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authorScott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>2012-01-31 14:21:35 -0600
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2012-03-08 12:07:46 -0800
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documentation: More information about DL_DIR added.
The information surrounding the central download directory was pretty scant. Jim Abernathy pointed this out in an email sent to me. As a start, I have added quite a bit more information to the glossary description for DL_DIR. Part of that added information is a pointer to the FAQ entry that describes exactly how the build system gets source files. Then, in the YP Development Manual in the section that introduces the build process, I added several references to various variables that are set in the local.conf file prior to kicking off the build. Reported-by: Jim Abernathy <jim.abernathy@intel.com> (From yocto-docs rev: 4d7835a3bff5bd054301fa9ab6954c11c88dad58) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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240 previous section.</para></listitem> 240 previous section.</para></listitem>
241 <listitem><para>Initialize the build environment by sourcing a build environment 241 <listitem><para>Initialize the build environment by sourcing a build environment
242 script.</para></listitem> 242 script.</para></listitem>
243 <listitem><para>Optionally ensure the <filename>conf/local.conf</filename> configuration file is set 243 <listitem><para>Optionally ensure the <filename>/conf/local.conf</filename> configuration file,
244 up how you want it. 244 which is found in the Yocto Project build directory, is set up how you want it.
245 This file defines the target machine architecture and other build options.</para></listitem> 245 This file defines many aspects of the build environment including
246 the target machine architecture through the
247 <filename><ulink url='http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/latest/poky-ref-manual/poky-ref-manual.html#var-MACHINE'>MACHINE</ulink></filename> variable,
248 the development machine's processor use through the
249 <filename><ulink url='http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/latest/poky-ref-manual/poky-ref-manual.html#var-BB_NUMBER_THREADS'>BB_NUMBER_THREADS</ulink></filename> and
250 <filename><ulink url='http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/latest/poky-ref-manual/poky-ref-manual.html#var-PARALLEL_MAKE'>PARALLEL_MAKE</ulink></filename> variables, and
251 a centralized tarball download directory through the
252 <filename><ulink url='http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/latest/poky-ref-manual/poky-ref-manual.html#var-DL_DIR'>DL_DIR</ulink></filename> variable.</para></listitem>
246 <listitem><para>Build the image using the <command>bitbake</command> command. 253 <listitem><para>Build the image using the <command>bitbake</command> command.
247 If you want information on BitBake, see the user manual at 254 If you want information on BitBake, see the user manual at
248 <ulink url='http://docs.openembedded.org/bitbake/html'></ulink>.</para></listitem> 255 <ulink url='http://docs.openembedded.org/bitbake/html'></ulink>.</para></listitem>