1 files changed, 1379 insertions, 116 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 510563a00b..ced40c0549 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@
    <glossdiv id='var-glossary-a'><title>A</title>
        <glossentry id='var-ABIEXTENSION'><glossterm>ABIEXTENSION</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                ABIEXTENSION[doc] = "Extension to the Application Binary Interface (ABI) field of the GNU canonical architecture name (e.g. "eabi")."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Extension to the Application Binary Interface (ABI)
@@ -66,7 +69,10 @@
            </glossdef>
        </glossentry>
-         <glossentry id='var-ALLOW_EMPTY'><glossterm>ALLOW_EMPTY</glossterm>
+        <glossentry id='var-ALLOW_EMPTY'><glossterm>ALLOW_EMPTY</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                ALLOW_EMPTY[doc] = "Specifies if an output package should still be produced if it is empty."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                   Specifies if an output package should still be produced if it is empty.
@@ -86,9 +92,12 @@
                   </literallayout>
                </para>
            </glossdef>
-         </glossentry>
+        </glossentry>
-         <glossentry id='var-ALTERNATIVE'><glossterm>ALTERNATIVE</glossterm>
+        <glossentry id='var-ALTERNATIVE'><glossterm>ALTERNATIVE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                ALTERNATIVE[doc] = "Lists commands in a package that need an alternative binary naming scheme."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Lists commands in a package that need an alternative
@@ -113,9 +122,12 @@
                    section.
                </para>
            </glossdef>
-         </glossentry>
+        </glossentry>
-         <glossentry id='var-ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME'><glossterm>ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME</glossterm>
+        <glossentry id='var-ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME'><glossterm>ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[doc] = "Used by the alternatives system to map duplicated commands to actual locations."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Used by the alternatives system to map duplicated commands
@@ -146,9 +158,12 @@
                    section.
                </para>
            </glossdef>
-         </glossentry>
+        </glossentry>
-         <glossentry id='var-ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY'><glossterm>ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY</glossterm>
+        <glossentry id='var-ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY'><glossterm>ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY[doc] = "Used by the alternatives system to create default priorities for duplicated commands."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Used by the alternatives system to create default
@@ -171,9 +186,12 @@
                    section.
                </para>
            </glossdef>
-         </glossentry>
+        </glossentry>
-         <glossentry id='var-ALTERNATIVE_TARGET'><glossterm>ALTERNATIVE_TARGET</glossterm>
+        <glossentry id='var-ALTERNATIVE_TARGET'><glossterm>ALTERNATIVE_TARGET</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                ALTERNATIVE_TARGET[doc] = "Used by the alternatives system to create default link locations for duplicated commands."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Used by the alternatives system to create default link
@@ -222,9 +240,12 @@
                    section.
                </para>
            </glossdef>
-         </glossentry>
+        </glossentry>
-         <glossentry id='var-APPEND'><glossterm>APPEND</glossterm>
+        <glossentry id='var-APPEND'><glossterm>APPEND</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                APPEND[doc] = "An override list of append strings for each LABEL."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    An override list of append strings for each
@@ -237,9 +258,12 @@
                    class for more information on how this variable is used.
                </para>
            </glossdef>
-         </glossentry>
+        </glossentry>
-         <glossentry id='var-ASSUME_PROVIDED'><glossterm>ASSUME_PROVIDED</glossterm>
+        <glossentry id='var-ASSUME_PROVIDED'><glossterm>ASSUME_PROVIDED</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                ASSUME_PROVIDED[doc] = "Lists recipe names (PN values) BitBake does not attempt to build."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Lists recipe names
@@ -257,32 +281,42 @@
                    used rather than building <filename>git-native</filename>.
                </para>
            </glossdef>
-         </glossentry>
+        </glossentry>
-         <glossentry id='var-AUTHOR'><glossterm>AUTHOR</glossterm>
+        <glossentry id='var-AUTHOR'><glossterm>AUTHOR</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                AUTHOR[doc] = "Email address used to contact the original author or authors in order to send patches and forward bugs."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>The email address used to contact the original author
                    or authors in order to send patches and forward bugs.</para>
            </glossdef>
-         </glossentry>
+        </glossentry>
-         <glossentry id='var-AUTO_SYSLINUXMENU'><glossterm>AUTO_SYSLINUXMENU</glossterm>
+        <glossentry id='var-AUTO_SYSLINUXMENU'><glossterm>AUTO_SYSLINUXMENU</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                AUTO_SYSLINUXMENU[doc] = "Enables creating an automatic menu for the syslinux bootloader."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
-                    Enables creating an automatic menu.
+                    Enables creating an automatic menu for the syslinux
-                    You must set this in your recipe.
+                    bootloader.
+                    You must set this variable in your recipe.
                    The
                    <link linkend='ref-classes-syslinux'><filename>syslinux</filename></link>
                    class checks this variable.
                </para>
            </glossdef>
-         </glossentry>
+        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-AUTOREV'><glossterm>AUTOREV</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                AUTOREV[doc] = "When SRCREV is set to the value of this variable, it specifies to use the latest source revision in the repository."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>When <filename><link linkend='var-SRCREV'>SRCREV</link></filename>
-                    is set to the value of this variable, it specifies to use the latest
+                    is set to the value of this variable, it specifies to use
-                    source revision in the repository.
+                    the latest source revision in the repository.
                    Here is an example:
                    <literallayout class='monospaced'>
     SRCREV = "${AUTOREV}"
@@ -292,8 +326,11 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-AVAILTUNES'><glossterm>AVAILTUNES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                AVAILTUNES[doc] = "The list of defined CPU and Application Binary Interface (ABI) tunings (i.e.  "tunes") available for use by the OpenEmbedded build system."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
-                <para>
+                <para id='var-define-AVAILTUNES'>
                    The list of defined CPU and Application Binary Interface
                    (ABI) tunings (i.e.  "tunes") available for use by the
                    OpenEmbedded build system.
@@ -318,12 +355,14 @@
            </glossdef>
        </glossentry>
    </glossdiv>
    <glossdiv id='var-glossary-b'><title>B</title>
        <glossentry id='var-B'><glossterm>B</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                B[doc] = "The Build Directory. The OpenEmbedded build system places generated objects into the Build Directory during a recipe's build process."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The directory within the
@@ -347,6 +386,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS'><glossterm>BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS[doc] = "A list of packages not to install despite being recommended by a recipe. Support for this variable exists only when using the IPK packaging backend."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Lists "recommended-only" packages to not install.
@@ -395,6 +437,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BASE_LIB'><glossterm>BASE_LIB</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BASE_LIB[doc] = "The library directory name for the CPU or Application Binary Interface (ABI) tune."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The library directory name for the CPU or Application
@@ -417,6 +462,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BB_DANGLINGAPPENDS_WARNONLY'><glossterm>BB_DANGLINGAPPENDS_WARNONLY</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BB_DANGLINGAPPENDS_WARNONLY[doc] = "Defines how BitBake handles situations where an append file (.bbappend) has no corresponding recipe file (.bb)."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Defines how BitBake handles situations where an append
@@ -451,6 +499,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BB_DISKMON_DIRS'><glossterm>BB_DISKMON_DIRS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BB_DISKMON_DIRS[doc] = "Monitors disk space and available inodes during the build and allows you to control the build based on these parameters."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Monitors disk space and available inodes during the build
@@ -546,6 +597,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BB_DISKMON_WARNINTERVAL'><glossterm>BB_DISKMON_WARNINTERVAL</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BB_DISKMON_WARNINTERVAL[doc] = "Defines the disk space and free inode warning intervals. To set these intervals, define the variable in the conf/local.conf file in the Build Directory."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Defines the disk space and free inode warning intervals.
@@ -614,6 +668,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS'><glossterm>BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS[doc] = "Causes tarballs of the Git repositories to be placed in the DL_DIR directory."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Causes tarballs of the Git repositories, including the
@@ -637,12 +694,15 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BB_NUMBER_THREADS'><glossterm>BB_NUMBER_THREADS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BB_NUMBER_THREADS[doc] = "The maximum number of tasks BitBake should run in parallel at any one time. A good rule of thumb is for this variable to be twice the number of cores."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The maximum number of tasks BitBake should run in parallel
                    at any one time.
                    If your host development system supports multiple cores,
-                    a good rule of thumb is to set this variable to twice the
+                    a good rule of thumb is to have this variable be twice the
                    number of cores.
                </para>
@@ -654,6 +714,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BBCLASSEXTEND'><glossterm>BBCLASSEXTEND</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BBCLASSEXTEND[doc] = "Allows you to extend a recipe so that it builds variants of the software. Common variants for recipes are 'native', 'cross', 'nativesdk' and multilibs."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Allows you to extend a recipe so that it builds variants of the software.
@@ -678,6 +741,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BBFILE_COLLECTIONS'><glossterm>BBFILE_COLLECTIONS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BBFILE_COLLECTIONS[doc] = "Lists the names of configured layers. These names are used to find the other BBFILE_* variables."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>Lists the names of configured layers.
                    These names are used to find the other <filename>BBFILE_*</filename>
@@ -689,6 +755,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BBFILE_PATTERN'><glossterm>BBFILE_PATTERN</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BBFILE_PATTERN[doc] = "Variable that expands to match files from BBFILES in a particular layer. This variable is used in the layer.conf file and must be suffixed with the name of a layer."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>Variable that expands to match files from
                    <link linkend='var-BBFILES'><filename>BBFILES</filename></link>
@@ -700,6 +769,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BBFILE_PRIORITY'><glossterm>BBFILE_PRIORITY</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BBFILE_PRIORITY[doc] = "Assigns the priority for recipe files in each layer. Setting this variable allows you to prioritize a layer against other layers that contain the same recipe."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>Assigns the priority for recipe files in each layer.</para>
                <para>This variable is useful in situations where the same recipe appears in
@@ -731,18 +803,27 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BBFILES'><glossterm>BBFILES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BBFILES[doc] = "List of recipe files used by BitBake to build software."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>List of recipe files used by BitBake to build software.</para>
            </glossdef>
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BBINCLUDELOGS'><glossterm>BBINCLUDELOGS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BBINCLUDELOGS[doc] = "Variable that controls how BitBake displays logs on build failure."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>Variable that controls how BitBake displays logs on build failure.</para>
            </glossdef>
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BBLAYERS'><glossterm>BBLAYERS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BBLAYERS[doc] = "Lists the layers to enable during the build. This variable is defined in the bblayers.conf configuration file."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>Lists the layers to enable during the build.
                    This variable is defined in the <filename>bblayers.conf</filename> configuration
@@ -768,6 +849,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BBLAYERS_NON_REMOVABLE'><glossterm>BBLAYERS_NON_REMOVABLE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BBLAYERS_NON_REMOVABLE[doc] = "Lists core layers that cannot be removed from the bblayers.conf file."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>Lists core layers that cannot be removed from the
                    <filename>bblayers.conf</filename> file during a build
@@ -802,6 +886,9 @@
        <glossentry id='var-BBMASK'><glossterm>BBMASK</glossterm>
            <glossdef>
+            <info>
+                BBMASK[doc] = "Prevents BitBake from processing specific recipes or recipe append files. Use the BBMASK variable from within conf/local.conf."
+            </info>
                <para>
                    Prevents BitBake from processing recipes and recipe
                    append files.
@@ -861,6 +948,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BBPATH'><glossterm>BBPATH</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BBPATH[doc] = "Used by BitBake to locate .bbclass and configuration files. This variable is analogous to the PATH variable."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Used by BitBake to locate
@@ -886,6 +976,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BBSERVER'><glossterm>BBSERVER</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BBSERVER[doc] = "Points to the server that runs memory-resident BitBake."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Points to the server that runs memory-resident BitBake.
@@ -908,6 +1001,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BINCONFIG'><glossterm>BINCONFIG</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BINCONFIG[doc] = "When inheriting the binconfig-disabled class, this variable specifies binary configuration scripts to disable in favor of using pkg-config to query the information."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When inheriting the
@@ -932,6 +1028,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BINCONFIG_GLOB'><glossterm>BINCONFIG_GLOB</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BINCONFIG_GLOB[doc] = "When inheriting binconfig.bbclass from a recipe, this variable specifies a wildcard for configuration scripts that need editing."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When inheriting the
@@ -956,6 +1055,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BP'><glossterm>BP</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BP[doc] = "The base recipe name and version but without any special recipe name suffix (i.e. -native, lib64-, and so forth). BP is comprised of ${BPN}-${PV}"
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>The base recipe name and version but without any special
                    recipe name suffix (i.e. <filename>-native</filename>, <filename>lib64-</filename>,
@@ -968,6 +1070,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BPN'><glossterm>BPN</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BPN[doc] = "The bare name of the recipe. This variable is a version of the PN variable but removes common suffixes and prefixes."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>The bare name of the recipe.
                    This variable is a version of the <link linkend='var-PN'><filename>PN</filename></link> variable
@@ -983,6 +1088,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BUGTRACKER'><glossterm>BUGTRACKER</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BUGTRACKER[doc] = "Specifies a URL for an upstream bug tracking website for a recipe."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies a URL for an upstream bug tracking website for
@@ -995,6 +1103,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BUILD_CFLAGS'><glossterm>BUILD_CFLAGS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BUILD_CFLAGS[doc] = "Specifies the flags to pass to the C compiler when building for the build host."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the flags to pass to the C compiler when building
@@ -1007,6 +1118,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BUILD_CPPFLAGS'><glossterm>BUILD_CPPFLAGS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BUILD_CPPFLAGS[doc] = "Specifies the flags to pass to the C pre-processor (i.e. to both the C and the C++ compilers) when building for the build host."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the flags to pass to the C pre-processor
@@ -1020,6 +1134,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BUILD_CXXFLAGS'><glossterm>BUILD_CXXFLAGS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BUILD_CXXFLAGS[doc] = "Specifies the flags to pass to the C++ compiler when building for the build host."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the flags to pass to the C++ compiler when
@@ -1032,6 +1149,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BUILD_LDFLAGS'><glossterm>BUILD_LDFLAGS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BUILD_LDFLAGS[doc] = "Specifies the flags to pass to the linker when building for the build host."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the flags to pass to the linker when building
@@ -1044,6 +1164,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BUILD_OPTIMIZATION'><glossterm>BUILD_OPTIMIZATION</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BUILD_OPTIMIZATION[doc] = "Specifies the optimization flags passed to the C compiler when building for the build host or the SDK."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the optimization flags passed to the C compiler
@@ -1064,6 +1187,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BUILDDIR'><glossterm>BUILDDIR</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BUILDDIR[doc] = "Points to the location of the Build Directory."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Points to the location of the
@@ -1082,6 +1208,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BUILDHISTORY_COMMIT'><glossterm>BUILDHISTORY_COMMIT</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BUILDHISTORY_COMMIT[doc] = "When inheriting the buildhistory class, this variable specifies whether or not to commit the build history output in a local Git repository."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When inheriting the
@@ -1110,6 +1239,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BUILDHISTORY_COMMIT_AUTHOR'><glossterm>BUILDHISTORY_COMMIT_AUTHOR</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BUILDHISTORY_COMMIT_AUTHOR[doc] = "When inheriting the buildhistory class, this variable specifies the author to use for each Git commit."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When inheriting the
@@ -1141,6 +1273,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BUILDHISTORY_DIR'><glossterm>BUILDHISTORY_DIR</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BUILDHISTORY_DIR[doc] = "When inheriting the buildhistory class, this variable specifies the directory in which build history information is kept."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When inheriting the
@@ -1162,6 +1297,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BUILDHISTORY_FEATURES'><glossterm>BUILDHISTORY_FEATURES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BUILDHISTORY_FEATURES[doc] = "When inheriting the buildhistory class, this variable specifies the build history features to be enabled."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When inheriting the
@@ -1203,6 +1341,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BUILDHISTORY_IMAGE_FILES'><glossterm>BUILDHISTORY_IMAGE_FILES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BUILDHISTORY_IMAGE_FILES[doc] = "When inheriting the buildhistory class, this variable specifies a list of paths to files copied from the image contents into the build history directory under an "image-files" directory in the directory for the image, so that you can track the contents of each file."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When inheriting the
@@ -1232,6 +1373,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BUILDHISTORY_PUSH_REPO'><glossterm>BUILDHISTORY_PUSH_REPO</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BUILDHISTORY_PUSH_REPO[doc] = "When inheriting the buildhistory class, this variable optionally specifies a remote repository to which build history pushes Git changes."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When inheriting the
@@ -1263,6 +1407,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BUILDSDK_CFLAGS'><glossterm>BUILDSDK_CFLAGS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BUILDSDK_CFLAGS[doc] = "Specifies the flags to pass to the C compiler when building for the SDK."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the flags to pass to the C compiler when building
@@ -1276,6 +1423,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BUILDSDK_CPPFLAGS'><glossterm>BUILDSDK_CPPFLAGS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BUILDSDK_CPPFLAGS[doc] = "Specifies the flags to pass to the C pre-processor (i.e. to both the C and the C++ compilers) when building for the SDK."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the flags to pass to the C pre-processor
@@ -1290,6 +1440,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BUILDSDK_CXXFLAGS'><glossterm>BUILDSDK_CXXFLAGS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BUILDSDK_CXXFLAGS[doc] = "Specifies the flags to pass to the C++ compiler when building for the SDK."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the flags to pass to the C++ compiler when
@@ -1303,6 +1456,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BUILDSDK_LDFLAGS'><glossterm>BUILDSDK_LDFLAGS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BUILDSDK_LDFLAGS[doc] = "Specifies the flags to pass to the linker when building for the SDK."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the flags to pass to the linker when building
@@ -1316,6 +1472,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BUILDSTATS_BASE'><glossterm>BUILDSTATS_BASE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BUILDSTATS_BASE[doc] = "Points to the location of the directory that holds build statistics when you use and enable the buildstats class."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Points to the location of the directory that holds build
@@ -1330,6 +1489,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-BUSYBOX_SPLIT_SUID'><glossterm>BUSYBOX_SPLIT_SUID</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                BUSYBOX_SPLIT_SUID[doc] = "For the BusyBox recipe, specifies whether to split the output executable file into two parts: one for features that require setuid root, and one for the remaining features."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    For the BusyBox recipe, specifies whether to split the
@@ -1353,6 +1515,9 @@
    <glossdiv id='var-glossary-c'><title>C</title>
        <glossentry id='var-CFLAGS'><glossterm>CFLAGS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                CFLAGS[doc] = "Flags passed to the C compiler for the target system. This variable evaluates to the same as TARGET_CFLAGS."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the flags to pass to the C compiler.
