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author | Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@microsoft.com> | 2022-10-10 10:55:23 +1300 |
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committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2022-10-19 17:32:57 +0100 |
commit | 1568e8a1f6e97de8a6fee13ed53f99e4b3fcbeb8 (patch) | |
tree | 81d556d7b2e99c443f86deeba08a442afe8db118 /documentation | |
parent | 7bf7115afa0fa89917ab2ac9e6573d22ea0c0c6c (diff) | |
download | poky-1568e8a1f6e97de8a6fee13ed53f99e4b3fcbeb8.tar.gz |
ref-manual: add missing features
Add missing IMAGE_FEATURES, DISTRO_FEATURES and MACHINE_FEATURES items.
Additionally, add a note that DISTRO_FEATURES doesn't have any impact on
the kernel configuration so that users are aware they have to take care
of that as well. (I thought the same was true of MACHINE_FEATURES, but
it seems we have a couple of isolated cases where that will adjust the
kernel configuration - few enough that I suspect they might have slipped
in and thus probably shouldn't be documented yet.)
(From yocto-docs rev: 488a5896feefd6d0dbc197e7cc431b4d23085104)
Signed-off-by: Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/features.rst | 50 |
1 files changed, 50 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/features.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/features.rst index dad871d516..ea4d257f2b 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/features.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/features.rst | |||
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ Project metadata: | |||
72 | 72 | ||
73 | - *phone:* Mobile phone (voice) support | 73 | - *phone:* Mobile phone (voice) support |
74 | 74 | ||
75 | - *qemu-usermode:* QEMU can support user-mode emulation for this machine | ||
76 | |||
75 | - *qvga:* Machine has a QVGA (320x240) display | 77 | - *qvga:* Machine has a QVGA (320x240) display |
76 | 78 | ||
77 | - *rtc:* Machine has a Real-Time Clock | 79 | - *rtc:* Machine has a Real-Time Clock |
@@ -112,6 +114,13 @@ configuration level. See the | |||
112 | :term:`COMBINED_FEATURES` variable for more | 114 | :term:`COMBINED_FEATURES` variable for more |
113 | information. | 115 | information. |
114 | 116 | ||
117 | .. note:: | ||
118 | |||
119 | :term:`DISTRO_FEATURES` is normally independent of kernel configuration, | ||
120 | so if a feature specified in :term:`DISTRO_FEATURES` also relies on | ||
121 | support in the kernel, you will also need to ensure that support is | ||
122 | enabled in the kernel configuration. | ||
123 | |||
115 | This list only represents features as shipped with the Yocto Project | 124 | This list only represents features as shipped with the Yocto Project |
116 | metadata, as extra layers can define their own: | 125 | metadata, as extra layers can define their own: |
117 | 126 | ||
@@ -143,6 +152,9 @@ metadata, as extra layers can define their own: | |||
143 | - *ext2:* Include tools for supporting for devices with internal | 152 | - *ext2:* Include tools for supporting for devices with internal |
144 | HDD/Microdrive for storing files (instead of Flash only devices). | 153 | HDD/Microdrive for storing files (instead of Flash only devices). |
145 | 154 | ||
155 | - *gobject-introspection-data:* Include data to support | ||
156 | `GObject Introspection <https://gi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`__. | ||
157 | |||
146 | - *ipsec:* Include IPSec support. | 158 | - *ipsec:* Include IPSec support. |
147 | 159 | ||
148 | - *ipv4:* Include IPv4 support. | 160 | - *ipv4:* Include IPv4 support. |
@@ -155,23 +167,38 @@ metadata, as extra layers can define their own: | |||
155 | - *multiarch:* Enable building applications with multiple architecture | 167 | - *multiarch:* Enable building applications with multiple architecture |
156 | support. | 168 | support. |
157 | 169 | ||
170 | - *ld-is-gold:* Use the `gold <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_(linker)>`__ | ||
171 | linker instead of the standard GCC linker (bfd). | ||
172 | |||
158 | - *ldconfig:* Include support for ldconfig and ``ld.so.conf`` on the | 173 | - *ldconfig:* Include support for ldconfig and ``ld.so.conf`` on the |
159 | target. | 174 | target. |
160 | 175 | ||
176 | - *lto:* Enable `Link-Time Optimisation <https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/LinkTimeOptimization>`__. | ||
177 | |||
161 | - *nfc:* Include support for | 178 | - *nfc:* Include support for |
162 | `Near Field Communication <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-field_communication>`__. | 179 | `Near Field Communication <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-field_communication>`__. |
163 | 180 | ||
164 | - *nfs:* Include NFS client support (for mounting NFS exports on | 181 | - *nfs:* Include NFS client support (for mounting NFS exports on |
165 | device). | 182 | device). |
166 | 183 | ||
184 | - *nls:* Include National Language Support (NLS). | ||
185 | |||
167 | - *opengl:* Include the Open Graphics Library, which is a | 186 | - *opengl:* Include the Open Graphics Library, which is a |
168 | cross-language, multi-platform application programming interface used | 187 | cross-language, multi-platform application programming interface used |
169 | for rendering two and three-dimensional graphics. | 188 | for rendering two and three-dimensional graphics. |
170 | 189 | ||
190 | - *overlayfs:* Include `OverlayFS <https://docs.kernel.org/filesystems/overlayfs.html>`__ | ||
