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authorJoão Henrique Ferreira de Freitas <joaohf@gmail.com>2014-03-10 18:07:51 -0600
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2014-03-25 12:29:38 +0000
commit2f643ad571d11cd25521fef79a51798387ad1ebf (patch)
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downloadpoky-2f643ad571d11cd25521fef79a51798387ad1ebf.tar.gz
kernel-dev: New step to "Generating Configuration Files" section.
Add a new step about how to use diffconfig task to create kernel config fragments. Scott fixed some grammar in one of the sentences after applying the patch. (From yocto-docs rev: 5b7ccdbf708cbeebc2d8dc91db129fb35aabdcdd) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml
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@@ -342,32 +342,25 @@
342 <literallayout class='monospaced'> 342 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
343 $ bitbake linux-yocto -c kernel_configme -f 343 $ bitbake linux-yocto -c kernel_configme -f
344 </literallayout></para></listitem> 344 </literallayout></para></listitem>
345 <listitem><para>Copy and rename the resulting
346 <filename>.config</filename> file (e.g.
347 <filename>config.orig</filename>).
348 </para></listitem>
349 <listitem><para>Run the <filename>menuconfig</filename> 345 <listitem><para>Run the <filename>menuconfig</filename>
350 command: 346 command:
351 <literallayout class='monospaced'> 347 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
352 $ bitbake linux-yocto -c menuconfig 348 $ bitbake linux-yocto -c menuconfig
353 </literallayout></para></listitem> 349 </literallayout></para></listitem>
354 <listitem><para>Prepare a configuration fragment based on 350 <listitem><para>Run the <filename>diffconfig</filename>
355 the differences between the two files. 351 command to prepare a configuration fragment.
356 </para></listitem> 352 The resulting file <filename>fragment.cfg</filename>
353 will be placed in the
354 <filename>${</filename><ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-WORKDIR'><filename>WORKDIR</filename></ulink><filename>}</filename> directory:
355 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
356 $ bitbake linux-yocto -c diffconfig
357 </literallayout></para></listitem>
357 </orderedlist> 358 </orderedlist>
358 </para> 359 </para>
359 360
360 <para> 361 <para>
361 Ultimately, the configuration fragment file needs to be a 362 The <filename>diffconfig</filename> command creates a file that is a
362 list of Linux kernel <filename>CONFIG_</filename> assignments. 363 list of Linux kernel <filename>CONFIG_</filename> assignments.
363 It cannot be in <filename>diff</filename> format.
364 Here is an example of a command that creates your
365 configuration fragment file.
366 Regardless of the exact command you use, plan on reviewing
367 the output as you can usually remove some of the defaults:
368 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
369 $ diff -Nurp config.orig .config | sed -n "s/^\+//p" > frag.cfg
370 </literallayout>
371 See the "<link linkend='changing-the-configuration'>Changing the Configuration</link>" 364 See the "<link linkend='changing-the-configuration'>Changing the Configuration</link>"
372 section for information on how to use the output as a 365 section for information on how to use the output as a
373 configuration fragment. 366 configuration fragment.