@@ -1385,6 +1550,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-CLASSOVERRIDE'><glossterm>CLASSOVERRIDE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                CLASSOVERRIDE[doc] = "An internal variable specifying the special class override that should currently apply (e.g. "class-target", "class-native", and so forth)."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    An internal variable specifying the special class override
@@ -1411,6 +1579,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-COMBINED_FEATURES'><glossterm>COMBINED_FEATURES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                COMBINED_FEATURES[doc] = "A set of features common between MACHINE_FEATURES and DISTRO_FEATURES."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Provides a list of hardware features that are enabled in
@@ -1437,6 +1608,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-COMMON_LICENSE_DIR'><glossterm>COMMON_LICENSE_DIR</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                COMMON_LICENSE_DIR[doc] = "Points to meta/files/common-licenses in the Source Directory, which is where generic license files reside."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Points to <filename>meta/files/common-licenses</filename>
@@ -1448,6 +1622,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-COMPATIBLE_HOST'><glossterm>COMPATIBLE_HOST</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                COMPATIBLE_HOST[doc] = "A regular expression that resolves to one or more hosts (when the recipe is native) or one or more targets (when the recipe is non-native) with which a recipe is compatible."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>A regular expression that resolves to one or more hosts
                    (when the recipe is native) or one or more targets (when
@@ -1465,6 +1642,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-COMPATIBLE_MACHINE'><glossterm>COMPATIBLE_MACHINE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                COMPATIBLE_MACHINE[doc] = "A regular expression that resolves to one or more target machines with which a recipe is compatible."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>A regular expression that resolves to one or more
                    target machines with which a recipe is compatible.
@@ -1480,6 +1660,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-COMPLEMENTARY_GLOB'><glossterm>COMPLEMENTARY_GLOB</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                COMPLEMENTARY_GLOB[doc] = "Defines wildcards to match when installing a list of complementary packages for all the packages installed in an image."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Defines wildcards to match when installing a list of
@@ -1507,6 +1690,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-CONFFILES'><glossterm>CONFFILES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                CONFFILES[doc] = "Identifies editable or configurable files that are part of a package."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Identifies editable or configurable files that are part of a package.
@@ -1557,6 +1743,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE'><glossterm>CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE[doc] = "Identifies the initial RAM disk (initramfs) source files. The OpenEmbedded build system receives and uses this kernel Kconfig variable as an environment variable."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Identifies the initial RAM disk (initramfs) source files.
@@ -1589,6 +1778,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-CONFIG_SITE'><glossterm>CONFIG_SITE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                CONFIG_SITE[doc] = "A list of files that contains autoconf test results relevant to the current build. This variable is used by the Autotools utilities when running configure."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    A list of files that contains <filename>autoconf</filename> test results relevant
@@ -1600,6 +1792,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-CONFLICT_DISTRO_FEATURES'><glossterm>CONFLICT_DISTRO_FEATURES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                CONFLICT_DISTRO_FEATURES[doc] = "When a recipe inherits the distro_features_check class, this variable identifies distribution features that would be in conflict should the recipe be built."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When inheriting the
@@ -1619,6 +1814,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-COPY_LIC_DIRS'><glossterm>COPY_LIC_DIRS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                COPY_LIC_DIRS[doc] = "If set to "1" along with the COPY_LIC_MANIFEST variable, the OpenEmbedded build system copies into the image the license files, which are located in /usr/share/common-licenses, for each package."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    If set to "1" along with the
@@ -1634,6 +1832,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-COPY_LIC_MANIFEST'><glossterm>COPY_LIC_MANIFEST</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                COPY_LIC_MANIFEST[doc] = "If set to "1", the OpenEmbedded build system copies the license manifest for the image to /usr/share/common-licenses/license.manifest within the image itself."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    If set to "1", the OpenEmbedded build system copies
@@ -1645,6 +1846,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL'><glossterm>CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL[doc] = "Specifies the list of packages to be added to the image. You should only set this variable in the conf/local.conf file in the Build Directory."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the list of packages to be added to the image.
@@ -1661,6 +1865,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-COREBASE'><glossterm>COREBASE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                COREBASE[doc] = "Specifies the parent directory of the OpenEmbedded Core Metadata layer (i.e. meta)."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the parent directory of the OpenEmbedded
@@ -1683,6 +1890,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-CPPFLAGS'><glossterm>CPPFLAGS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                CPPFLAGS[doc] = "Specifies the flags to pass to the C pre-processor (i.e. to both the C and the C++ compilers)."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the flags to pass to the C pre-processor
@@ -1716,6 +1926,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-CXXFLAGS'><glossterm>CXXFLAGS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                CXXFLAGS[doc] = "Specifies the flags to pass to the C++ compiler."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the flags to pass to the C++ compiler.
@@ -1752,6 +1965,9 @@
    <glossdiv id='var-glossary-d'><title>D</title>
        <glossentry id='var-D'><glossterm>D</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                D[doc] = "The destination directory."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The destination directory.
@@ -1768,6 +1984,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-DATETIME'><glossterm>DATETIME</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                DATETIME[doc] = "The date and time the build was started."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The date and time on which the current build started.
@@ -1777,6 +1996,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-DEBUG_BUILD'><glossterm>DEBUG_BUILD</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                DEBUG_BUILD[doc] = "Specifies to build packages with debugging information. This influences the value of the SELECTED_OPTIMIZATION variable."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies to build packages with debugging information.
@@ -1788,6 +2010,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-DEBUG_OPTIMIZATION'><glossterm>DEBUG_OPTIMIZATION</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                DEBUG_OPTIMIZATION[doc] = "The options to pass in TARGET_CFLAGS and CFLAGS when compiling a system for debugging. This variable defaults to '-O -fno-omit-frame-pointer -g'."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The options to pass in
@@ -1800,6 +2025,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-DEFAULT_PREFERENCE'><glossterm>DEFAULT_PREFERENCE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                DEFAULT_PREFERENCE[doc] = "Specifies a weak bias for recipe selection priority."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies a weak bias for recipe selection priority.
@@ -1824,6 +2052,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-DEFAULTTUNE'><glossterm>DEFAULTTUNE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                DEFAULTTUNE[doc] = "The default CPU and Application Binary Interface (ABI) tunings (i.e.  the "tune") used by the OpenEmbedded build system."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The default CPU and Application Binary Interface (ABI)
@@ -1845,6 +2076,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-DEPENDS'><glossterm>DEPENDS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                DEPENDS[doc] = "Lists a recipe's build-time dependencies (i.e. other recipe files)."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Lists a recipe's build-time dependencies
@@ -1880,6 +2114,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-DEPLOY_DIR'><glossterm>DEPLOY_DIR</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                DEPLOY_DIR[doc] = "Points to the general area that the OpenEmbedded build system uses to place images, packages, SDKs and other output files that are ready to be used outside of the build system."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Points to the general area that the OpenEmbedded build
@@ -1905,6 +2142,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE'><glossterm>DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE[doc] = "Points to the area that the OpenEmbedded build system uses to place images and other associated output files that are ready to be deployed onto the target machine."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Points to the area that the OpenEmbedded build system uses
@@ -1932,6 +2172,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-DEPLOYDIR'><glossterm>DEPLOYDIR</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                DEPLOYDIR[doc] = "For recipes that inherit the deploy class, the DEPLOYDIR points to a temporary work area for deployed files."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When inheriting the
@@ -1953,6 +2196,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-DESCRIPTION'><glossterm>DESCRIPTION</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                DESCRIPTION[doc] = "The package description used by package managers. If not set, DESCRIPTION takes the value of the SUMMARY variable."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>The package description used by package managers.
                      If not set, <filename>DESCRIPTION</filename> takes
@@ -1964,6 +2210,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-DISK_SIGNATURE'><glossterm>DISK_SIGNATURE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                DISK_SIGNATURE[doc] = "A 32-bit MBR disk signature used by directdisk images."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    A 32-bit MBR disk signature used by
@@ -2014,6 +2263,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-DISTRO'><glossterm>DISTRO</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                DISTRO[doc] = "The short name of the distribution. If the variable is blank, meta/conf/distro/defaultsetup.conf will be used."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The short name of the distribution.
@@ -2056,6 +2308,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS'><glossterm>DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS[doc] = "Specifies a list of distro-specific packages to add to all images. The variable only applies to the images that include packagegroup-base."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies a list of distro-specific packages to add to all images.
@@ -2072,6 +2327,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-DISTRO_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS'><glossterm>DISTRO_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                DISTRO_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS[doc] = "Specifies a list of distro-specific packages to add to all images if the packages exist. The list of packages are automatically installed but you can remove them."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies a list of distro-specific packages to add to all images
@@ -2084,6 +2342,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-DISTRO_FEATURES'><glossterm>DISTRO_FEATURES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                DISTRO_FEATURES[doc] = "The features enabled for the distribution."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The software support you want in your distribution for
@@ -2117,6 +2378,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL'><glossterm>DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL[doc] = "Features to be added to DISTRO_FEATURES if not also present in DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL_CONSIDERED. This variable is set in the meta/conf/bitbake.conf file and it is not intended to be user-configurable."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>Features to be added to
                    <filename><link linkend='var-DISTRO_FEATURES'>DISTRO_FEATURES</link></filename>
@@ -2136,6 +2400,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL_CONSIDERED'><glossterm>DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL_CONSIDERED</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL_CONSIDERED[doc] = "Features from DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL that should not be backfilled (i.e. added to DISTRO_FEATURES) during the build."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>Features from
                    <filename><link linkend='var-DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL'>DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL</link></filename>
@@ -2149,12 +2416,18 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-DISTRO_NAME'><glossterm>DISTRO_NAME</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                DISTRO_NAME[doc] = "The long name of the distribution."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>The long name of the distribution.</para>
            </glossdef>
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-DISTRO_PN_ALIAS'><glossterm>DISTRO_PN_ALIAS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                DISTRO_PN_ALIAS[doc] = "Alias names used for the recipe in various Linux distributions."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>Alias names used for the recipe in various Linux distributions.</para>
                <para>See the
@@ -2165,12 +2438,18 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-DISTRO_VERSION'><glossterm>DISTRO_VERSION</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                DISTRO_VERSION[doc] = "The version of the distribution."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>The version of the distribution.</para>
            </glossdef>
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-DISTROOVERRIDES'><glossterm>DISTROOVERRIDES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                DISTROOVERRIDES[doc] = "Lists overrides specific to the current distribution. By default, the variable list includes the value of the DISTRO variable."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    This variable lists overrides specific to the current
@@ -2187,6 +2466,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-DL_DIR'><glossterm>DL_DIR</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                DL_DIR[doc] = "The central download directory used by the build process to store downloads. By default, the directory is 'downloads' in the Build Directory."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The central download directory used by the build process to
@@ -2243,6 +2525,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-DOC_COMPRESS'><glossterm>DOC_COMPRESS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                DOC_COMPRESS[doc] = "When inheriting the compress_doc class, this variable sets the compression policy used when the OpenEmbedded build system compresses man pages and info pages."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When inheriting the
@@ -2267,13 +2552,16 @@
    <glossdiv id='var-glossary-e'><title>E</title>
        <glossentry id='var-EFI_PROVIDER'><glossterm>EFI_PROVIDER</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                EFI_PROVIDER[doc] = "When building bootable images (i.e. where hddimg or vmdk is in IMAGE_FSTYPES), the EFI_PROVIDER variable specifies the EFI bootloader to use."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When building bootable images (i.e. where
                    <filename>hddimg</filename> or <filename>vmdk</filename>
                    is in
                    <link linkend='var-IMAGE_FSTYPES'><filename>IMAGE_FSTYPES</filename></link>),
-                    The <filename>EFI_PROVIDER</filename> variable specifies
+                    the <filename>EFI_PROVIDER</filename> variable specifies
                    the EFI bootloader to use.
                    The default is "grub-efi", but "gummiboot" can be used
                    instead.
@@ -2288,6 +2576,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-ENABLE_BINARY_LOCALE_GENERATION'><glossterm>ENABLE_BINARY_LOCALE_GENERATION</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                ENABLE_BINARY_LOCALE_GENERATION[doc] = "Controls which locales for glibc are generated during the build. The variable is useful if the target device has 64Mbytes of RAM or less."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>Variable that controls which locales for
                    <filename>eglibc</filename> are generated during the
@@ -2296,22 +2587,10 @@
            </glossdef>
        </glossentry>
-        <glossentry id='var-ERROR_QA'><glossterm>ERROR_QA</glossterm>
-            <glossdef>
-                <para>
-                    Specifies the quality assurance checks whose failures are
-                    reported as errors by the OpenEmbedded build system.
-                    You set this variable in your distribution configuration
-                    file.
-                    For a list of the checks you can control with this variable,
-                    see the
-                    "<link linkend='ref-classes-insane'><filename>insane.bbclass</filename></link>"
-                    section.
