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diff --git a/documentation/sdk-manual/sdk-intro.xml b/documentation/sdk-manual/sdk-intro.xml index 99f807e056..5b12fcff64 100644 --- a/documentation/sdk-manual/sdk-intro.xml +++ b/documentation/sdk-manual/sdk-intro.xml @@ -27,7 +27,19 @@ </para> <para> - Describe what a standard SDK is as compared to the extensible SDK. + A standard SDK consists of a cross-development toolchain that contains + a compiler, debugger, and various miscellaneous tools; libraries, + headers, and symbols to match an image; and environment setup script. + You can use this SDK to independently develop and test code that is + destined to run on some target machine. + </para> + + <para> + An extensible SDK consists of everything that the standard SDK has plus + tools that allow you to easily add new applications and libraries to + an image, modify the source of an existing component, test changes on + the target hardware, and easily integrate an application into the + the Yocto Project build system. </para> </section> @@ -35,10 +47,27 @@ <title>SDK Development Model</title> <para> - * Development Model - provide a figure that shows the development - pieces using boxes and arrows. - Include all possible methods, inputs and outputs. - <imagedata fileref="figures/sdk-environment.png" align="center" width="6in" depth="5in" scalefit="100" /> + Fundamentally, the SDK fits into the development process as follows: + <imagedata fileref="figures/sdk-environment.png" align="center" width="6in" depth="5in" scalefit="100" /> + The SDK is installed on any machine and can be used to develop + applications, images, and kernels. + An SDK can even be used by a QA Engineer or Release Engineer. + The fundamental concept is that the machine that has the SDK installed + does not have to be associated with the machine that has the + Yocto Project installed. + A developer can independently compile and test an object on their + machine and then, when the object is ready for integration into an + image, they can simply make it available to the machine that has the + the Yocto Project. + Once the object is available, the image can be rebuilt using the + Yocto Project to produce the modified image. + </para> + + <para> + The remainder of this manual describes how to use both the standard + SDK and the extensible SDK. + Information also exists in appendix form that describes how you can + build, install, and modify an SDK. </para> </section> |