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authorScott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>2011-08-17 08:44:56 -0700
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2011-08-23 18:46:37 -0700
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documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml: Updated term list.
I added a reference to the Image appendix for the description of images. Also, added a new term "meta-toolchain." (From yocto-docs rev: a9c1110ec7499afa669416c00bc81573fcbf920d) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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136 with BitBake (baked) and made part of a root filesystem. 136 with BitBake (baked) and made part of a root filesystem.
137 Images are both the binary output that runs on specific hardware and for specific 137 Images are both the binary output that runs on specific hardware and for specific
138 use cases as well as a metadata recipe that BitBake processes to generate the 138 use cases as well as a metadata recipe that BitBake processes to generate the
139 binary output.</para></listitem> 139 binary output.
140 For a list of the supported image types that the Yocto Project provides, see the
141 <ulink url='http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/1.1/poky-ref-manual/poky-ref-manual.html#ref-images'>
142 Reference: Images</ulink> appendix in
143 <ulink url='http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/1.1/poky-ref-manual/poky-ref-manual.html'>
144 The Yocto Project Reference Manual</ulink>.</para></listitem>
140 <listitem><para><emphasis>Recipe</emphasis> - A set of instructions for building packages. 145 <listitem><para><emphasis>Recipe</emphasis> - A set of instructions for building packages.
141 A recipe describes where you get source code and which patches to apply. 146 A recipe describes where you get source code and which patches to apply.
142 Recipes describe dependencies for libraries or for other recipes and they 147 Recipes describe dependencies for libraries or for other recipes and they
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155 <listitem><para><emphasis>Metadata</emphasis> - A term used throughout the Yocto Project 160 <listitem><para><emphasis>Metadata</emphasis> - A term used throughout the Yocto Project
156 documentation that refers to the files that BitBake parses when building an image. 161 documentation that refers to the files that BitBake parses when building an image.
157 Metadata includes recipes, classes, and configuration files.</para></listitem> 162 Metadata includes recipes, classes, and configuration files.</para></listitem>
163 <listitem><para><emphasis>Meta-Toolchain</emphasis> - A collection of software development
164 tools and utilities that allow you to develop software for targeted architectures.
165 These toolchains contain cross-compilers, linkers, and debuggers that are specific to
166 an architecure.
167 You can use the Yocto Project to build meta-toolchains in tarball form that when
168 unpacked contain the development tools you need to cross-compile and test your software.
169 The Yocto Project ships with images that contain toolchains for supported architectures
170 as well.</para></listitem>
158 <listitem><para><emphasis>Configuration File</emphasis>: Configuration information in the 171 <listitem><para><emphasis>Configuration File</emphasis>: Configuration information in the
159 <filename>.conf</filename> files provides global definitions of variables. 172 <filename>.conf</filename> files provides global definitions of variables.
160 The <filename>build/conf/local.conf</filename> configuration file defines user-defined variables 173 The <filename>build/conf/local.conf</filename> configuration file defines user-defined variables