-                </para>
-            </glossdef>
-        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-ERR_REPORT_DIR'><glossterm>ERR_REPORT_DIR</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                ERR_REPORT_DIR[doc] = "When used with the report-error class, specifies the path used for storing the debug files created by the error reporting tool, which allows you to submit build errors you encounter to a central database."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When used with the
@@ -2336,7 +2615,28 @@
            </glossdef>
        </glossentry>
+        <glossentry id='var-ERROR_QA'><glossterm>ERROR_QA</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                ERROR_QA[doc] = "Specifies the quality assurance checks whose failures are reported as errors by the OpenEmbedded build system."
+            </info>
+            <glossdef>
+                <para>
+                    Specifies the quality assurance checks whose failures are
+                    reported as errors by the OpenEmbedded build system.
+                    You set this variable in your distribution configuration
+                    file.
+                    For a list of the checks you can control with this variable,
+                    see the
+                    "<link linkend='ref-classes-insane'><filename>insane.bbclass</filename></link>"
+                    section.
+                </para>
+            </glossdef>
+        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-EXCLUDE_FROM_WORLD'><glossterm>EXCLUDE_FROM_WORLD</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                EXCLUDE_FROM_WORLD[doc] = "Directs BitBake to exclude a recipe from world builds (i.e. bitbake world)."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Directs BitBake to exclude a recipe from world builds (i.e.
@@ -2363,6 +2663,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-EXTENDPE'><glossterm>EXTENDPE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                EXTENDPE[doc] = "Used with file and pathnames to create a prefix for a recipe's version based on the recipe's PE value. If PE is set and greater than zero for a recipe, EXTENDPE becomes that value."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Used with file and pathnames to create a prefix for a recipe's
@@ -2381,6 +2684,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-EXTENDPKGV'><glossterm>EXTENDPKGV</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                EXTENDPKGV[doc] = "The full package version specification as it appears on the final packages produced by a recipe."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The full package version specification as it appears on the
@@ -2402,6 +2708,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-EXTERNALSRC'><glossterm>EXTERNALSRC</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                EXTERNALSRC[doc] = "If externalsrc.bbclass is inherited, this variable points to the source tree, which is outside of the OpenEmbedded build system."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When inheriting the
@@ -2428,6 +2737,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-EXTERNALSRC_BUILD'><glossterm>EXTERNALSRC_BUILD</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                EXTERNALSRC_BUILD[doc] = "If externalsrc.bbclass is inherited, this variable points to the directory in which the recipe's source code is built, which is outside of the OpenEmbedded build system."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When inheriting the
@@ -2455,6 +2767,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES'><glossterm>EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES[doc] = "The list of additional features to include in an image. Configure this variable in the conf/local.conf file in the Build Directory."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The list of additional features to include in an image.
@@ -2527,6 +2842,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-EXTRA_IMAGECMD'><glossterm>EXTRA_IMAGECMD</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                EXTRA_IMAGECMD[doc] = "Specifies additional options for the image creation command that has been specified in IMAGE_CMD. When setting this variable, you should use an override for the associated type."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies additional options for the image
@@ -2543,6 +2861,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-EXTRA_IMAGEDEPENDS'><glossterm>EXTRA_IMAGEDEPENDS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                EXTRA_IMAGEDEPENDS[doc] = "A list of recipes to build that do not provide packages for installing into the root filesystem. Use this variable to list recipes that are required to build the final image, but not needed in the root filesystem."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>A list of recipes to build that do not provide packages
                    for installing into the root filesystem.
@@ -2563,24 +2884,36 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-EXTRA_OECMAKE'><glossterm>EXTRA_OECMAKE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                EXTRA_OECMAKE[doc] = "Additional cmake options."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>Additional <filename>cmake</filename> options.</para>
            </glossdef>
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-EXTRA_OECONF'><glossterm>EXTRA_OECONF</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                EXTRA_OECONF[doc] = "Additional configure script options."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>Additional <filename>configure</filename> script options.</para>
            </glossdef>
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-EXTRA_OEMAKE'><glossterm>EXTRA_OEMAKE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                EXTRA_OEMAKE[doc] = "Additional GNU make options."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>Additional GNU <filename>make</filename> options.</para>
            </glossdef>
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-EXTRA_OESCONS'><glossterm>EXTRA_OESCONS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                EXTRA_OESCONS[doc] = "When a recipe inherits the scons class, this variable specifies additional configuration options you want to pass to the scons command line."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When inheriting the
@@ -2593,6 +2926,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-EXTRA_QMAKEVARS_POST'><glossterm>EXTRA_QMAKEVARS_POST</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                EXTRA_QMAKEVARS_POST[doc] = "Configuration variables or options you want to pass to qmake when the arguments need to be after the .pro file list on the command line."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Configuration variables or options you want to pass to
@@ -2611,6 +2947,9 @@
        </glossentry>
       <glossentry id='var-EXTRA_QMAKEVARS_PRE'><glossterm>EXTRA_QMAKEVARS_PRE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                EXTRA_QMAKEVARS_PRE[doc] = "Configuration variables or options you want to pass to qmake when the arguments need to be before the .pro file list on the command line."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Configuration variables or options you want to pass to
@@ -2629,6 +2968,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-EXTRA_USERS_PARAMS'><glossterm>EXTRA_USERS_PARAMS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                EXTRA_USERS_PARAMS[doc] = "When a recipe inherits the extrausers class, this variable provides image level user and group operations."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When inheriting the
@@ -2667,6 +3009,9 @@
    <glossdiv id='var-glossary-f'><title>F</title>
        <glossentry id='var-FEATURE_PACKAGES'><glossterm>FEATURE_PACKAGES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                FEATURE_PACKAGES[doc] = "Defines one or more packages to include in an image when a specific item is included in IMAGE_FEATURES. When setting the value, FEATURE_PACKAGES should have the name of the feature item as an override."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Defines one or more packages to include in an image when
@@ -2695,6 +3040,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-FEED_DEPLOYDIR_BASE_URI'><glossterm>FEED_DEPLOYDIR_BASE_URI</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                FEED_DEPLOYDIR_BASE_URI[doc] = "Allow to serve ipk deploy directory as an ad hoc feed (bogofeed). Set to base URL of the directory as exported by HTTP. Set of ad hoc feed configs will be generated in the image."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Points to the base URL of the server and location within
@@ -2722,6 +3070,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-FILES'><glossterm>FILES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                FILES[doc] = "The list of directories or files that are placed in packages."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The list of directories or files that are placed in packages.
@@ -2769,6 +3120,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-FILESEXTRAPATHS'><glossterm>FILESEXTRAPATHS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                FILESEXTRAPATHS[doc] = "Extends the search path the OpenEmbedded build system uses when looking for files and patches as it processes recipes and append files."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Extends the search path the OpenEmbedded build system uses
@@ -2836,6 +3190,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-FILESOVERRIDES'><glossterm>FILESOVERRIDES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                FILESOVERRIDES[doc] = "A subset of OVERRIDES used by the OpenEmbedded build system for creating FILESPATH."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    A subset of <link linkend='var-OVERRIDES'><filename>OVERRIDES</filename></link>
@@ -2864,6 +3221,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-FILESPATH'><glossterm>FILESPATH</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                FILESPATH[doc] = "The default set of directories the OpenEmbedded build system uses when searching for patches and files. It is defined in the base.bbclass class found in meta/classes in the Source Directory. Do not hand-edit the FILESPATH variable."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The default set of directories the OpenEmbedded build system
@@ -2907,6 +3267,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-FILESYSTEM_PERMS_TABLES'><glossterm>FILESYSTEM_PERMS_TABLES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                FILESYSTEM_PERMS_TABLES[doc] = "Allows you to define your own file permissions settings table as part of your configuration for the packaging process."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>Allows you to define your own file permissions settings table as part of
                    your configuration for the packaging process.
@@ -2939,6 +3302,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-FONT_PACKAGES'><glossterm>FONT_PACKAGES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                FONT_PACKAGES[doc] = "When a recipe inherits the fontcache class, this variable identifies packages containing font files that need to be cached by Fontconfig."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When inheriting the
@@ -2955,6 +3321,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-FULL_OPTIMIZATION'><glossterm>FULL_OPTIMIZATION</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                FULL_OPTIMIZATION[doc]= "The options to pass in TARGET_CFLAGS and CFLAGS when compiling an optimized system. This variable defaults to '-fexpensive-optimizations -fomit-frame-pointer -frename-registers -O2'."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The options to pass in
@@ -2971,6 +3340,9 @@
    <glossdiv id='var-glossary-g'><title>G</title>
        <glossentry id='var-GLIBC_GENERATE_LOCALES'><glossterm>GLIBC_GENERATE_LOCALES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                GLIBC_GENERATE_LOCALES[doc]= "Specifies the list of GLIBC locales to generate should you not wish generate all LIBC locals, which can be time consuming."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the list of GLIBC locales to generate should you
@@ -2993,6 +3365,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-GROUPADD_PARAM'><glossterm>GROUPADD_PARAM</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                GROUPADD_PARAM[doc] = "When a recipe inherits the useradd class, this variable specifies for a package what parameters should be passed to the groupadd command if you wish to add a group to the system when the package is installed."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When inheriting the
@@ -3018,6 +3393,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-GROUPMEMS_PARAM'><glossterm>GROUPMEMS_PARAM</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                GROUPMEMS_PARAM[doc] = "When a recipe inherits the useradd class, this variable specifies for a package what parameters should be passed to the groupmems command if you wish to modify the members of a group when the package is installed."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When inheriting the
@@ -3038,6 +3416,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-GRUB_GFXSERIAL'><glossterm>GRUB_GFXSERIAL</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                GRUB_GFXSERIAL[doc] = "Configures the GNU GRand Unified Bootloader (GRUB) to have graphics and serial in the boot menu."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Configures the GNU GRand Unified Bootloader (GRUB) to have
@@ -3057,6 +3438,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-GRUB_OPTS'><glossterm>GRUB_OPTS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                GRUB_OPTS[doc] = "Additional options to add to the GNU GRand Unified Bootloader (GRUB) configuration."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Additional options to add to the GNU GRand Unified
@@ -3075,6 +3459,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-GRUB_TIMEOUT'><glossterm>GRUB_TIMEOUT</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                GRUB_TIMEOUT[doc] = "Specifies the timeout before executing the default LABEL in the GNU GRand Unified Bootloader (GRUB)."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the timeout before executing the default
@@ -3092,6 +3479,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-GTKIMMODULES_PACKAGES'><glossterm>GTKIMMODULES_PACKAGES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                GTKIMMODULES_PACKAGES[doc] = "For recipes that inherit the gtk-immodules-cache class, this variable specifies the packages that contain the GTK+ input method modules being installed when the modules are in packages other than the main package."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When inheriting the
@@ -3104,6 +3494,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-GUMMIBOOT_CFG'><glossterm>GUMMIBOOT_CFG</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                GUMMIBOOT_CFG[doc] = "When EFI_PROVIDER is set to "gummiboot", the GUMMIBOOT_CFG variable specifies the configuration file that should be used."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When
@@ -3128,6 +3521,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-GUMMIBOOT_ENTRIES'><glossterm>GUMMIBOOT_ENTRIES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                GUMMIBOOT_ENTRIES[doc] = "When EFI_PROVIDER is set to "gummiboot", the GUMMIBOOT_ENTRIES variable specifies a list of entry files (*.conf) to be installed containing one boot entry per file."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When
@@ -3154,6 +3550,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-GUMMIBOOT_TIMEOUT'><glossterm>GUMMIBOOT_TIMEOUT</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                GUMMIBOOT_TIMEOUT[doc] = "When EFI_PROVIDER is set to "gummiboot", the GUMMIBOOT_TIMEOUT variable specifies the boot menu timeout in seconds."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When
@@ -3182,6 +3581,9 @@
    <glossdiv id='var-glossary-h'><title>H</title>
        <glossentry id='var-HOMEPAGE'><glossterm>HOMEPAGE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                HOMEPAGE[doc] = "Website where more information about the software the recipe is building can be found."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>Website where more information about the software the recipe is building
                    can be found.</para>
@@ -3189,6 +3591,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-HOST_CC_ARCH'><glossterm>HOST_CC_ARCH</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                HOST_CC_ARCH[doc] = "The name of the host architecture. Normally same as the TARGET_CC_ARCH."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies architecture-specific compiler flags that are
@@ -3219,6 +3624,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-HOST_SYS'><glossterm>HOST_SYS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                HOST_SYS[doc] = "Specifies the system, including the architecture and the operating system, for with the build is occurring in the context of the current recipe."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the system, including the architecture and the
@@ -3251,6 +3659,9 @@
    <glossdiv id='var-glossary-i'><title>I</title>
        <glossentry id='var-ICECC_DISABLED'><glossterm>ICECC_DISABLED</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                ICECC_DISABLED[doc] = "Disables or enables the icecc (Icecream) function."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Disables or enables the <filename>icecc</filename>
@@ -3276,6 +3687,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-ICECC_ENV_EXEC'><glossterm>ICECC_ENV_EXEC</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                ICECC_ENV_EXEC[doc] = "Points to the icecc-create-env script that you provide."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Points to the <filename>icecc-create-env</filename> script
@@ -3298,6 +3712,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-ICECC_PARALLEL_MAKE'><glossterm>ICECC_PARALLEL_MAKE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                ICECC_PARALLEL_MAKE[doc] = "Extra options passed to the make command during the do_compile task that specify parallel compilation."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Extra options passed to the <filename>make</filename>
@@ -3339,6 +3756,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-ICECC_PATH'><glossterm>ICECC_PATH</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                ICECC_PATH[doc] = "The location of the icecc binary."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The location of the <filename>icecc</filename> binary.
@@ -3354,6 +3774,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-ICECC_USER_CLASS_BL'><glossterm>ICECC_USER_CLASS_BL</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                ICECC_USER_CLASS_BL[doc] = "Identifies user classes that you do not want the Icecream distributed compile support to consider."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Identifies user classes that you do not want the
@@ -3376,6 +3799,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-ICECC_USER_PACKAGE_BL'><glossterm>ICECC_USER_PACKAGE_BL</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                ICECC_USER_PACKAGE_BL[doc] = "Identifies user recipes that you do not want the Icecream distributed compile support to consider."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Identifies user recipes that you do not want the
@@ -3398,6 +3824,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-ICECC_USER_PACKAGE_WL'><glossterm>ICECC_USER_PACKAGE_WL</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                ICECC_USER_PACKAGE_WL[doc] = "Identifies user recipes that use an empty PARALLEL_MAKE variable that you want to force remote distributed compilation on using the Icecream distributed compile support."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Identifies user recipes that use an empty
@@ -3415,6 +3844,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-IMAGE_BASENAME'><glossterm>IMAGE_BASENAME</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                IMAGE_BASENAME[doc] = "The base name of image output files."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The base name of image output files.
@@ -3425,6 +3857,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-IMAGE_BOOT_FILES'><glossterm>IMAGE_BOOT_FILES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                IMAGE_BOOT_FILES[doc] = "Whitespace separated list of files from ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE} to place in boot partition. Entries will be installed under a same name as the source file. To change the destination file name, pass a desired name after a semicolon (eg. u-boot.img;uboot)."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    A space-separated list of files installed into the
@@ -3445,6 +3880,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-IMAGE_CLASSES'><glossterm>IMAGE_CLASSES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                IMAGE_CLASSES[doc] = "A list of classes that all images should inherit."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    A list of classes that all images should inherit.
