documentation: remove references to prelink support

Fixing documentation and updating examples containing "prelink"
in their output.

(From yocto-docs rev: 8927b8fff55fac1bd1fefcff2d16141dbd1ebc51)

Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 38 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/overview-manual/concepts.rst b/documentation/overview-manual/concepts.rst
index 5c6364129d..47493786d9 100644
--- a/documentation/overview-manual/concepts.rst
+++ b/documentation/overview-manual/concepts.rst
@@ -1036,12 +1036,10 @@ for example, to determine whether or not to run specific tests. See the
 :term:`IMAGE_MANIFEST`
 variable for additional information.
 
-Optimizing processes that are run across the image include ``mklibs``,
-``prelink``, and any other post-processing commands as defined by the
+Optimizing processes that are run across the image include ``mklibs``
+and any other post-processing commands as defined by the
 :term:`ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND`
-variable. The ``mklibs`` process optimizes the size of the libraries,
-while the ``prelink`` process optimizes the dynamic linking of shared
-libraries to reduce start up time of executables.
+variable. The ``mklibs`` process optimizes the size of the libraries.
 
 After the root filesystem is built, processing begins on the image
 through the :ref:`ref-tasks-image`
diff --git a/documentation/overview-manual/yp-intro.rst b/documentation/overview-manual/yp-intro.rst
index ce2aed519e..a863a7d16e 100644
--- a/documentation/overview-manual/yp-intro.rst
+++ b/documentation/overview-manual/yp-intro.rst
@@ -387,39 +387,6 @@ Yocto Project:
    You can learn more about the AutoBuilder used by the Yocto Project
    Autobuilder :doc:`here </test-manual/understand-autobuilder>`.
 
--  *Cross-Prelink:* Prelinking is the process of pre-computing the load
-   addresses and link tables generated by the dynamic linker as compared
-   to doing this at runtime. Doing this ahead of time results in
-   performance improvements when the application is launched and reduced
-   memory usage for libraries shared by many applications.
-
-   Historically, cross-prelink is a variant of prelink, which was
-   conceived by `Jakub
-   Jelínek <https://people.redhat.com/jakub/prelink.pdf>`__ a number of
-   years ago. Both prelink and cross-prelink are maintained in the same
-   repository albeit on separate branches. By providing an emulated
-   runtime dynamic linker (i.e. ``glibc``-derived ``ld.so`` emulation),
-   the cross-prelink project extends the prelink software's ability to
-   prelink a sysroot environment. Additionally, the cross-prelink
-   software enables the ability to work in sysroot style environments.
-
-   The dynamic linker determines standard load address calculations
-   based on a variety of factors such as mapping addresses, library
-   usage, and library function conflicts. The prelink tool uses this
-   information, from the dynamic linker, to determine unique load
-   addresses for executable and linkable format (ELF) binaries that are
-   shared libraries and dynamically linked. The prelink tool modifies
-   these ELF binaries with the pre-computed information. The result is
-   faster loading and often lower memory consumption because more of the
-   library code can be re-used from shared Copy-On-Write (COW) pages.
-
-   The original upstream prelink project only supports running prelink
-   on the end target device due to the reliance on the target device's
-   dynamic linker. This restriction causes issues when developing a
-   cross-compiled system. The cross-prelink adds a synthesized dynamic
-   loader that runs on the host, thus permitting cross-prelinking
-   without ever having to run on a read-write target filesystem.
-
 -  *Pseudo:* Pseudo is the Yocto Project implementation of
    `fakeroot <http://man.he.net/man1/fakeroot>`__, which is used to run
    commands in an environment that seemingly has root privileges.