191 | support. | ||
192 | |||
193 | - *pam:* Include `Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluggable_authentication_module>`__ | ||
194 | support. | ||
195 | |||
171 | - *pci:* Include PCI bus support. | 196 | - *pci:* Include PCI bus support. |
172 | 197 | ||
173 | - *pcmcia:* Include PCMCIA/CompactFlash support. | 198 | - *pcmcia:* Include PCMCIA/CompactFlash support. |
174 | 199 | ||
200 | - *polkit:* Include `Polkit <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polkit>`__ support. | ||
201 | |||
175 | - *ppp:* Include PPP dialup support. | 202 | - *ppp:* Include PPP dialup support. |
176 | 203 | ||
177 | - *ptest:* Enables building the package tests where supported by | 204 | - *ptest:* Enables building the package tests where supported by |
@@ -179,6 +206,13 @@ metadata, as extra layers can define their own: | |||
179 | ":ref:`dev-manual/common-tasks:testing packages with ptest`" section | 206 | ":ref:`dev-manual/common-tasks:testing packages with ptest`" section |
180 | in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual. | 207 | in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual. |
181 | 208 | ||
209 | - *pulseaudio:* Include support for | ||
210 | `PulseAudio <https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/>`__. | ||
211 | |||
212 | - *selinux:* Include support for | ||
213 | `Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security-Enhanced_Linux>`__ | ||
214 | (requires `meta-selinux <https://layers.openembedded.org/layerindex/layer/meta-selinux/>`__). | ||
215 | |||
182 | - *seccomp:* Enables building applications with | 216 | - *seccomp:* Enables building applications with |
183 | `seccomp <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seccomp>`__ support, to | 217 | `seccomp <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seccomp>`__ support, to |
184 | allow them to strictly restrict the system calls that they are allowed | 218 | allow them to strictly restrict the system calls that they are allowed |
@@ -270,6 +304,9 @@ Here are the image features available for all images: | |||
270 | just disables the mechanism which forces an non-empty password for the | 304 | just disables the mechanism which forces an non-empty password for the |
271 | root user. | 305 | root user. |
272 | 306 | ||
307 | - *lic-pkgs:* Installs license packages for all packages installed in a | ||
308 | given image. | ||
309 | |||
273 | - *overlayfs-etc:* Configures the ``/etc`` directory to be in ``overlayfs``. | 310 | - *overlayfs-etc:* Configures the ``/etc`` directory to be in ``overlayfs``. |
274 | This allows to store device specific information elsewhere, especially | 311 | This allows to store device specific information elsewhere, especially |
275 | if the root filesystem is configured to be read-only. | 312 | if the root filesystem is configured to be read-only. |
@@ -294,6 +331,12 @@ Here are the image features available for all images: | |||
294 | section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual for more | 331 | section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual for more |
295 | information. | 332 | information. |
296 | 333 | ||
334 | - *read-only-rootfs-delayed-postinsts:* when specified in conjunction | ||
335 | with ``read-only-rootfs``, specifies that post-install scripts are | ||
336 | still permitted (this assumes that the root filesystem will be made | ||
337 | writeable for the first boot; this feature does not do anything to | ||
338 | ensure that - it just disables the check for post-install scripts.) | ||
339 | |||
297 | - *splash:* Enables showing a splash screen during boot. By default, | 340 | - *splash:* Enables showing a splash screen during boot. By default, |
298 | this screen is provided by ``psplash``, which does allow | 341 | this screen is provided by ``psplash``, which does allow |
299 | customization. If you prefer to use an alternative splash screen | 342 | customization. If you prefer to use an alternative splash screen |
@@ -301,6 +344,11 @@ Here are the image features available for all images: | |||
301 | different package name (or names) within the image recipe or at the | 344 | different package name (or names) within the image recipe or at the |
302 | distro configuration level. | 345 | distro configuration level. |
303 | 346 | ||
347 | - *stateless-rootfs:*: specifies that the image should be created as | ||
348 | stateless - when using ``systemd``, ``systemctl-native`` will not | ||
349 | be run on the image, leaving the image for population at runtime by | ||
350 | systemd. | ||
351 | |||
304 | - *staticdev-pkgs:* Installs static development packages, which are | 352 | - *staticdev-pkgs:* Installs static development packages, which are |
305 | static libraries (i.e. ``*.a`` files), for all packages installed in | 353 | static libraries (i.e. ``*.a`` files), for all packages installed in |
306 | a given image. | 354 | a given image. |
@@ -351,6 +399,8 @@ these valid features is as follows: | |||
351 | - *tools-testapps:* Installs device testing tools (e.g. touchscreen | 399 | - *tools-testapps:* Installs device testing tools (e.g. touchscreen |
352 | debugging). | 400 | debugging). |
353 | 401 | ||
402 | - *weston:* Installs Weston (reference Wayland environment). | ||
403 | |||
354 | - *x11:* Installs the X server. | 404 | - *x11:* Installs the X server. |
355 | 405 | ||
356 | - *x11-base:* Installs the X server with a minimal environment. | 406 | - *x11-base:* Installs the X server with a minimal environment. |