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author | Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> | 2018-11-15 14:30:15 -0800 |
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committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2018-11-22 12:20:52 +0000 |
commit | 58128d2b32420b788e587dfeede6cae3e5ab4476 (patch) | |
tree | 327d8497f6618f46baba283b89627bec18105996 | |
parent | 236e2c80defc016686fc14256fd599208145ab7b (diff) | |
download | openembedded-core-contrib-58128d2b32420b788e587dfeede6cae3e5ab4476.tar.gz |
kernel-dev: Updated phrasing for what a "defconfig" file is.
It was over simplistic.
(From yocto-docs rev: 1c17e3ef607d18c89c3e20d2d44eb5120779cd2c)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
-rw-r--r-- | documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml index 83b02b1c18..9052876122 100644 --- a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml +++ b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml @@ -1603,8 +1603,11 @@ <title>Creating a <filename>defconfig</filename> File</title> <para> - A <filename>defconfig</filename> file is simply a - <filename>.config</filename> renamed to "defconfig". + A <filename>defconfig</filename> file in the context of + the Yocto Project is often a <filename>.config</filename> + file that is copied from a build or a + <filename>defconfig</filename> taken from the kernel tree + and moved into recipe space. You can use a <filename>defconfig</filename> file to retain a known set of kernel configurations from which the OpenEmbedded build system can draw to create the final |