@@ -3470,6 +3908,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-IMAGE_CMD'><glossterm>IMAGE_CMD</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                IMAGE_CMD[doc] = "Specifies the command to create the image file for a specific image type, which corresponds to the value set set in IMAGE_FSTYPES, (e.g. ext3, btrfs, and so forth)."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the command to create the image file for a
@@ -3497,6 +3938,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-IMAGE_DEVICE_TABLES'><glossterm>IMAGE_DEVICE_TABLES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                IMAGE_DEVICE_TABLES[doc] = "Specifies one or more files that contain custom device tables that are passed to the makedevs command as part of creating an image."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies one or more files that contain custom device
@@ -3517,6 +3961,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-IMAGE_FEATURES'><glossterm>IMAGE_FEATURES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                IMAGE_FEATURES[doc] = "The primary list of features to include in an image. Configure this variable in an image recipe."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The primary list of features to include in an image.
@@ -3546,6 +3993,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-IMAGE_FSTYPES'><glossterm>IMAGE_FSTYPES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                IMAGE_FSTYPES[doc] = "Formats of root filesystem images that you want to have created."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the formats the OpenEmbedded build system uses
@@ -3581,6 +4031,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-IMAGE_INSTALL'><glossterm>IMAGE_INSTALL</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                IMAGE_INSTALL[doc] = "Specifies the packages to install into an image. Image recipes set IMAGE_INSTALL to specify the packages to install into an image through image.bbclass."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the packages to install into an image.
@@ -3644,6 +4097,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-IMAGE_LINGUAS'><glossterm>IMAGE_LINGUAS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                IMAGE_LINGUAS[doc] = "Specifies the list of locales to install into the image during the root filesystem construction process."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the list of locales to install into the image
@@ -3679,6 +4135,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-IMAGE_MANIFEST'><glossterm>IMAGE_MANIFEST</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                IMAGE_MANIFEST[doc] = "The manifest file for the image. This file lists all the installed packages that make up the image."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The manifest file for the image.
@@ -3712,6 +4171,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-IMAGE_NAME'><glossterm>IMAGE_NAME</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                IMAGE_NAME[doc] = "The name of the output image files minus the extension."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The name of the output image files minus the extension.
@@ -3729,6 +4191,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-IMAGE_OVERHEAD_FACTOR'><glossterm>IMAGE_OVERHEAD_FACTOR</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                IMAGE_OVERHEAD_FACTOR[doc] = "Defines a multiplier that the build system applies to the initial image size for cases when the multiplier times the returned disk usage value for the image is greater than the sum of IMAGE_ROOTFS_SIZE and IMAGE_ROOTFS_EXTRA_SPACE."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Defines a multiplier that the build system applies to the initial image
@@ -3771,6 +4236,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-IMAGE_PKGTYPE'><glossterm>IMAGE_PKGTYPE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                IMAGE_PKGTYPE[doc] = "Defines the package type (DEB, RPM, IPK, or TAR) used by the OpenEmbedded build system."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Defines the package type (DEB, RPM, IPK, or TAR) used
@@ -3814,6 +4282,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-IMAGE_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND'><glossterm>IMAGE_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                IMAGE_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND[doc] = "Added by classes to run post processing commands once the OpenEmbedded build system has created the image."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Added by classes to run post processing commands once the
@@ -3831,6 +4302,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-IMAGE_ROOTFS'><glossterm>IMAGE_ROOTFS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                IMAGE_ROOTFS[doc] = "The location of the root filesystem while it is under construction (i.e. during do_rootfs)."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The location of the root filesystem while it is under
@@ -3844,6 +4318,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-IMAGE_ROOTFS_ALIGNMENT'><glossterm>IMAGE_ROOTFS_ALIGNMENT</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                IMAGE_ROOTFS_ALIGNMENT[doc] = "Specifies the alignment for the output image file in Kbytes."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the alignment for the output image file in
@@ -3860,6 +4337,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-IMAGE_ROOTFS_EXTRA_SPACE'><glossterm>IMAGE_ROOTFS_EXTRA_SPACE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                IMAGE_ROOTFS_EXTRA_SPACE[doc] = "Defines additional free disk space created in the image in Kbytes. By default, this variable is set to '0'."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Defines additional free disk space created in the image in Kbytes.
@@ -3891,6 +4371,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-IMAGE_ROOTFS_SIZE'><glossterm>IMAGE_ROOTFS_SIZE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                IMAGE_ROOTFS_SIZE[doc] = "Defines the size in Kbytes for the generated image."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Defines the size in Kbytes for the generated image.
@@ -3934,6 +4417,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-IMAGE_TYPEDEP'><glossterm>IMAGE_TYPEDEP</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                IMAGE_TYPEDEP[doc] = "Specifies a dependency from one image type on another."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies a dependency from one image type on another.
@@ -3957,6 +4443,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-IMAGE_TYPES'><glossterm>IMAGE_TYPES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                IMAGE_TYPES[doc] = "Specifies the complete list of supported image types by default."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the complete list of supported image types
@@ -3997,6 +4486,9 @@
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-INC_PR'><glossterm>INC_PR</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                INC_PR[doc] = "Helps define the recipe revision for recipes that share a common include file."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>Helps define the recipe revision for recipes that share
                    a common <filename>include</filename> file.
@@ -4050,6 +4542,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE'><glossterm>INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE[doc] = "Specifies a space-separated list of license names (as they would appear in LICENSE) that should be excluded from the build."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies a space-separated list of license names
@@ -4077,6 +4572,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-INHIBIT_DEFAULT_DEPS'><glossterm>INHIBIT_DEFAULT_DEPS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                INHIBIT_DEFAULT_DEPS[doc] = "Prevents the default dependencies, namely the C compiler and standard C library (libc), from being added to DEPENDS."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Prevents the default dependencies, namely the C compiler
@@ -4094,6 +4592,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-INHIBIT_PACKAGE_DEBUG_SPLIT'><glossterm>INHIBIT_PACKAGE_DEBUG_SPLIT</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                INHIBIT_PACKAGE_STRIP[doc] = "If set to "1", causes the build to not strip binaries in resulting packages."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
@@ -4122,6 +4623,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-INHIBIT_PACKAGE_STRIP'><glossterm>INHIBIT_PACKAGE_STRIP</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                INHIBIT_PACKAGE_STRIP[doc] = "If set to "1", causes the build to not strip binaries in resulting packages."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    If set to "1", causes the build to not strip binaries in resulting packages.
@@ -4130,6 +4634,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-INHERIT'><glossterm>INHERIT</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                INHERIT[doc] = "Causes the named class to be inherited at this point during parsing. The variable is only valid in configuration files."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Causes the named class to be inherited at
@@ -4140,6 +4647,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-INHERIT_DISTRO'><glossterm>INHERIT_DISTRO</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                INHERIT_DISTRO[doc] = "Lists classes that will be inherited at the distribution level. It is unlikely that you want to edit this variable."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Lists classes that will be inherited at the
@@ -4159,6 +4669,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-INITRAMFS_FSTYPES'><glossterm>INITRAMFS_FSTYPES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                INITRAMFS_FSTYPES[doc] = "Defines the format for the output image of an initial RAM disk (initramfs), which is used during boot."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Defines the format for the output image of an initial
@@ -4171,6 +4684,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-INITRAMFS_IMAGE'><glossterm>INITRAMFS_IMAGE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                INITRAMFS_IMAGE[doc] = "Causes the OpenEmbedded build system to build an additional recipe as a dependency to your root filesystem recipe (e.g. core-image-sato)."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Causes the OpenEmbedded build system to build an additional
@@ -4214,6 +4730,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-INITRAMFS_IMAGE_BUNDLE'><glossterm>INITRAMFS_IMAGE_BUNDLE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                INITRAMFS_IMAGE_BUNDLE[doc] = "Controls whether or not the image recipe specified by INITRAMFS_IMAGE is run through an extra pass during kernel compilation in order to build a single binary that contains both the kernel image and the initial RAM disk (initramfs)."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Controls whether or not the image recipe specified by
@@ -4261,6 +4780,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-INITRD'><glossterm>INITRD</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                INITRD[doc] = "Indicates a list of filesystem images to concatenate and use as an initial RAM disk (initrd)."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Indicates list of filesystem images to concatenate and use
@@ -4277,6 +4799,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-INITRD_IMAGE'><glossterm>INITRD_IMAGE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                INITRD_IMAGE[doc] = "When building a "live" bootable image (i.e. when IMAGE_FSTYPES contains "live"), INITRD_IMAGE specifies the image recipe that should be built to provide the initial RAM disk image."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When building a "live" bootable image (i.e. when
@@ -4296,6 +4821,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-INITSCRIPT_NAME'><glossterm>INITSCRIPT_NAME</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                INITSCRIPT_NAME[doc] = "The filename of the initialization script as installed to ${sysconfdir}/init.d."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The filename of the initialization script as installed to
@@ -4309,6 +4837,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-INITSCRIPT_PACKAGES'><glossterm>INITSCRIPT_PACKAGES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                INITSCRIPT_PACKAGES[doc] = "A list of the packages that contain initscripts. This variable is used in recipes when using update-rc.d.bbclass. The variable is optional and defaults to the PN variable."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    A list of the packages that contain initscripts.
@@ -4323,6 +4854,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-INITSCRIPT_PARAMS'><glossterm>INITSCRIPT_PARAMS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                INITSCRIPT_PARAMS[doc] = "Specifies the options to pass to update-rc.d. The variable is mandatory and is used in recipes when using update-rc.d.bbclass."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the options to pass to <filename>update-rc.d</filename>.
@@ -4352,6 +4886,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-INSANE_SKIP'><glossterm>INSANE_SKIP</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                INSANE_SKIP[doc] = "Specifies the QA checks to skip for a specific package within a recipe."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the QA checks to skip for a specific package
@@ -4374,6 +4911,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-IPK_FEED_URIS'><glossterm>IPK_FEED_URIS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                IPK_FEED_URIS[doc] = "List of ipkg feed records to put into generated image."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When the IPK backend is in use and package management
@@ -4430,6 +4970,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
   <glossdiv id='var-glossary-k'><title>K</title>
        <glossentry id='var-KARCH'><glossterm>KARCH</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                KARCH[doc] = "Defines the kernel architecture used when assembling the configuration. You define the KARCH variable in the BSP Descriptions."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Defines the kernel architecture used when assembling
@@ -4453,6 +4996,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-KBRANCH'><glossterm>KBRANCH</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                KBRANCH[doc] = "A regular expression used by the build process to explicitly identify the kernel branch that is validated, patched and configured during a build."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    A regular expression used by the build process to explicitly
@@ -4514,6 +5060,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-KBRANCH_DEFAULT'><glossterm>KBRANCH_DEFAULT</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                KBRANCH_DEFAULT[doc] = "Defines the Linux kernel source repository's default branch used to build the Linux kernel. Unless you specify otherwise, the variable initializes to 'master'."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Defines the Linux kernel source repository's default
@@ -4529,6 +5078,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-KERNEL_EXTRA_ARGS'><glossterm>KERNEL_EXTRA_ARGS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                KERNEL_EXTRA_ARGS[doc] = "Specifies additional make command-line arguments the OpenEmbedded build system passes on when compiling the kernel."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies additional <filename>make</filename>
@@ -4539,6 +5091,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-KERNEL_FEATURES'><glossterm>KERNEL_FEATURES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                KERNEL_FEATURES[doc] = "Includes additional metadata from the Yocto Project kernel Git repository. The metadata you add through this variable includes config fragments and features descriptions."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>Includes additional metadata from the Yocto Project kernel Git repository.
                    In the OpenEmbedded build system, the default Board Support Packages (BSPs)
@@ -4569,6 +5124,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-KERNEL_IMAGE_BASE_NAME'><glossterm>KERNEL_IMAGE_BASE_NAME</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                KERNEL_IMAGE_BASE_NAME[doc] = "The base name of the kernel image."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The base name of the kernel image.
@@ -4592,6 +5150,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-KERNEL_IMAGETYPE'><glossterm>KERNEL_IMAGETYPE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                KERNEL_IMAGETYPE[doc] = "The type of kernel to build for a device, usually set by the machine configuration files and defaults to 'zImage'."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>The type of kernel to build for a device, usually set by the
                    machine configuration files and defaults to "zImage".
@@ -4602,6 +5163,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD'><glossterm>KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD[doc] = "Lists kernel modules that need to be auto-loaded during boot"
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Lists kernel modules that need to be auto-loaded during
@@ -4652,6 +5216,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-KERNEL_MODULE_PROBECONF'><glossterm>KERNEL_MODULE_PROBECONF</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                KERNEL_MODULE_PROBECONF[doc] = "Lists kernel modules for which the build system expects to find module_conf_* values that specify configuration for each of the modules."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Provides a list of modules for which the OpenEmbedded
@@ -4667,6 +5234,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-KERNEL_PATH'><glossterm>KERNEL_PATH</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                KERNEL_PATH[doc] = "The location of the kernel sources. This variable is set to the value of the STAGING_KERNEL_DIR within the module class (module.bbclass)."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The location of the kernel sources.
@@ -4694,6 +5264,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-KERNEL_SRC'><glossterm>KERNEL_SRC</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                KERNEL_SRC[doc] = "The location of the kernel sources. This variable is set to the value of the STAGING_KERNEL_DIR within the module class (module.bbclass)."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The location of the kernel sources.
@@ -4721,6 +5294,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-KFEATURE_DESCRIPTION'><glossterm>KFEATURE_DESCRIPTION</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                KFEATURE_DESCRIPTION[doc] = "Provides a short description of a configuration fragment. You use this variable in the .scc file that describes a configuration fragment file."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Provides a short description of a configuration fragment.
@@ -4737,6 +5313,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-KMACHINE'><glossterm>KMACHINE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                KMACHINE[doc] = "The machine as known by the kernel."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The machine as known by the kernel.
@@ -4830,6 +5409,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-KTYPE'><glossterm>KTYPE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                KTYPE[doc] = "Defines the kernel type to be used in assembling the configuration."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Defines the kernel type to be used in assembling the
@@ -4856,6 +5438,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
    <glossdiv id='var-glossary-l'><title>L</title>
        <glossentry id='var-LABELS'><glossterm>LABELS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                LABELS[doc] = "Provides a list of targets for automatic configuration."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Provides a list of targets for automatic configuration.
@@ -4870,6 +5455,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-LAYERDEPENDS'><glossterm>LAYERDEPENDS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                LAYERDEPENDS[doc] = "Lists the layers, separated by spaces, upon which this recipe depends. This variable is used in the conf/layer.conf file and must be suffixed with the name of the specific layer."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>Lists the layers that this recipe depends upon, separated by spaces.
                    Optionally, you can specify a specific layer version for a dependency
@@ -4886,6 +5474,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-LAYERDIR'><glossterm>LAYERDIR</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                LAYERDIR[doc] = "When used inside the layer.conf configuration file, this variable provides the path of the current layer."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>When used inside the <filename>layer.conf</filename> configuration
                    file, this variable provides the path of the current layer.
@@ -4895,6 +5486,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-LAYERVERSION'><glossterm>LAYERVERSION</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                LAYERVERSION[doc] = "Optionally specifies the version of a layer as a single number. This variable is used in the conf/layer.conf file and must be suffixed with the name of the specific layer."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>Optionally specifies the version of a layer as a single number.
                    You can use this within
@@ -4908,6 +5502,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-LDFLAGS'><glossterm>LDFLAGS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                LDFLAGS[doc] = "Specifies the flags to pass to the linker."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the flags to pass to the linker.
@@ -4940,6 +5537,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-LEAD_SONAME'><glossterm>LEAD_SONAME</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                LEAD_SONAME[doc] = "Specifies the lead (or primary) compiled library file (.so) that the debian class applies its naming policy to given a recipe that packages multiple libraries."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the lead (or primary) compiled library file
@@ -4957,6 +5557,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM'><glossterm>LIC_FILES_CHKSUM</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                LIC_FILES_CHKSUM[doc] = "Checksums of the license text in the recipe source code."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>Checksums of the license text in the recipe source code.</para>
                <para>This variable tracks changes in license text of the source
@@ -4975,6 +5578,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-LICENSE'><glossterm>LICENSE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                LICENSE[doc] = "The list of source licenses for the recipe. The logical operators ampersand or '|' and parentheses can be used."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The list of source licenses for the recipe.
