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authorNicolas Dechesne <nicolas.dechesne@linaro.org>2020-06-26 19:10:51 +0200
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This commit is autogenerated pandoc to generate an inital set of reST files based on DocBook XML files. A .rst file is generated for each .xml files in all manuals with this command: cd <manual> for i in *.xml; do \ pandoc -f docbook -t rst --shift-heading-level-by=-1 \ $i -o $(basename $i .xml).rst \ done The conversion was done with: pandoc 2.9.2.1-91 (Arch Linux). Also created an initial top level index file for each document, and added all 'books' to the top leve index.rst file. The YP manuals layout is organized as: Book Chapter Section Section Section Sphinx uses section headers to create the document structure. ReStructuredText defines sections headers like that: To break longer text up into sections, you use section headers. These are a single line of text (one or more words) with adornment: an underline alone, or an underline and an overline together, in dashes "-----", equals "======", tildes "~~~~~~" or any of the non-alphanumeric characters = - ` : ' " ~ ^ _ * + # < > that you feel comfortable with. An underline-only adornment is distinct from an overline-and-underline adornment using the same character. The underline/overline must be at least as long as the title text. Be consistent, since all sections marked with the same adornment style are deemed to be at the same level: Let's define the following convention when converting from Docbook: Book => overline === (Title) Chapter => overline *** (1.) Section => ==== (1.1) Section => ---- (1.1.1) Section => ~~~~ (1.1.1.1) Section => ^^^^ (1.1.1.1.1) During the conversion with pandoc, we used --shift-heading-level=-1 to convert most of DocBook headings automatically. However with this setting, the Chapter header was removed, so I added it back manually. Without this setting all headings were off by one, which was more difficult to manually fix. At least with this change, we now have the same TOC with Sphinx and DocBook. (From yocto-docs rev: 3c73d64a476d4423ee4c6808c685fa94d88d7df8) Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dechesne <nicolas.dechesne@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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1**********************
2Kernel Development FAQ
3**********************
4
5.. _kernel-dev-faq-section:
6
7Common Questions and Solutions
8==============================
9
10The following lists some solutions for common questions. How do I use my
11own Linux kernel ``.config`` file? Refer to the "`Changing the
12Configuration <#changing-the-configuration>`__" section for information.
13How do I create configuration fragments? Refer to the "`Creating
14Configuration Fragments <#creating-config-fragments>`__" section for
15information. How do I use my own Linux kernel sources? Refer to the
16"`Working With Your Own Sources <#working-with-your-own-sources>`__"
17section for information. How do I install/not-install the kernel image
18on the rootfs? The kernel image (e.g. ``vmlinuz``) is provided by the
19``kernel-image`` package. Image recipes depend on ``kernel-base``. To
20specify whether or not the kernel image is installed in the generated
21root filesystem, override ``RDEPENDS_kernel-base`` to include or not
22include "kernel-image". See the "`Using .bbappend Files in Your
23Layer <&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#using-bbappend-files>`__" section in the
24Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual for information on how to use an
25append file to override metadata. How do I install a specific kernel
26module? Linux kernel modules are packaged individually. To ensure a
27specific kernel module is included in an image, include it in the
28appropriate machine
29```RRECOMMENDS`` <&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-RRECOMMENDS>`__ variable.
30These other variables are useful for installing specific modules:
31```MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS`` <&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS>`__
32```MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS`` <&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS>`__
33```MACHINE_EXTRA_RDEPENDS`` <&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-MACHINE_EXTRA_RDEPENDS>`__
34```MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS`` <&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS>`__
35For example, set the following in the ``qemux86.conf`` file to include
36the ``ab123`` kernel modules with images built for the ``qemux86``
37machine: MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS += "kernel-module-ab123" For more
38information, see the "`Incorporating Out-of-Tree
39Modules <#incorporating-out-of-tree-modules>`__" section. How do I
40change the Linux kernel command line? The Linux kernel command line is
41typically specified in the machine config using the ``APPEND`` variable.
42For example, you can add some helpful debug information doing the
43following: APPEND += "printk.time=y initcall_debug debug"