <filename>directdisk</filename> images. - </para> - - <para> - By default, the signature is set to an automatically - generated random value that allows the OpenEmbedded - build system to create a boot loader. - You can override the signature in the image recipe - by setting <filename>DISK_SIGNATURE</filename> to an - 8-digit hex string. - You might want to override - <filename>DISK_SIGNATURE</filename> if you want the disk - signature to remain constant between image builds. - </para> - - <para> - When using Linux 3.8 or later, you can use - <filename>DISK_SIGNATURE</filename> to specify the root - by UUID to allow the kernel to locate the root device - even if the device name changes due to differences in - hardware configuration. - By default, <filename>ROOT_VM</filename> is set - as follows: - <literallayout class='monospaced'> - ROOT_VM ?= "root=/dev/sda2" - </literallayout> - However, you can change this to locate the root device - using the disk signature instead: - <literallayout class='monospaced'> - ROOT_VM = "root=PARTUUID=${DISK_SIGNATURE}-02" - </literallayout> - </para> - - <para> - As previously mentioned, it is possible to set the - <filename>DISK_SIGNATURE</filename> variable in your - <filename>local.conf</filename> file to a fixed - value if you do not want <filename>syslinux.cfg</filename> - changing for each build. - You might find this useful when you want to upgrade the - root filesystem on a device without having to recreate or - modify the master boot record. - </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - <glossentry id='var-DISTRO'><glossterm>DISTRO</glossterm> <info> DISTRO[doc] = "The short name of the distribution. If the variable is blank, meta/conf/distro/defaultsetup.conf will be used." |