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authorScott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>2013-03-28 08:54:19 -0700
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2013-04-04 14:13:38 +0100
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ref-manual: Edits to COMPATIBLE_MACHINE variable.
(From yocto-docs rev: d185e843d50a01fb4ec077522747831f1dfb02e6) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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@@ -600,12 +600,14 @@ Core layer for images cannot be removed
600 600
601 <glossentry id='var-COMPATIBLE_MACHINE'><glossterm>COMPATIBLE_MACHINE</glossterm> 601 <glossentry id='var-COMPATIBLE_MACHINE'><glossterm>COMPATIBLE_MACHINE</glossterm>
602 <glossdef> 602 <glossdef>
603 <para>A regular expression which evaluates to match the machines the recipe 603 <para>A regular expression that evaluates to match the machines
604 works with. 604 with which the recipe works.
605 It stops recipes being run on machines for which they are not compatible. 605 You can use the variable to stop recipes from being run
606 on machines for which they are not compatible.
606 This is particularly useful with kernels. 607 This is particularly useful with kernels.
607 It also helps to increase parsing speed as further parsing of the recipe is skipped 608 The variable also helps to increase parsing speed as
608 if it is found the current machine is not compatible.</para> 609 further parsing of the recipe is skipped if it is found
610 the current machine is not compatible.</para>
609 </glossdef> 611 </glossdef>
610 </glossentry> 612 </glossentry>
611 613