@@ -5036,6 +5642,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-LICENSE_FLAGS'><glossterm>LICENSE_FLAGS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                LICENSE_FLAGS[doc] = "Specifies additional flags for a recipe you must whitelist through LICENSE_FLAGS_WHITELIST in order to allow the recipe to be built."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies additional flags for a recipe you must
@@ -5060,6 +5669,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-LICENSE_FLAGS_WHITELIST'><glossterm>LICENSE_FLAGS_WHITELIST</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                LICENSE_FLAGS_WHITELIST[doc] = "Lists license flags that when specified in LICENSE_FLAGS within a recipe should not prevent that recipe from being built."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Lists license flags that when specified in
@@ -5076,6 +5688,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-LICENSE_PATH'><glossterm>LICENSE_PATH</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                LICENSE_PATH[doc] = "Path to additional licenses used during the build."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>Path to additional licenses used during the build.
                    By default, the OpenEmbedded build system uses <filename>COMMON_LICENSE_DIR</filename>
@@ -5089,6 +5704,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE'><glossterm>LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE[doc] = "Defines the kernel type to be used in assembling the configuration."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Defines the kernel type to be used in assembling the
@@ -5118,6 +5736,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-LINUX_VERSION'><glossterm>LINUX_VERSION</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                LINUX_VERSION[doc] = "The Linux version from kernel.org on which the Linux kernel image being built using the OpenEmbedded build system is based. You define this variable in the kernel recipe."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>The Linux version from <filename>kernel.org</filename>
                    on which the Linux kernel image being built using the
@@ -5140,6 +5761,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-LINUX_VERSION_EXTENSION'><glossterm>LINUX_VERSION_EXTENSION</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                LINUX_VERSION_EXTENSION[doc] = "A string extension compiled into the version string of the Linux kernel built with the OpenEmbedded build system. You define this variable in the kernel recipe."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>A string extension compiled into the version
                    string of the Linux kernel built with the OpenEmbedded
@@ -5165,6 +5789,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-LOG_DIR'><glossterm>LOG_DIR</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                LOG_DIR[doc] = "Specifies the directory to which the OpenEmbedded build system writes overall log files. The default directory is ${TMPDIR}/log"
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the directory to which the OpenEmbedded build
@@ -5184,6 +5811,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
    <glossdiv id='var-glossary-m'><title>M</title>
         <glossentry id='var-MACHINE'><glossterm>MACHINE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                MACHINE[doc] = "Specifies the target device for which the image is built. You define MACHINE in the conf/local.conf file in the Build Directory."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the target device for which the image is built.
@@ -5231,6 +5861,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
         </glossentry>
         <glossentry id='var-MACHINE_ARCH'><glossterm>MACHINE_ARCH</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                MACHINE_ARCH[doc] = "Specifies the name of the machine-specific architecture. This variable is set automatically from MACHINE or TUNE_PKGARCH."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the name of the machine-specific architecture.
@@ -5245,6 +5878,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
         </glossentry>
         <glossentry id='var-MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS'><glossterm>MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS[doc] = "A list of required machine-specific packages to install as part of the image being built. Because this is a 'machine essential' variable, the list of packages are essential for the machine to boot."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    A list of required machine-specific packages to install as part of
@@ -5276,6 +5912,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
         </glossentry>
         <glossentry id='var-MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS'><glossterm>MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS[doc] = "A list of recommended machine-specific packages to install as part of the image being built. Because this is a 'machine essential' variable, the list of packages are essential for the machine to boot."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    A list of recommended machine-specific packages to install as part of
@@ -5323,6 +5962,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
         <glossentry id='var-MACHINE_EXTRA_RDEPENDS'><glossterm>MACHINE_EXTRA_RDEPENDS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                MACHINE_EXTRA_RDEPENDS[doc] = "A list of machine-specific packages to install as part of the image being built that are not essential for the machine to boot. However, the build process for more fully-featured images depends on the packages being present."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    A list of machine-specific packages to install as part of the
@@ -5362,6 +6004,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
         </glossentry>
         <glossentry id='var-MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS'><glossterm>MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS[doc] = "A list of machine-specific packages to install as part of the image being built that are not essential for booting the machine. The image being built has no build dependencies on the packages in this list."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    A list of machine-specific packages to install as part of the
@@ -5400,6 +6045,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
         </glossentry>
         <glossentry id='var-MACHINE_FEATURES'><glossterm>MACHINE_FEATURES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                MACHINE_FEATURES[doc] = "Specifies the list of hardware features the MACHINE supports."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the list of hardware features the
@@ -5423,6 +6071,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
         </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-MACHINE_FEATURES_BACKFILL'><glossterm>MACHINE_FEATURES_BACKFILL</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                MACHINE_FEATURES_BACKFILL[doc] = "Features to be added to MACHINE_FEATURES if not also present in MACHINE_FEATURES_BACKFILL_CONSIDERED. This variable is set in the meta/conf/bitbake.conf file and is not intended to be user-configurable."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>Features to be added to
                    <filename><link linkend='var-MACHINE_FEATURES'>MACHINE_FEATURES</link></filename>
@@ -5442,6 +6093,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-MACHINE_FEATURES_BACKFILL_CONSIDERED'><glossterm>MACHINE_FEATURES_BACKFILL_CONSIDERED</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                MACHINE_FEATURES_BACKFILL_CONSIDERED[doc] = "Features from MACHINE_FEATURES_BACKFILL that should not be backfilled (i.e. added to MACHINE_FEATURES) during the build."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>Features from
                    <filename><link linkend='var-MACHINE_FEATURES_BACKFILL'>MACHINE_FEATURES_BACKFILL</link></filename>
@@ -5455,6 +6109,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-MACHINEOVERRIDES'><glossterm>MACHINEOVERRIDES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                MACHINEOVERRIDES[doc] = "Lists overrides specific to the current machine. By default, this list includes the value of MACHINE."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Lists overrides specific to the current machine.
@@ -5484,12 +6141,18 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-MAINTAINER'><glossterm>MAINTAINER</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                MAINTAINER[doc] = "The email address of the distribution maintainer."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>The email address of the distribution maintainer.</para>
            </glossdef>
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-MIRRORS'><glossterm>MIRRORS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                MIRRORS[doc] = "Specifies additional paths from which the OpenEmbedded build system gets source code."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies additional paths from which the OpenEmbedded
@@ -5515,6 +6178,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-MLPREFIX'><glossterm>MLPREFIX</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                MLPREFIX[doc] = "Specifies a prefix has been added to PN to create a special version of a recipe or package, such as a Multilib version."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies a prefix has been added to
@@ -5530,6 +6196,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-module_autoload'><glossterm>module_autoload</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                module_autoload[doc] = "This variable has been replaced by the KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD variable. You should replace all occurrences of module_autoload with additions to KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    This variable has been replaced by the
@@ -5552,6 +6221,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-module_conf'><glossterm>module_conf</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                module_conf[doc] = "Specifies modprobe.d syntax lines for inclusion in the /etc/modprobe.d/modname.conf file."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies
@@ -5609,6 +6281,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-MODULE_IMAGE_BASE_NAME'><glossterm>MODULE_IMAGE_BASE_NAME</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                MODULE_IMAGE_BASE_NAME[doc] = "The base name of the kernel modules tarball."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The base name of the kernel modules tarball.
@@ -5631,6 +6306,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-MODULE_TARBALL_DEPLOY'><glossterm>MODULE_TARBALL_DEPLOY</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                MODULE_TARBALL_DEPLOY[doc] = "Controls creation of the modules-*.tgz file. Set this variable to "0" to disable creation of this file, which contains all of the kernel modules resulting from a kernel build."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Controls creation of the <filename>modules-*.tgz</filename>
@@ -5643,6 +6321,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-MULTIMACH_TARGET_SYS'><glossterm>MULTIMACH_TARGET_SYS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                MULTIMACH_TARGET_SYS[doc] = "Separates files for different machines such that you can build for multiple target machines using the same output directories."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Separates files for different machines such that you can build
@@ -5658,6 +6339,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
    <glossdiv id='var-glossary-n'><title>N</title>
        <glossentry id='var-NATIVELSBSTRING'><glossterm>NATIVELSBSTRING</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                NATIVELSBSTRING[doc] = "A string identifying the host distribution."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    A string identifying the host distribution.
@@ -5683,6 +6367,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-NO_RECOMMENDATIONS'><glossterm>NO_RECOMMENDATIONS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                NO_RECOMMENDATIONS[doc] = "When set to '1', no recommended packages will be installed. Realize that some recommended packages might be required for certain system functionality, such as kernel-modules. It is up to the user to add packages to IMAGE_INSTALL as needed."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Prevents installation of all "recommended-only" packages.
@@ -5737,6 +6424,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-NOHDD'><glossterm>NOHDD</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                NOHDD[doc] = "Causes the OpenEmbedded build system to skip building the .hddimg image."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Causes the OpenEmbedded build system to skip building the
@@ -5751,6 +6441,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-NOISO'><glossterm>NOISO</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                NOISO[doc] = "Causes the OpenEmbedded build system to skip building the ISO image."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Causes the OpenEmbedded build system to skip building the
@@ -5770,6 +6463,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
    <glossdiv id='var-glossary-o'><title>O</title>
        <glossentry id='var-OE_BINCONFIG_EXTRA_MANGLE'><glossterm>OE_BINCONFIG_EXTRA_MANGLE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                OE_BINCONFIG_EXTRA_MANGLE[doc] = "When a recipe inherits the binconfig.bbclass class, this variable specifies additional arguments passed to the "sed" command."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When inheriting the
@@ -5800,6 +6496,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-OE_IMPORTS'><glossterm>OE_IMPORTS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                OE_IMPORTS[doc] = "An internal variable used to tell the OpenEmbedded build system what Python modules to import for every Python function run by the system."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    An internal variable used to tell the OpenEmbedded build
@@ -5815,6 +6514,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-OE_TERMINAL'><glossterm>OE_TERMINAL</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                OE_TERMINAL[doc] = "Controls how the OpenEmbedded build system spawns interactive terminals on the host development system."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Controls how the OpenEmbedded build system spawns
@@ -5846,6 +6548,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-OEROOT'><glossterm>OEROOT</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                OEROOT[doc] = "The directory from which the top-level build environment setup script is sourced."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The directory from which the top-level build environment
@@ -5868,6 +6573,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-OLDEST_KERNEL'><glossterm>OLDEST_KERNEL</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                OLDEST_KERNEL[doc] = "Declares the oldest version of the Linux kernel that the produced binaries must support."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Declares the oldest version of the Linux kernel that the
@@ -5887,6 +6595,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-OVERRIDES'><glossterm>OVERRIDES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                OVERRIDES[doc] = "BitBake uses OVERRIDES to control what variables are overridden after BitBake parses recipes and configuration files."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    BitBake uses <filename>OVERRIDES</filename> to control
@@ -5904,6 +6615,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
    <glossdiv id='var-glossary-p'><title>P</title>
        <glossentry id='var-P'><glossterm>P</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                P[doc] = "The recipe name and version. P is comprised of ${PN}-${PV}."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>The recipe name and version.
                    <filename>P</filename> is comprised of the following:
@@ -5914,6 +6628,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PACKAGE_ARCH'><glossterm>PACKAGE_ARCH</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PACKAGE_ARCH[doc] = "The architecture of the resulting package or packages."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The architecture of the resulting package or packages.
@@ -5940,6 +6657,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PACKAGE_ARCHS'><glossterm>PACKAGE_ARCHS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PACKAGE_ARCHS[doc] = "A list of architectures compatible with the given target in order of priority."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies a list of architectures compatible with
@@ -5955,9 +6675,10 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
            </glossdef>
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PACKAGE_BEFORE_PN'><glossterm>PACKAGE_BEFORE_PN</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PACKAGE_BEFORE_PN[doc] = "Enables easily adding packages to PACKAGES before ${PN} so that the packages can pick up files that would normally be included in the default package."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>Enables easily adding packages to
                <filename><link linkend='var-PACKAGES'>PACKAGES</link></filename>
@@ -5968,6 +6689,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PACKAGE_CLASSES'><glossterm>PACKAGE_CLASSES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PACKAGE_CLASSES[doc] = "This variable specifies the package manager to use when packaging data. It is set in the conf/local.conf file in the Build Directory."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    This variable, which is set in the
@@ -6017,8 +6741,10 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PACKAGE_DEBUG_SPLIT_STYLE'><glossterm>PACKAGE_DEBUG_SPLIT_STYLE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PACKAGE_DEBUG_SPLIT_STYLE[doc] = "Determines how to split up the binary and debug information when creating *-dbg packages to be used with the GNU Project Debugger (GDB)."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Determines how to split up the binary and debug information
                    when creating <filename>*-dbg</filename> packages to be
@@ -6073,6 +6799,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PACKAGE_EXCLUDE'><glossterm>PACKAGE_EXCLUDE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PACKAGE_EXCLUDE[doc] = "Packages to exclude from the installation. If a listed package is required, an error is generated."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Lists packages that should not be installed into an image.
@@ -6118,6 +6847,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS'><glossterm>PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS[doc] = "Specifies the list of architectures compatible with the device CPU. This variable is useful when you build for several different devices that use miscellaneous processors."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>Specifies the list of architectures compatible with the device CPU.
                    This variable is useful when you build for several different devices that use
@@ -6126,8 +6858,10 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PACKAGE_GROUP'><glossterm>PACKAGE_GROUP</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PACKAGE_GROUP[doc] = "Defines one or more packages to include in an image when a specific item is included in IMAGE_FEATURES."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The <filename>PACKAGE_GROUP</filename> variable has been
                    renamed to
@@ -6145,6 +6879,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PACKAGE_INSTALL'><glossterm>PACKAGE_INSTALL</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PACKAGE_INSTALL[doc] = "List of the packages to be installed into the image. The variable is generally not user-defined and uses IMAGE_INSTALL as part of the list."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The final list of packages passed to the package manager
@@ -6173,6 +6910,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PACKAGE_PREPROCESS_FUNCS'><glossterm>PACKAGE_PREPROCESS_FUNCS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PACKAGE_PREPROCESS_FUNCS[doc] = "Specifies a list of functions run to pre-process the PKGD directory prior to splitting the files out to individual packages."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies a list of functions run to pre-process the
@@ -6184,6 +6924,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PACKAGECONFIG'><glossterm>PACKAGECONFIG</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PACKAGECONFIG[doc] = "This variable provides a means of enabling or disabling features of a recipe on a per-recipe basis."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    This variable provides a means of enabling or disabling
@@ -6299,6 +7042,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PACKAGES'><glossterm>PACKAGES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PACKAGES[doc] = "The list of packages to be created from the recipe."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>The list of packages to be created from the recipe.
                    The default value is the following:
@@ -6308,25 +7054,10 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
            </glossdef>
        </glossentry>
-        <glossentry id='var-PACKAGESPLITFUNCS'><glossterm>PACKAGESPLITFUNCS</glossterm>
-            <glossdef>
-                <para>
-                    Specifies a list of functions run to perform additional
-                    splitting of files into individual packages.
-                    Recipes can either prepend to this variable or prepend
-                    to the <filename>populate_packages</filename> function
-                    in order to perform additional package splitting.
-                    In either case, the function should set
-                    <link linkend='var-PACKAGES'><filename>PACKAGES</filename></link>,
-                    <link linkend='var-FILES'><filename>FILES</filename></link>,
-                    <link linkend='var-RDEPENDS'><filename>RDEPENDS</filename></link>
-                    and other packaging variables appropriately in order to
-                    perform the desired splitting.
