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authorScott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>2012-12-27 12:28:58 -0600
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2013-01-16 15:59:11 +0000
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kernel-dev: Formatted the "Patches" section.
(From yocto-docs rev: e7de7e806d4cd02e4b5c8cb1ac237809bef5144e) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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@@ -762,6 +762,50 @@ The description file can include multiple kconf statements, one per fragment.
762 </para> 762 </para>
763 </section> 763 </section>
764 764
765 <section id='patches'>
766 <title>Patches</title>
767
768 <para>
769 Patches are described in a very similar way to configuration
770 fragments, which are described in the previous section.
771 Instead of a <filename>.cfg</filename> file, they work with
772 source patches.
773 A typical patch includes a description file and the patch itself:
774 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
775 patches/mypatch.scc:
776 patch mypatch.patch
777
778 patches/mypatch.patch:
779 &lt;typical-patch&gt;
780 </literallayout>
781 For <filename>.patch</filename> files, the typical patch
782 is created with <filename>diff -Nurp</filename> or
783 <filename>git format-patch</filename>.
784 </para>
785
786 <para>
787 The description file can include multiple patch statements,
788 one per patch.
789 </para>
790
791 <para>
792 Original text:
793 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
794Patches are described in a very similar way to configuration fragments (see
7953.3.1). Instead of a .cfg file, they work with source patches. A typical patch
796includes a description file and the patch itself:
797
798patches/mypatch.scc:
799 patch mypatch.patch
800
801patches/mypatch.patch:
802 &lt;typical patch created with 'diff -Nurp' or 'git format-patch'&gt;
803
804The description file can include multiple patch statements, one per patch.
805 </literallayout>
806 </para>
807 </section>
808
765 809
766 810
767 811