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author | Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> | 2013-10-04 08:32:17 -0700 |
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committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2013-10-08 16:30:15 +0100 |
commit | 75ac719f3e6c0b1305bcbc2bf5756d672e0ab975 (patch) | |
tree | 1440459afe725c0f998502f0b66a1da662531f8c /documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-intro.xml | |
parent | 4570c2e937d24531c55ff1d0f37cb20ee3074d95 (diff) | |
download | openembedded-core-contrib-75ac719f3e6c0b1305bcbc2bf5756d672e0ab975.tar.gz |
dev-manual: Some minor edits to Introduction chapter.
(From yocto-docs rev: a9913d41b2bdf03abd2fe84149cb48b0d89940ba)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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1 files changed, 20 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-intro.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-intro.xml index e213d75950..8923a1d2fb 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-intro.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-intro.xml @@ -24,17 +24,6 @@ set up your host development system and build an image, which you find in the <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_QS_URL;'>Yocto Project Quick Start</ulink>. - <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. - Other examples include commercial distributions like - Wind River Linux, Mentor Embedded Linux, and ENEA Linux. - See the "<link linkend='creating-your-own-distribution'>Creating Your Own Distribution</link>" - section for more information. - </note> </para> <para> @@ -43,13 +32,25 @@ reconfigure the kernel, and develop an application using the popular <trademark class='trade'>Eclipse</trademark> IDE. </para> + + <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. + Other examples include commercial distributions like + Wind River Linux, Mentor Embedded Linux, and ENEA Linux. + See the "<link linkend='creating-your-own-distribution'>Creating Your Own Distribution</link>" + section for more information. + </note> </section> <section id='what-this-manual-provides'> <title>What This Manual Provides</title> <para> - The following list describes what you can get from this guide: + The following list describes what you can get from this manual: <itemizedlist> <listitem><para>Information that lets you get set up to develop using the Yocto Project.</para></listitem> @@ -75,17 +76,17 @@ <para> This manual will not give you the following: <itemizedlist> - <listitem><para>Step-by-step instructions if those instructions exist in other Yocto - Project documentation. + <listitem><para><emphasis>Step-by-step instructions when those instructions exist in other Yocto + Project documentation:</emphasis> For example, the Yocto Project Application Developer's Guide contains detailed instructions on how to run the - <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_ADT_URL;#installing-the-adt'>Installing the ADT and Toolchains</ulink>, + <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_ADT_URL;#installing-the-adt'>ADT Installer</ulink>, which is used to set up a cross-development environment.</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>Reference material. + <listitem><para><emphasis>Reference material:</emphasis> This type of material resides in an appropriate reference manual. For example, system variables are documented in the <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;'>Yocto Project Reference Manual</ulink>.</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>Detailed public information that is not specific to the Yocto Project. + <listitem><para><emphasis>Detailed public information that is not specific to the Yocto Project:</emphasis> For example, exhaustive information on how to use Git is covered better through the Internet than in this manual.</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> @@ -109,7 +110,8 @@ with the Yocto Project and quickly begin building an image.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><emphasis> <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;'>Yocto Project Reference Manual</ulink>:</emphasis> This manual is a reference - guide to the OpenEmbedded build system known as "Poky." + guide to the OpenEmbedded build system, which is based on BitBake. + The build system is sometimes referred to as "Poky". </para></listitem> <listitem><para><emphasis> <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_ADT_URL;'>Yocto Project Application Developer's Guide</ulink>:</emphasis> |