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authorScott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>2013-10-04 08:32:17 -0700
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2013-10-08 16:30:15 +0100
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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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@@ -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>