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authorScott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>2013-11-26 09:26:21 -0800
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2013-12-03 12:53:25 +0000
commit5f6fc8843302dc36df46785f84cf6cacc92eac43 (patch)
tree34108a3bc5920554fc5f14706385d83dc4c4ab49 /documentation
parentace0b23d0a3d52a3fcb626a58e238a8a8f507429 (diff)
downloadpoky-5f6fc8843302dc36df46785f84cf6cacc92eac43.tar.gz
ref-manual: Added boot-directdisk class.
(From yocto-docs rev: c5644de8ffd3c3a1ee167fe6dfa62ac1ea1bf6be) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation')
-rw-r--r--documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml25
-rw-r--r--documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml8
2 files changed, 26 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
index 66e4a05509..a1d2c78449 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
211 </para> 211 </para>
212</section> 212</section>
213 213
214<section id='ref-classes-bin-package.bbclass'> 214<section id='ref-classes-bin-package'>
215 <title><filename>bin_package.bbclass</filename></title> 215 <title><filename>bin_package.bbclass</filename></title>
216 216
217 <para> 217 <para>
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
234 </para> 234 </para>
235</section> 235</section>
236 236
237<section id='ref-classes-blacklist.bbclass'> 237<section id='ref-classes-blacklist'>
238 <title><filename>blacklist.bbclass</filename></title> 238 <title><filename>blacklist.bbclass</filename></title>
239 239
240 <para> 240 <para>
@@ -256,7 +256,26 @@
256 </para> 256 </para>
257</section> 257</section>
258 258
259<section id='ref-classes-bootimg.bbclass'> 259<section id='ref-classes-boot-directdisk'>
260 <title><filename>boot-directdisk.bbclass</filename></title>
261
262 <para>
263 The boot direct disk (<filename>boot-directdisk</filename>) class
264 creates an image that can be placed directly onto a hard disk using
265 <filename>dd</filename> and then booted.
266 The image uses SYSLINUX.
267 </para>
268
269 <para>
270 The end result is a 512 boot sector populated with a
271 Master Boot Record (MBR) and partition table followed by an MSDOS
272 FAT16 partition containing SYSLINUX and a Linux kernel completed by
273 the <filename>ext2</filename> and <filename>ext3</filename>
274 root filesystems.
275 </para>
276</section>
277
278<section id='ref-classes-bootimg'>
260 <title><filename>bootimg.bbclass</filename></title> 279 <title><filename>bootimg.bbclass</filename></title>
261 280
262 <para> 281 <para>
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index b8e7c9f426..f28c62454b 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -2622,7 +2622,7 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
2622 <para> 2622 <para>
2623 The <filename>INITRD</filename> variable is an optional 2623 The <filename>INITRD</filename> variable is an optional
2624 variable used with the 2624 variable used with the
2625 <link linkend='ref-classes-buildimg'><filename>buildimg</filename></link> 2625 <link linkend='ref-classes-bootimg'><filename>buildimg</filename></link>
2626 class. 2626 class.
2627 </para> 2627 </para>
2628 </glossdef> 2628 </glossdef>
@@ -3730,7 +3730,7 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
3730 Causes the OpenEmbedded build system to skip building the 3730 Causes the OpenEmbedded build system to skip building the
3731 <filename>.hddimg</filename> image. 3731 <filename>.hddimg</filename> image.
3732 The <filename>NOHDD</filename> variable is used with the 3732 The <filename>NOHDD</filename> variable is used with the
3733 <link linkend='ref-classes-buildimg'><filename>buildimg</filename></link> 3733 <link linkend='ref-classes-bootimg'><filename>buildimg</filename></link>
3734 class. 3734 class.
3735 Set the variable to "1" to prevent the 3735 Set the variable to "1" to prevent the
3736 <filename>.hddimg</filename> image from being built. 3736 <filename>.hddimg</filename> image from being built.
@@ -3744,7 +3744,7 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
3744 Causes the OpenEmbedded build system to skip building the 3744 Causes the OpenEmbedded build system to skip building the
3745 ISO image. 3745 ISO image.
3746 The <filename>NOISO</filename> variable is used with the 3746 The <filename>NOISO</filename> variable is used with the
3747 <link linkend='ref-classes-buildimg'><filename>buildimg</filename></link> 3747 <link linkend='ref-classes-bootimg'><filename>buildimg</filename></link>
3748 class. 3748 class.
3749 Set the variable to "1" to prevent the ISO image from 3749 Set the variable to "1" to prevent the ISO image from
3750 being built. 3750 being built.
@@ -4818,7 +4818,7 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
4818 <para> 4818 <para>
4819 The <filename>ROOTFS</filename> variable is an optional 4819 The <filename>ROOTFS</filename> variable is an optional
4820 variable used with the 4820 variable used with the
4821 <link linkend='ref-classes-buildimg'><filename>buildimg</filename></link> 4821 <link linkend='ref-classes-bootimg'><filename>buildimg</filename></link>
4822 class. 4822 class.
4823 </para> 4823 </para>
4824 </glossdef> 4824 </glossdef>