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authorScott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>2018-11-15 14:30:15 -0800
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2018-11-22 12:20:52 +0000
commit58128d2b32420b788e587dfeede6cae3e5ab4476 (patch)
tree327d8497f6618f46baba283b89627bec18105996
parent236e2c80defc016686fc14256fd599208145ab7b (diff)
downloadpoky-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.xml7
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 @@
1603 <title>Creating a&nbsp;&nbsp;<filename>defconfig</filename> File</title> 1603 <title>Creating a&nbsp;&nbsp;<filename>defconfig</filename> File</title>
1604 1604
1605 <para> 1605 <para>
1606 A <filename>defconfig</filename> file is simply a 1606 A <filename>defconfig</filename> file in the context of
1607 <filename>.config</filename> renamed to "defconfig". 1607 the Yocto Project is often a <filename>.config</filename>
1608 file that is copied from a build or a
1609 <filename>defconfig</filename> taken from the kernel tree
1610 and moved into recipe space.
1608 You can use a <filename>defconfig</filename> file 1611 You can use a <filename>defconfig</filename> file
1609 to retain a known set of kernel configurations from which the 1612 to retain a known set of kernel configurations from which the
1610 OpenEmbedded build system can draw to create the final 1613 OpenEmbedded build system can draw to create the final