-                </para>
-            </glossdef>
-        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PACKAGES_DYNAMIC'><glossterm>PACKAGES_DYNAMIC</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PACKAGES_DYNAMIC[doc] = "A promise that your recipe satisfies runtime dependencies for optional modules that are found in other recipes."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    A promise that your recipe satisfies runtime dependencies
@@ -6364,7 +7095,31 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
            </glossdef>
        </glossentry>
+        <glossentry id='var-PACKAGESPLITFUNCS'><glossterm>PACKAGESPLITFUNCS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PACKAGESPLITFUNCS[doc] = "Specifies a list of functions run to perform additional splitting of files into individual packages."
+            </info>
+            <glossdef>
+                <para>
+                    Specifies a list of functions run to perform additional
+                    splitting of files into individual packages.
+                    Recipes can either prepend to this variable or prepend
+                    to the <filename>populate_packages</filename> function
+                    in order to perform additional package splitting.
+                    In either case, the function should set
+                    <link linkend='var-PACKAGES'><filename>PACKAGES</filename></link>,
+                    <link linkend='var-FILES'><filename>FILES</filename></link>,
+                    <link linkend='var-RDEPENDS'><filename>RDEPENDS</filename></link>
+                    and other packaging variables appropriately in order to
+                    perform the desired splitting.
+                </para>
+            </glossdef>
+        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PARALLEL_MAKE'><glossterm>PARALLEL_MAKE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PARALLEL_MAKE[doc] = "Specifies extra options that are passed to the make command during the compile tasks. This variable is usually in the form -j 4, where the number represents the maximum number of parallel threads make can run."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Extra options passed to the <filename>make</filename>
@@ -6393,6 +7148,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PARALLEL_MAKEINST'><glossterm>PARALLEL_MAKEINST</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PARALLEL_MAKEINST[doc] = "Extra options passed to the make install command during the do_install task in order to specify parallel installation."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Extra options passed to the
@@ -6411,6 +7169,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PATCHRESOLVE'><glossterm>PATCHRESOLVE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PATCHRESOLVE[doc] = "Enable or disable interactive patch resolution."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Determines the action to take when a patch fails.
@@ -6435,6 +7196,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PATCHTOOL'><glossterm>PATCHTOOL</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PATCHTOOL[doc] = "Specifies the utility used to apply patches for a recipe during do_patch."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the utility used to apply patches for a recipe
@@ -6462,6 +7226,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PE'><glossterm>PE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PE[doc] = "The epoch of the recipe. The default value is '0'. The field is used to make upgrades possible when the versioning scheme changes in some backwards incompatible way."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The epoch of the recipe.
@@ -6474,6 +7241,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PF'><glossterm>PF</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PF[doc] = "Specifies the recipe or package name and includes all version and revision numbers. This variable is comprised of ${PN}-${EXTENDPE}${PV}-${PR}."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>Specifies the recipe or package name and includes all version and revision
                    numbers (i.e. <filename>eglibc-2.13-r20+svnr15508/</filename> and
@@ -6486,6 +7256,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PIXBUF_PACKAGES'><glossterm>PIXBUF_PACKAGES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PIXBUF_PACKAGES[doc] = "When a recipe inherits the pixbufcache class, this variable identifies packages that contain the pixbuf loaders used with gdk-pixbuf."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When inheriting the
@@ -6503,6 +7276,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PKG'><glossterm>PKG</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PKG[doc] = "The name of the resulting package created by the OpenEmbedded build system. When you use this variable, you must use a package name override."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The name of the resulting package created by the
@@ -6520,6 +7296,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PKGD'><glossterm>PKGD</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PKGD[doc] = "Points to the destination directory for files to be packaged before they are split into individual packages."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Points to the destination directory for files to be
@@ -6534,6 +7313,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PKGDATA_DIR'><glossterm>PKGDATA_DIR</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PKGDATA_DIR[doc] = "Points to a shared, global-state directory that holds data generated during the packaging process."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Points to a shared, global-state directory that holds data
@@ -6552,6 +7334,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PKGDEST'><glossterm>PKGDEST</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PKGDEST[doc] = "Points to the parent directory for files to be packaged after they have been split into individual packages."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Points to the parent directory for files to be packaged
@@ -6569,6 +7354,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PKGDESTWORK'><glossterm>PKGDESTWORK</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PKGDESTWORK[doc] = "Points to a temporary work area used by the do_package task to write output from the do_packagedata task."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Points to a temporary work area used by the
@@ -6594,6 +7382,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PKGE'><glossterm>PKGE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PKGE[doc] = "The epoch of the output package built by the OpenEmbedded build system."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The epoch of the output package built by the
@@ -6605,6 +7396,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PKGR'><glossterm>PKGR</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PKGR[doc] = "The revision of the output package built by the OpenEmbedded build system."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The revision of the output package built by the
@@ -6616,6 +7410,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PKGV'><glossterm>PKGV</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PKGV[doc] = "The version of the output package built by the OpenEmbedded build system."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The version of the output package built by the
@@ -6627,6 +7424,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PN'><glossterm>PN</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PN[doc] = "PN refers to a recipe name in the context of a file used by the OpenEmbedded build system as input to create a package. It refers to a package name in the context of a file created or produced by the OpenEmbedded build system."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>This variable can have two separate functions depending on the context: a recipe
                    name or a resulting package name.</para>
@@ -6651,6 +7451,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PNBLACKLIST'><glossterm>PNBLACKLIST</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PNBLACKLIST[doc] = "Lists recipes you do not want the OpenEmbedded build system to build."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Lists recipes you do not want the OpenEmbedded build system
@@ -6675,6 +7478,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PR'><glossterm>PR</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PR[doc] = "The revision of the recipe. The default value for this variable is 'r0'."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The revision of the recipe.
@@ -6684,6 +7490,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PREFERRED_PROVIDER'><glossterm>PREFERRED_PROVIDER</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PREFERRED_PROVIDER[doc] = "If multiple recipes provide an item, this variable determines which recipe should be given preference."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    If multiple recipes provide an item, this variable
@@ -6703,6 +7512,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PREFERRED_VERSION'><glossterm>PREFERRED_VERSION</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PREFERRED_VERSION[doc] = "If there are multiple versions of recipes available, this variable determines which recipe should be given preference."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    If there are multiple versions of recipes available, this
@@ -6726,6 +7538,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PREMIRRORS'><glossterm>PREMIRRORS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PREMIRRORS[doc] = "Specifies additional paths from which the OpenEmbedded build system gets source code."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies additional paths from which the OpenEmbedded
@@ -6771,6 +7586,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PRINC'><glossterm>PRINC</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PRINC[doc] = "Causes the PR variable of .bbappend files to dynamically increment. This increment minimizes the impact of layer ordering. This variable defaults to '0'."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
@@ -6817,6 +7635,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PRIVATE_LIBS'><glossterm>PRIVATE_LIBS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PRIVATE_LIBS[doc] = "Specifies libraries installed within a recipe that should be ignored by the OpenEmbedded build system's shared library resolver."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies libraries installed within a recipe that
@@ -6849,6 +7670,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PROVIDES'><glossterm>PROVIDES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PROVIDES[doc] = "A list of aliases that a recipe also provides. These aliases are useful for satisfying dependencies of other recipes during the build as specified by DEPENDS."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    A list of aliases by which a particular recipe can be
@@ -6878,6 +7702,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PRSERV_HOST'><glossterm>PRSERV_HOST</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PRSERV_HOST[doc] = "The network based PR service host and port."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The network based
@@ -6904,6 +7731,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PTEST_ENABLED'><glossterm>PTEST_ENABLED</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PRSERV_HOST[doc] = "Specifies whether or not Package Test (ptest) functionality is enabled when building a recipe."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies whether or not
@@ -6919,6 +7749,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PV'><glossterm>PV</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PV[doc] = "The version of the recipe. The version is normally extracted from the recipe filename."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The version of the recipe.
@@ -6934,6 +7767,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PYTHON_ABI'><glossterm>PYTHON_ABI</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PYTHON_ABI[doc] = "When used by recipes that inherit the distutils3, setuptools3, distutils, or setuptools classes, denotes the Application Binary Interface (ABI) currently in use for Python."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When used by recipes that inherit the
@@ -6967,6 +7803,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-PYTHON_PN'><glossterm>PYTHON_PN</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                PYTHON_PN[doc] = "When used by recipes that inherit the distutils3, setuptools3, distutils, or setuptools classes, specifies the major Python version being built."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When used by recipes that inherit the
@@ -7000,6 +7839,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
    <glossdiv id='var-glossary-q'><title>Q</title>
        <glossentry id='var-QMAKE_PROFILES'><glossterm>QMAKE_PROFILES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                QMAKE_PROFILES[doc] = "Specifies your own subset of .pro files to be built for use with qmake."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies your own subset of <filename>.pro</filename>
@@ -7025,6 +7867,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
    <glossdiv id='var-glossary-r'><title>R</title>
        <glossentry id='var-RCONFLICTS'><glossterm>RCONFLICTS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                RCONFLICTS[doc] = "The list of packages that conflict with another package. Note that the package will not be installed if the conflicting packages are not first removed."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The list of packages that conflict with packages.
@@ -7070,6 +7915,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-RDEPENDS'><glossterm>RDEPENDS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                RDEPENDS[doc] = "Lists a package's runtime dependencies (i.e. other packages) that must be installed for the package to be built. They must be the names of other packages as listed in the PACKAGES variable, not recipe names (PN)."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Lists a package's runtime dependencies (i.e. other packages)
@@ -7202,6 +8050,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES'><glossterm>REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES[doc] = "When a recipe inherits the distro_features_check class, this variable identifies distribution features that must exist in the current configuration in order for the OpenEmbedded build system to build the recipe."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When inheriting the
@@ -7221,6 +8072,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-RM_OLD_IMAGE'><glossterm>RM_OLD_IMAGE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                RM_OLD_IMAGE[doc] = "Reclaims disk space by removing previously built versions of the same image from the images directory pointed to by the DEPLOY_DIR variable."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Reclaims disk space by removing previously built
@@ -7239,6 +8093,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-RM_WORK_EXCLUDE'><glossterm>RM_WORK_EXCLUDE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                RM_WORK_EXCLUDE[doc] = "With rm_work enabled, this variable specifies a list of packages whose work directories should not be removed."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    With <filename>rm_work</filename> enabled, this
@@ -7251,6 +8108,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-ROOT_HOME'><glossterm>ROOT_HOME</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                ROOT_HOME[doc] = "Defines the root home directory."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Defines the root home directory.
@@ -7284,6 +8144,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-ROOTFS'><glossterm>ROOTFS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                ROOTFS[doc] = "Indicates a filesystem image to include as the root filesystem."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Indicates a filesystem image to include as the root
@@ -7300,6 +8163,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND'><glossterm>ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND[doc] = "Added by classes to run post processing commands once the OpenEmbedded build system has created the root filesystem."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Added by classes to run post processing commands once the
@@ -7320,6 +8186,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-RPROVIDES'><glossterm>RPROVIDES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                RPROVIDES[doc] = "A list of package name aliases that a package also provides. These aliases are useful for satisfying runtime dependencies of other packages both during the build and on the target."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    A list of package name aliases that a package also provides.
@@ -7344,6 +8213,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-RRECOMMENDS'><glossterm>RRECOMMENDS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                RRECOMMENDS[doc] = "A list of packages that extends the usability of a package being built. The package being built does not depend on this list of packages in order to successfully build, but needs them for the extended usability."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    A list of packages that extends the usability of a package
@@ -7433,6 +8305,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-RREPLACES'><glossterm>RREPLACES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                RREPLACES[doc] = "A list of packages replaced by a package. The package manager uses this variable to determine which package should be installed to replace other package(s) during an upgrade."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    A list of packages replaced by a package.
@@ -7484,6 +8359,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-RSUGGESTS'><glossterm>RSUGGESTS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                RSUGGESTS[doc] = "A list of additional packages that you can suggest for installation by the package manager at the time a package is installed. Not all package managers support this functionality."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    A list of additional packages that you can suggest for
@@ -7508,6 +8386,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
    <glossdiv id='var-glossary-s'><title>S</title>
        <glossentry id='var-S'><glossterm>S</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                S[doc] = "The location in the Build Directory where unpacked package source code resides."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The location in the
@@ -7539,6 +8420,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SANITY_REQUIRED_UTILITIES'><glossterm>SANITY_REQUIRED_UTILITIES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SANITY_REQUIRED_UTILITIES[doc] = "Specifies a list of command-line utilities that should be checked for during the initial sanity checking process when running BitBake."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies a list of command-line utilities that should be
@@ -7551,6 +8435,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SANITY_TESTED_DISTROS'><glossterm>SANITY_TESTED_DISTROS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SANITY_TESTED_DISTROS[doc] = "A list of the host distribution identifiers that the build system has been tested against."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    A list of the host distribution identifiers that the
@@ -7572,6 +8459,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SDK_ARCH'><glossterm>SDK_ARCH</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SDK_ARCH[doc] = "The target architecture for the SDK."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The target architecture for the SDK.
@@ -7583,6 +8473,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SDK_DEPLOY'><glossterm>SDK_DEPLOY</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SDK_DEPLOY[doc] = "The directory set up and used by the populate_sdk_base to which the SDK is deployed."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The directory set up and used by the
@@ -7598,6 +8491,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SDK_DIR'><glossterm>SDK_DIR</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SDK_DIR[doc] = "The parent directory used by the OpenEmbedded build system when creating SDK output."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The parent directory used by the OpenEmbedded build system
@@ -7620,6 +8516,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SDK_NAME'><glossterm>SDK_NAME</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SDK_NAME[doc] = "The base name for SDK output files."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The base name for SDK output files.
@@ -7639,6 +8538,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SDK_OUTPUT'><glossterm>SDK_OUTPUT</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SDK_OUTPUT[doc] = "The location used by the OpenEmbedded build system when creating SDK output."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The location used by the OpenEmbedded build system when
@@ -7663,6 +8565,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SDK_PACKAGE_ARCHS'><glossterm>SDK_PACKAGE_ARCHS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SDK_PACKAGE_ARCHS[doc] = "Specifies a list of architectures compatible with the SDK machine. This variable is set automatically and should not normally be hand-edited."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies a list of architectures compatible with
@@ -7679,6 +8584,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SDKIMAGE_FEATURES'><glossterm>SDKIMAGE_FEATURES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SDKIMAGE_FEATURES[doc] = "Equivalent to IMAGE_FEATURES. However, this variable applies to the SDK generated from an image using the command 'bitbake -c populate_sdk imagename'."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>Equivalent to
                    <filename><link linkend='var-IMAGE_FEATURES'>IMAGE_FEATURES</link></filename>.
@@ -7692,6 +8600,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SDKMACHINE'><glossterm>SDKMACHINE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SDKMACHINE[doc] = "Specifies the architecture (i.e. i686 or x86_64) for which to build SDK and ADT items."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The machine for which the Application Development Toolkit
@@ -7721,6 +8632,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SDKPATH'><glossterm>SDKPATH</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SDKPATH[doc] = "Defines the path offered to the user for installation of the SDK that is generated by the OpenEmbedded build system."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Defines the path offered to the user for installation
@@ -7735,6 +8649,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SECTION'><glossterm>SECTION</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SECTION[doc] = "The section in which packages should be categorized. Package management utilities can make use of this variable."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>The section in which packages should be categorized.
