kernel-dev: Updates on how to prepare for kernel modification.

WIP at this point.

(From yocto-docs rev: 12e44f6ee7f9437d85c33d0789dbafe937af5664)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

1 files changed, 45 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-intro.xml b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-intro.xml
index 9104ed4d87..56cf6bc7e2 100644
--- a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-intro.xml
+++ b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-intro.xml
@@ -121,7 +121,51 @@
         <title>Getting Ready to Develop using <filename>devtool</filename></title>
 
         <para role='writernotes'>
-            Need the updated wiki stuff here
+            Sections as follows:
+            <orderedlist>
+                <listitem><para role='writernotes'>
+                    Source the oe-init-build-env script.
+                    At this point, we assume the build host is set up and
+                    <filename>poky</filename> repository has been cloned.
+                    </para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para role='writernotes'>
+                    Be sure your <filename>local.conf</filename> file has
+                    the correct
+                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-MACHINE'><filename>MACHINE</filename></ulink>
+                    variable set for the target hardware on which your
+                    kernel image runs.
+                    Also have the
+                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS'><filename>MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS</filename></ulink>
+                    variable set equal to "kernel-modules".
+                    </para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para role='writernotes'>
+                    Create a layer for later that will contain your patches
+                    (if any) to the kernel.
+                    </para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para role='writernotes'>
+                    Build the extensible SDK.
+                    </para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para role='writernotes'>
+                    Install the extensible SDK.
+                    </para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para role='writernotes'>
+                    Set up the terminal so that you can work with the
+                    extensible SDK.
+                    This terminal is known as the "eSDK Terminal" unlike the
+                    terminal that is set up to run BitBake, which is known
+                    as the "BitBake Terminal".
+                    </para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para role='writernotes'>
+                    Build the initial image using the extensible SDK.
+                    </para></listitem>
+            </orderedlist>
+        </para>
+
+        <para role='writernotes'>
+            At this point, the user has enough stuff set up to work on the
+            kernel.
+            I will put a section in the "Common Tasks" area of this manual
+            that finished out how to make a modification to the kernel.
         </para>
     </section>