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author | Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> | 2019-02-21 12:34:21 -0800 |
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committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2019-02-25 10:44:07 +0000 |
commit | cd7a4e95cf1f1444cd445b60a602cfd8b3e82f83 (patch) | |
tree | 322b3d468c6534e82b230c20506f1347e4b355e3 /documentation/kernel-dev | |
parent | b421a21f2fd77088b446f5175089b2e4025edccc (diff) | |
download | poky-cd7a4e95cf1f1444cd445b60a602cfd8b3e82f83.tar.gz |
kernel-dev: Updated section on running menuconfig
Fixes [YOCTO #13146]
I added some information to the "Using menuconfig" section to
indicate two host packages that must be installed in order for
menuconfig to run.
(From yocto-docs rev: 4f5b12ebe8f8c0ab23001b8fc770295dc585429c)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation/kernel-dev')
-rw-r--r-- | documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml | 36 |
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml index 9052876122..7ff4cba3b0 100644 --- a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml +++ b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml | |||
@@ -1479,15 +1479,33 @@ | |||
1479 | 1479 | ||
1480 | <para> | 1480 | <para> |
1481 | To use the <filename>menuconfig</filename> tool in the Yocto | 1481 | To use the <filename>menuconfig</filename> tool in the Yocto |
1482 | Project development environment, you must launch it using | 1482 | Project development environment, you must do the following: |
1483 | BitBake. | 1483 | <itemizedlist> |
1484 | Thus, the environment must be set up using the | 1484 | <listitem><para> |
1485 | <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#structure-core-script'><filename>&OE_INIT_FILE;</filename></ulink> | 1485 | Because you launch <filename>menuconfig</filename> |
1486 | script found in the | 1486 | using BitBake, you must be sure to set up your |
1487 | <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>. | 1487 | environment by running the |
1488 | You must also be sure of the state of your build's | 1488 | <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#structure-core-script'><filename>&OE_INIT_FILE;</filename></ulink> |
1489 | configuration in the | 1489 | script found in the |
1490 | <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#source-directory'>Source Directory</ulink>. | 1490 | <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>. |
1491 | </para></listitem> | ||
1492 | <listitem><para> | ||
1493 | You must be sure of the state of your build's | ||
1494 | configuration in the | ||
1495 | <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#source-directory'>Source Directory</ulink>. | ||
1496 | </para></listitem> | ||
1497 | <listitem><para> | ||
1498 | Your build host must have the following two packages | ||
1499 | installed: | ||
1500 | <literallayout class='monospaced'> | ||
1501 | libncurses5-dev | ||
1502 | libtinfo-dev | ||
1503 | </literallayout> | ||
1504 | </para></listitem> | ||
1505 | </itemizedlist> | ||
1506 | </para> | ||
1507 | |||
1508 | <para> | ||
1491 | The following commands initialize the BitBake environment, | 1509 | The following commands initialize the BitBake environment, |
1492 | run the | 1510 | run the |
1493 | <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#ref-tasks-kernel_configme'><filename>do_kernel_configme</filename></ulink> | 1511 | <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#ref-tasks-kernel_configme'><filename>do_kernel_configme</filename></ulink> |