                    Package management utilities can make use of this variable.</para>
@@ -7742,6 +8659,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SELECTED_OPTIMIZATION'><glossterm>SELECTED_OPTIMIZATION</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SELECTED_OPTIMIZATION[doc] = "The variable takes the value of FULL_OPTIMIZATION unless DEBUG_BUILD = '1'. In this case, the value of DEBUG_OPTIMIZATION is used."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the optimization flags passed to the C compiler
@@ -7763,6 +8683,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SERIAL_CONSOLE'><glossterm>SERIAL_CONSOLE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SERIAL_CONSOLE[doc] = "The speed and device for the serial port used to attach the serial console. This variable is given to the kernel as the 'console' parameter. After booting occurs, getty is started on that port so remote login is possible."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Defines a serial console (TTY) to enable using getty.
@@ -7784,6 +8707,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SERIAL_CONSOLES'><glossterm>SERIAL_CONSOLES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SERIAL_CONSOLES[doc] = "Defines the serial consoles (TTYs) to enable using getty."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Defines the serial consoles (TTYs) to enable using getty.
@@ -7798,6 +8724,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SERIAL_CONSOLES_CHECK'><glossterm>SERIAL_CONSOLES_CHECK</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SERIAL_CONSOLES_CHECK[doc] = "Similar to SERIAL_CONSOLES except the device is checked for existence before attempting to enable it. Supported only by SysVinit."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Similar to
@@ -7811,6 +8740,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SIGGEN_EXCLUDE_SAFE_RECIPE_DEPS'><glossterm>SIGGEN_EXCLUDE_SAFE_RECIPE_DEPS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SIGGEN_EXCLUDE_SAFE_RECIPE_DEPS[doc] = "A list of recipe dependencies that should not be used to determine signatures of tasks from one recipe when they depend on tasks from another recipe."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    A list of recipe dependencies that should not be used to
@@ -7839,6 +8771,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SIGGEN_EXCLUDERECIPES_ABISAFE'><glossterm>SIGGEN_EXCLUDERECIPES_ABISAFE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SIGGEN_EXCLUDERECIPES_ABISAFE[doc] = "A list of recipes that are completely stable and will never change."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    A list of recipes that are completely stable and will
@@ -7859,6 +8794,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SITEINFO_BITS'><glossterm>SITEINFO_BITS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SITEINFO_BITS[doc] = "Specifies the number of bits for the target system CPU."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the number of bits for the target system CPU.
@@ -7868,6 +8806,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SITEINFO_ENDIANNESS'><glossterm>SITEINFO_ENDIANNESS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SITEINFO_ENDIANNESS[doc] = "Specifies the endian byte order of the target system. The value should be either 'le' for 'little-endian' or 'be' for 'big-endian'."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the endian byte order of the target system.
@@ -7877,6 +8818,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SOC_FAMILY'><glossterm>SOC_FAMILY</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SOC_FAMILY[doc] = "Groups together machines based upon the same family of SOC (System On Chip). You typically set this variable in a common .inc file that you include in the configuration files of all the machines."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Groups together machines based upon the same family
@@ -7895,6 +8839,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SOLIBS'><glossterm>SOLIBS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SOLIBS[doc] = "Defines the suffix for shared libraries used on the target platform."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Defines the suffix for shared libraries used on the
@@ -7913,6 +8860,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SOLIBSDEV'><glossterm>SOLIBSDEV</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SOLIBSDEV[doc] = "Defines the suffix for the development symbolic link (symlink) for shared libraries on the target platform."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Defines the suffix for the development symbolic link
@@ -7931,6 +8881,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SOURCE_MIRROR_URL'><glossterm>SOURCE_MIRROR_URL</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SOURCE_MIRROR_URL[doc] = "URL to source mirror that will be used before fetching from original SRC_URI."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Defines your own
@@ -7958,6 +8911,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SPDXLICENSEMAP'><glossterm>SPDXLICENSEMAP</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SPDXLICENSEMAP[doc] = "Maps commonly used license names to their SPDX counterparts found in meta/files/common-licenses/."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Maps commonly used license names to their SPDX counterparts
@@ -7976,6 +8932,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SPECIAL_PKGSUFFIX'><glossterm>SPECIAL_PKGSUFFIX</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SPECIAL_PKGSUFFIX[doc] = "A list of prefixes for PN used by the OpenEmbedded build system to create variants of recipes or packages. The list specifies the prefixes to strip off during certain circumstances such as the generation of the BPN variable."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    A list of prefixes for <link linkend='var-PN'><filename>PN</filename></link> used by the
@@ -7987,6 +8946,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SRC_URI'><glossterm>SRC_URI</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SRC_URI[doc] = "The list of source files - local or remote. This variable tells the OpenEmbedded build system what bits to pull in for the build and how to pull them in."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>The list of source files - local or remote.
                    This variable tells the OpenEmbedded build system which bits
@@ -8139,6 +9101,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SRC_URI_OVERRIDES_PACKAGE_ARCH'><glossterm>SRC_URI_OVERRIDES_PACKAGE_ARCH</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SRC_URI_OVERRIDES_PACKAGE_ARCH[doc] = "By default, the OpenEmbedded build system automatically detects whether SRC_URI contains files that are machine-specific. If so, the build system automatically changes PACKAGE_ARCH. Setting this variable to '0' disables this behavior."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    By default, the OpenEmbedded build system automatically detects whether
@@ -8152,6 +9117,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SRCDATE'><glossterm>SRCDATE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SRCDATE[doc] = "The date of the source code used to build the package. This variable applies only if the source was fetched from a Source Code Manager (SCM)."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The date of the source code used to build the package.
@@ -8161,6 +9129,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SRCPV'><glossterm>SRCPV</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SRCPV[doc] = "Returns the version string of the current package. This string is used to help define the value of PV."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Returns the version string of the current package.
@@ -8195,6 +9166,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SRCREV'><glossterm>SRCREV</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SRCREV[doc] = "The revision of the source code used to build the package. This variable applies to Subversion, Git, Mercurial and Bazaar only."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The revision of the source code used to build the package.
@@ -8209,12 +9183,18 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SSTATE_DIR'><glossterm>SSTATE_DIR</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SSTATE_DIR[doc] = "The directory for the shared state cache."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>The directory for the shared state cache.</para>
            </glossdef>
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SSTATE_MIRROR_ALLOW_NETWORK'><glossterm>SSTATE_MIRROR_ALLOW_NETWORK</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SSTATE_MIRROR_ALLOW_NETWORK[doc] = "If set to "1", allows fetches from mirrors that are specified in SSTATE_MIRRORS to work even when fetching from the network has been disabled by setting BB_NO_NETWORK to "1"."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    If set to "1", allows fetches from
@@ -8234,6 +9214,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SSTATE_MIRRORS'><glossterm>SSTATE_MIRRORS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SSTATE_MIRRORS[doc] = "Configures the OpenEmbedded build system to search other mirror locations for prebuilt cache data objects before building out the data. You can specify a filesystem directory or a remote URL such as HTTP or FTP."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Configures the OpenEmbedded build system to search other
@@ -8272,6 +9255,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-STAGING_BASE_LIBDIR_NATIVE'><glossterm>STAGING_BASE_LIBDIR_NATIVE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                STAGING_BASE_LIBDIR_NATIVE[doc] = "Specifies the path to the /lib subdirectory of the sysroot directory for the build host."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the path to the <filename>/lib</filename>
@@ -8282,6 +9268,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-STAGING_BASELIBDIR'><glossterm>STAGING_BASELIBDIR</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                STAGING_BASELIBDIR[doc] = "Specifies the path to the /lib subdirectory of the sysroot directory for the target for which the current recipe is being built (STAGING_DIR_HOST)."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the path to the <filename>/lib</filename>
@@ -8293,6 +9282,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-STAGING_BINDIR'><glossterm>STAGING_BINDIR</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                STAGING_BINDIR[doc] = "Specifies the path to the /usr/bin subdirectory of the sysroot directory for the target for which the current recipe is being built (STAGING_DIR_HOST)."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the path to the
@@ -8305,6 +9297,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-STAGING_BINDIR_CROSS'><glossterm>STAGING_BINDIR_CROSS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                STAGING_BINDIR_CROSS[doc] = "Specifies the path to the directory containing binary configuration scripts. These scripts provide configuration information for other software that wants to make use of libraries or include files provided by the software associated with the script."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the path to the directory containing binary
@@ -8327,6 +9322,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE'><glossterm>STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE[doc] = "Specifies the path to the /usr/bin subdirectory of the sysroot directory for the build host."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the path to the
@@ -8337,6 +9335,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-STAGING_DATADIR'><glossterm>STAGING_DATADIR</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                STAGING_DATADIR[doc] = "Specifies the path to the /usr/share subdirectory of the sysroot directory for the target for which the current recipe is being built (STAGING_DIR_HOST)."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                     Specifies the path to the <filename>/usr/share</filename>
@@ -8347,7 +9348,22 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
            </glossdef>
        </glossentry>
+        <glossentry id='var-STAGING_DATADIR_NATIVE'><glossterm>STAGING_DATADIR_NATIVE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                STAGING_DATADIR_NATIVE[doc] = "Specifies the path to the /usr/share subdirectory of the sysroot directory for the build host."
+            </info>
+            <glossdef>
+                <para>
+                    Specifies the path to the <filename>/usr/share</filename>
+                    subdirectory of the sysroot directory for the build host.
+                </para>
+            </glossdef>
+        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-STAGING_DIR'><glossterm>STAGING_DIR</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                STAGING_DIR[doc] = "Specifies the path to the top-level sysroots directory (i.e. ${TMPDIR}/sysroots)."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the path to the top-level sysroots directory
@@ -8369,6 +9385,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-STAGING_DIR_HOST'><glossterm>STAGING_DIR_HOST</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                STAGING_DIR_HOST[doc] = "Specifies the path to the primary sysroot directory for which the target is being built."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the path to the primary sysroot directory for
@@ -8394,18 +9413,10 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
            </glossdef>
        </glossentry>
-        <glossentry id='var-STAGING_DATADIR_NATIVE'><glossterm>STAGING_DATADIR_NATIVE</glossterm>
-            <glossdef>
-                <para>
-                    Specifies the path to the <filename>/usr/share</filename>
-                    subdirectory of the sysroot directory for the build host.
-                </para>
-            </glossdef>
-        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-STAGING_DIR_NATIVE'><glossterm>STAGING_DIR_NATIVE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                STAGING_DIR_NATIVE[doc] = "Specifies the path to the sysroot directory for the build host."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the path to the sysroot directory for the
@@ -8415,6 +9426,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-STAGING_DIR_TARGET'><glossterm>STAGING_DIR_TARGET</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                STAGING_DIR_TARGET[doc] = "Specifies the path to the sysroot directory for the target for which the current recipe is being built."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the path to the sysroot directory for the
@@ -8439,6 +9453,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-STAGING_ETCDIR_NATIVE'><glossterm>STAGING_ETCDIR_NATIVE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                STAGING_ETCDIR_NATIVE[doc] = "Specifies the path to the /etc subdirectory of the sysroot directory for the build host."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the path to the <filename>/etc</filename>
@@ -8449,6 +9466,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-STAGING_EXECPREFIXDIR'><glossterm>STAGING_EXECPREFIXDIR</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                STAGING_EXECPREFIXDIR[doc] = "Specifies the path to the /usr subdirectory of the sysroot directory for the target for which the current recipe is being built (STAGING_DIR_HOST)."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the path to the <filename>/usr</filename>
@@ -8460,6 +9480,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-STAGING_INCDIR'><glossterm>STAGING_INCDIR</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                STAGING_INCDIR[doc] = "Specifies the path to the /usr/include subdirectory of the sysroot directory for the target for which the current recipe being built (STAGING_DIR_HOST)."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the path to the
@@ -8472,6 +9495,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-STAGING_INCDIR_NATIVE'><glossterm>STAGING_INCDIR_NATIVE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                STAGING_INCDIR_NATIVE[doc] = "Specifies the path to the /usr/include subdirectory of the sysroot directory for the build host."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the path to the <filename>/usr/include</filename>
@@ -8480,7 +9506,22 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
            </glossdef>
        </glossentry>
+        <glossentry id='var-STAGING_KERNEL_DIR'><glossterm>STAGING_KERNEL_DIR</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                STAGING_KERNEL_DIR[doc] = "The directory with kernel headers that are required to build out-of-tree modules."
+            </info>
+            <glossdef>
+                <para>
+                    The directory with kernel headers that are required to build out-of-tree
+                    modules.
+                </para>
+            </glossdef>
+        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-STAGING_LIBDIR'><glossterm>STAGING_LIBDIR</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                STAGING_LIBDIR[doc] = "Specifies the path to the /usr/lib subdirectory of the sysroot directory for the target for which the current recipe is being built (STAGING_DIR_HOST)."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the path to the <filename>/usr/lib</filename>
@@ -8492,6 +9533,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE'><glossterm>STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE[doc] = "Specifies the path to the /usr/lib subdirectory of the sysroot directory for the build host."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the path to the <filename>/usr/lib</filename>
@@ -8500,16 +9544,10 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
            </glossdef>
        </glossentry>
-        <glossentry id='var-STAGING_KERNEL_DIR'><glossterm>STAGING_KERNEL_DIR</glossterm>
-            <glossdef>
-                <para>
-                    The directory with kernel headers that are required to build out-of-tree
-                    modules.
-                </para>
-            </glossdef>
-        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-STAMP'><glossterm>STAMP</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                STAMP[doc] = "Specifies the base path used to create recipe stamp files. The path to an actual stamp file is constructed by evaluating this string and then appending additional information."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the base path used to create recipe stamp files.
@@ -8533,6 +9571,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-STAMPS_DIR'><glossterm>STAMPS_DIR</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                STAMPS_DIR[doc] = "Specifies the base directory in which the OpenEmbedded build system places stamps."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the base directory in which the OpenEmbedded
@@ -8544,6 +9585,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SUMMARY'><glossterm>SUMMARY</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SUMMARY[doc] = "The short (80 characters or less) summary of the binary package for packaging systems such as opkg, rpm or dpkg. By default, SUMMARY is used to define the DESCRIPTION variable if DESCRIPTION is not set in the recipe."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>The short (72 characters or less) summary of the binary package for packaging
                    systems such as <filename>opkg</filename>, <filename>rpm</filename> or
@@ -8557,6 +9601,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SYSLINUX_DEFAULT_CONSOLE'><glossterm>SYSLINUX_DEFAULT_CONSOLE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SYSLINUX_DEFAULT_CONSOLE[doc] = "Specifies the kernel boot default console."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the kernel boot default console.
@@ -8578,6 +9625,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SYSLINUX_OPTS'><glossterm>SYSLINUX_OPTS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SYSLINUX_OPTS[doc] = "Lists additional options to add to the syslinux file."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Lists additional options to add to the syslinux file.
@@ -8595,6 +9645,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SYSLINUX_SERIAL'><glossterm>SYSLINUX_SERIAL</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SYSLINUX_SERIAL[doc] = "Specifies the alternate serial port or turns it off."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the alternate serial port or turns it off.
@@ -8611,6 +9664,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SYSLINUX_SPLASH'><glossterm>SYSLINUX_SPLASH</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SYSLINUX_SPLASH[doc] = "An .LSS file used as the background for the VGA boot menu when you are using the boot menu."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    An <filename>.LSS</filename> file used as the background
@@ -8628,6 +9684,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SYSLINUX_SERIAL_TTY'><glossterm>SYSLINUX_SERIAL_TTY</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SYSLINUX_SERIAL_TTY[doc] = "Specifies the alternate console=tty... kernel boot argument."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the alternate console=tty... kernel boot argument.
