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authorScott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>2012-11-16 08:54:10 -0600
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2012-12-03 13:52:57 +0000
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documentation: poky-ref-manual - edits to machine and distro features
Fixes [YOCTO #3292] I added more detail about the list of machine and distro features to the introductory paragraphs of these sections. This information came from Paul Eggleton. (From yocto-docs rev: a032f8e49222f6b628eb7d337b967da51a3d7581) 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/poky-ref-manual/ref-features.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-features.xml
index fd0bd29ff7..2178d2a322 100644
--- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-features.xml
+++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-features.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@
30 <para> 30 <para>
31 The items below are features you can use with 31 The items below are features you can use with
32 <link linkend='var-DISTRO_FEATURES'><filename>DISTRO_FEATURES</filename></link>. 32 <link linkend='var-DISTRO_FEATURES'><filename>DISTRO_FEATURES</filename></link>.
33 Features do not have a one-to-one correspondence to packages, and they can
34 go beyond simply controlling the installation of a package or packages.
35 Sometimes a feature can influence how certain recipes are built.
36 For example, a feature might determine whether a particular configure option
37 is specified within <filename>do_configure</filename> for a particular
38 recipe.
39 </para>
40
41 <para>
33 This list only represents features as shipped with the Yocto Project metadata: 42 This list only represents features as shipped with the Yocto Project metadata:
34 <itemizedlist> 43 <itemizedlist>
35 <listitem><para><emphasis>alsa:</emphasis> ALSA support will be included (OSS compatibility 44 <listitem><para><emphasis>alsa:</emphasis> ALSA support will be included (OSS compatibility
@@ -77,7 +86,16 @@
77 <para> 86 <para>
78 The items below are features you can use with 87 The items below are features you can use with
79 <link linkend='var-MACHINE_FEATURES'><filename>MACHINE_FEATURES</filename></link>. 88 <link linkend='var-MACHINE_FEATURES'><filename>MACHINE_FEATURES</filename></link>.
80 This list only represents features as shipped with the Yocto Project metadata: 89 Features do not have a one-to-one correspondence to packages, and they can
90 go beyond simply controlling the installation of a package or packages.
91 Sometimes a feature can influence how certain recipes are built.
92 For example, a feature might determine whether a particular configure option
93 is specified within <filename>do_configure</filename> for a particular
94 recipe.
95 </para>
96
97 <para>
98 This feature list only represents features as shipped with the Yocto Project metadata:
81 <itemizedlist> 99 <itemizedlist>
82 <listitem><para><emphasis>acpi:</emphasis> Hardware has ACPI (x86/x86_64 only) 100 <listitem><para><emphasis>acpi:</emphasis> Hardware has ACPI (x86/x86_64 only)
83 </para></listitem> 101 </para></listitem>