@@ -8643,6 +9702,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SYSROOT_PREPROCESS_FUNCS'><glossterm>SYSROOT_PREPROCESS_FUNCS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SYSROOT_PREPROCESS_FUNCS[doc] = "A list of functions to execute after files are staged into the sysroot. These functions are usually used to apply additional processing on the staged files, or to stage additional files."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    A list of functions to execute after files are staged into
@@ -8655,6 +9717,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SYSTEMD_AUTO_ENABLE'><glossterm>SYSTEMD_AUTO_ENABLE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SYSTEMD_AUTO_ENABLE[doc] = "For recipes that inherit the systemd class, this variable specifies whether the service you have specified in SYSTEMD_SERVICE should be started automatically or not."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When inheriting the
@@ -8678,6 +9743,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SYSTEMD_PACKAGES'><glossterm>SYSTEMD_PACKAGES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SYSTEMD_PACKAGES[doc] = "For recipes that inherit the systemd class, this variable locates the systemd unit files when they are not found in the main recipe's package."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When inheriting the
@@ -8701,6 +9769,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SYSTEMD_SERVICE'><glossterm>SYSTEMD_SERVICE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SYSTEMD_SERVICE[doc] = "For recipes that inherit the systemd class, this variable specifies the systemd service name for a package."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When inheriting the
@@ -8722,6 +9793,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-SYSVINIT_ENABLED_GETTYS'><glossterm>SYSVINIT_ENABLED_GETTYS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SYSVINIT_ENABLED_GETTYS[doc] = "Specifies which virtual terminals should be running a getty, the default is '1'."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When using
@@ -8747,6 +9821,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
    <glossdiv id='var-glossary-t'><title>T</title>
        <glossentry id='var-T'><glossterm>T</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                T[doc] = "This variable points to a directory were BitBake places temporary files, which consist mostly of task logs and scripts, when building a particular recipe."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>This variable points to a directory were BitBake places
                    temporary files, which consist mostly of task logs and
@@ -8768,6 +9845,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TARGET_ARCH'><glossterm>TARGET_ARCH</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TARGET_ARCH[doc] = "The architecture of the device being built. The OpenEmbedded build system supports the following architectures: arm, mips, ppc, x86, x86-64."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The target machine's architecture.
@@ -8794,6 +9874,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TARGET_AS_ARCH'><glossterm>TARGET_AS_ARCH</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TARGET_AS_ARCH[doc] = "Specifies architecture-specific assembler flags for the target system."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies architecture-specific assembler flags for the
@@ -8810,6 +9893,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TARGET_CC_ARCH'><glossterm>TARGET_CC_ARCH</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TARGET_CC_ARCH[doc] = "Specifies architecture-specific C compiler flags for the target system."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies architecture-specific C compiler flags for the
@@ -8830,6 +9916,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TARGET_CC_KERNEL_ARCH'><glossterm>TARGET_CC_KERNEL_ARCH</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TARGET_CC_KERNEL_ARCH[doc] = "This is a specific kernel compiler flag for a CPU or Application Binary Interface (ABI) tune."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    This is a specific kernel compiler flag for a CPU or
@@ -8851,6 +9940,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TARGET_CFLAGS'><glossterm>TARGET_CFLAGS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TARGET_CFLAGS[doc] = "Flags passed to the C compiler for the target system. This variable evaluates to the same as CFLAGS."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the flags to pass to the C compiler when building
@@ -8873,6 +9965,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TARGET_CPPFLAGS'><glossterm>TARGET_CPPFLAGS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TARGET_CPPFLAGS[doc] = "Specifies the flags to pass to the C pre-processor (i.e. to both the C and the C++ compilers) when building for the target."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the flags to pass to the C pre-processor
@@ -8896,6 +9991,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TARGET_CXXFLAGS'><glossterm>TARGET_CXXFLAGS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TARGET_CXXFLAGS[doc] = "Specifies the flags to pass to the C++ compiler when building for the target."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the flags to pass to the C++ compiler when
@@ -8918,6 +10016,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TARGET_FPU'><glossterm>TARGET_FPU</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TARGET_FPU[doc] = "Specifies the method for handling FPU code. For FPU-less targets, which include most ARM CPUs, the variable must be set to 'soft'. If not, the kernel emulation gets used, which results in a performance penalty."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>Specifies the method for handling FPU code.
                    For FPU-less targets, which include most ARM CPUs, the variable must be
@@ -8927,6 +10028,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TARGET_LD_ARCH'><glossterm>TARGET_LD_ARCH</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TARGET_LD_ARCH[doc] = "Specifies architecture-specific linker flags for the target system."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies architecture-specific linker flags for the
@@ -8943,6 +10047,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TARGET_LDFLAGS'><glossterm>TARGET_LDFLAGS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TARGET_LDFLAGS[doc] = "Specifies the flags to pass to the linker when building for the target."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the flags to pass to the linker when building
@@ -8965,6 +10072,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TARGET_OS'><glossterm>TARGET_OS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TARGET_OS[doc] = "Specifies the target's operating system."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>Specifies the target's operating system.
                    The variable can be set to "linux" for <filename>eglibc</filename>-based systems and
@@ -8975,6 +10085,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TCLIBC'><glossterm>TCLIBC</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TCLIBC[doc] = "Specifies GNU standard C library (libc) variant to use during the build process. You can select 'glibc' or 'uclibc'."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the GNU standard C library (<filename>libc</filename>)
@@ -8993,6 +10106,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TCMODE'><glossterm>TCMODE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TCMODE[doc] = "Enables an external toolchain (where provided by an additional layer) if set to a value other than 'default'."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the toolchain selector.
@@ -9051,6 +10167,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TEST_EXPORT_DIR'><glossterm>TEST_EXPORT_DIR</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TEST_EXPORT_DIR[doc] = "The location the OpenEmbedded build system uses to export tests when the TEST_EXPORT_ONLY variable is set to "1"."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The location the OpenEmbedded build system uses to export
@@ -9067,6 +10186,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TEST_EXPORT_ONLY'><glossterm>TEST_EXPORT_ONLY</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TEST_EXPORT_ONLY[doc] = "Specifies to export the tests only. Set this variable to "1" if you do not want to run the tests but you want them to be exported in a manner that you to run them outside of the build system."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies to export the tests only.
@@ -9078,6 +10200,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TEST_IMAGE'><glossterm>TEST_IMAGE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TEST_IMAGE[doc] = "Enables test booting of virtual machine images under the QEMU emulator after any root filesystems are created and runs tests against those images."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Automatically runs the series of automated tests for
@@ -9108,6 +10233,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TEST_LOG_DIR'><glossterm>TEST_LOG_DIR</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TEST_LOG_DIR[doc] = "Holds the SSH log and the boot log for QEMU machines. The <filename>TEST_LOG_DIR</filename> variable defaults to "${WORKDIR}/testimage"."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Holds the SSH log and the boot log for QEMU machines.
@@ -9123,6 +10251,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TEST_POWERCONTROL_CMD'><glossterm>TEST_POWERCONTROL_CMD</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TEST_POWERCONTROL_CMD[doc] = "For automated hardware testing, specifies the command to use to control the power of the target machine under test"
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    For automated hardware testing, specifies the command to
@@ -9139,6 +10270,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TEST_POWERCONTROL_EXTRA_ARGS'><glossterm>TEST_POWERCONTROL_EXTRA_ARGS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TEST_POWERCONTROL_EXTRA_ARGS[doc] = "For automated hardware testing, specifies additional arguments to pass through to the command specified in TEST_POWERCONTROL_CMD"
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    For automated hardware testing, specifies additional
@@ -9154,6 +10288,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TEST_QEMUBOOT_TIMEOUT'><glossterm>TEST_QEMUBOOT_TIMEOUT</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TEST_QEMUBOOT_TIMEOUT[doc] = "The time in seconds allowed for an image to boot before automated runtime tests begin to run against an image."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The time in seconds allowed for an image to boot before
@@ -9174,6 +10311,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TEST_SERIALCONTROL_CMD'><glossterm>TEST_SERIALCONTROL_CMD</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TEST_SERIALCONTROL_CMD[doc] = "For automated hardware testing, specifies the command to use to connect to the serial console of the target machine under test."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    For automated hardware testing, specifies the command
@@ -9196,6 +10336,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TEST_SERIALCONTROL_EXTRA_ARGS'><glossterm>TEST_SERIALCONTROL_EXTRA_ARGS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TEST_SERIALCONTROL_EXTRA_ARGS[doc] = "For automated hardware testing, specifies additional arguments to pass through to the command specified in TEST_SERIALCONTROL_CMD."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    For automated hardware testing, specifies additional
@@ -9211,6 +10354,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TEST_SERVER_IP'><glossterm>TEST_SERVER_IP</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TEST_SERVER_IP[doc] = "The IP address of the build machine (host machine). This IP address is usually automatically detected."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The IP address of the build machine (host machine).
@@ -9229,6 +10375,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TEST_TARGET'><glossterm>TEST_TARGET</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TEST_TARGET[doc] = "For automated runtime testing, specifies the method of deploying the image and running tests on the target machine."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the target controller to use when running tests
@@ -9294,6 +10443,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TEST_TARGET_IP'><glossterm>TEST_TARGET_IP</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TEST_TARGET_IP[doc] = "The IP address of your hardware under test."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The IP address of your hardware under test.
@@ -9320,6 +10472,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TEST_SUITES'><glossterm>TEST_SUITES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TEST_SUITES[doc] = "An ordered list of tests (modules) to run against an image when performing automated runtime testing."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    An ordered list of tests (modules) to run against
@@ -9375,6 +10530,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-THISDIR'><glossterm>THISDIR</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                THISDIR[doc] = "The directory in which the file BitBake is currently parsing is located."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The directory in which the file BitBake is currently
@@ -9385,6 +10543,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TMPDIR'><glossterm>TMPDIR</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TMPDIR[doc] = "The temporary directory the OpenEmbedded build system uses when it does its work building images. By default, the TMPDIR variable is named tmp within the Build Directory."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    This variable is the base directory the OpenEmbedded
@@ -9423,6 +10584,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TOOLCHAIN_HOST_TASK'><glossterm>TOOLCHAIN_HOST_TASK</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TOOLCHAIN_HOST_TASK[doc] = "This variable lists packages the OpenEmbedded build system uses when building an SDK, which contains a cross-development environment."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    This variable lists packages the OpenEmbedded build system
@@ -9453,6 +10617,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TOOLCHAIN_TARGET_TASK'><glossterm>TOOLCHAIN_TARGET_TASK</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TOOLCHAIN_TARGET_TASK[doc] = "This variable lists packages the OpenEmbedded build system uses when it creates the target part of an SDK, which includes libraries and headers."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    This variable lists packages the OpenEmbedded build system
@@ -9475,6 +10642,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TOPDIR'><glossterm>TOPDIR</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TOPDIR[doc] = "The Build Directory. BitBake automatically sets this variable. The OpenEmbedded build system uses the Build Directory when building images."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The top-level
@@ -9489,6 +10659,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TRANSLATED_TARGET_ARCH'><glossterm>TRANSLATED_TARGET_ARCH</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TRANSLATED_TARGET_ARCH[doc] = "A sanitized version of TARGET_ARCH. This variable is used where the architecture is needed in a value where underscores are not allowed."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    A sanitized version of
@@ -9507,6 +10680,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TUNE_ARCH'><glossterm>TUNE_ARCH</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TUNE_ARCH[doc] = "The GNU canonical architecture for a specific architecture (i.e. arm, armeb, mips, mips64, and so forth)."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The GNU canonical architecture for a specific architecture
@@ -9562,6 +10738,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TUNE_ASARGS'><glossterm>TUNE_ASARGS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TUNE_ASARGS[doc] = "Specifies architecture-specific assembler flags for the target system."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies architecture-specific assembler flags for
@@ -9586,6 +10765,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TUNE_CCARGS'><glossterm>TUNE_CCARGS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TUNE_CCARGS[doc] = "Specifies architecture-specific C compiler flags for the target system."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies architecture-specific C compiler flags for
@@ -9604,6 +10786,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TUNE_LDARGS'><glossterm>TUNE_LDARGS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TUNE_LDARGS[doc] = "Specifies architecture-specific linker flags for the target system."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies architecture-specific linker flags for
@@ -9628,6 +10813,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TUNE_FEATURES'><glossterm>TUNE_FEATURES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TUNE_FEATURES[doc] = "Features used to "tune" a compiler for optimal use given a specific processor."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Features used to "tune" a compiler for optimal use
@@ -9658,6 +10846,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TUNE_PKGARCH'><glossterm>TUNE_PKGARCH</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TUNE_PKGARCH[doc] = "The package architecture understood by the packaging system to define the architecture, ABI, and tuning of output packages."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The package architecture understood by the packaging
@@ -9668,6 +10859,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TUNE_PKGARCH_tune'><glossterm>TUNE_PKGARCH_tune</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TUNE_PKGARCH_tune[doc] = "The CPU or Application Binary Interface (ABI) specific tuning of the TUNE_PKGARCH."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The CPU or Application Binary Interface (ABI) specific
@@ -9690,6 +10884,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TUNEABI'><glossterm>TUNEABI</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TUNEABI[doc] = "An underlying ABI used by a particular tuning in a given toolchain layer. This feature allows providers using prebuilt libraries to check compatibility of a tuning against their selection of libraries."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    An underlying Application Binary Interface (ABI) used by
@@ -9714,6 +10911,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TUNEABI_OVERRIDE'><glossterm>TUNEABI_OVERRIDE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TUNEABI_OVERRIDE[doc] = "If set, ignores TUNEABI_WHITELIST."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    If set, the OpenEmbedded system ignores the
@@ -9737,6 +10937,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TUNEABI_WHITELIST'><glossterm>TUNEABI_WHITELIST</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TUNEABI_WHITELIST[doc] = "A whitelist of permissible TUNEABI values.  If the variable is not set, all values are allowed."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    A whitelist of permissible
@@ -9760,7 +10963,10 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
            </glossdef>
        </glossentry>
-        <glossentry id='var-TUNECONFLICT'><glossterm>TUNECONFLICT[<replaceable>feature</replaceable>]</glossterm>
+        <glossentry id='var-TUNECONFLICTS'><glossterm>TUNECONFLICTS[<replaceable>feature</replaceable>]</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                TUNECONFLICTS[doc] = "Specifies CPU or Application Binary Interface (ABI) tuning features that conflict with specified feature."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies CPU or Application Binary Interface (ABI)
@@ -9783,6 +10989,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-TUNEVALID'><glossterm>TUNEVALID[<replaceable>feature</replaceable>]</glossterm>
+            <info>
+               TUNEVALID[doc] = "Descriptions, stored as flags, of valid tuning features."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies a valid CPU or Application Binary Interface (ABI)
@@ -9806,6 +11015,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
    <glossdiv id='var-glossary-u'><title>U</title>
        <glossentry id='var-UBOOT_CONFIG'><glossterm>UBOOT_CONFIG</glossterm>
+            <info>
+               UBOOT_CONFIG[doc] = "Configures the UBOOT_MACHINE and can also define IMAGE_FSTYPES for individual cases."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Configures the
@@ -9845,6 +11057,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-UBOOT_ENTRYPOINT'><glossterm>UBOOT_ENTRYPOINT</glossterm>
+            <info>
+               UBOOT_ENTRYPOINT[doc] = "Specifies the entry point for the U-Boot image."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the entry point for the U-Boot image.
@@ -9857,6 +11072,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-UBOOT_LOADADDRESS'><glossterm>UBOOT_LOADADDRESS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+               UBOOT_LOADADDRESS[doc] = "Specifies the load address for the U-Boot image."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the load address for the U-Boot image.
@@ -9869,6 +11087,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-UBOOT_LOCALVERSION'><glossterm>UBOOT_LOCALVERSION</glossterm>
+            <info>
+               UBOOT_LOCALVERSION[doc] = "Appends a string to the name of the local version of the U-Boot image."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Appends a string to the name of the local version of the
@@ -9885,6 +11106,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-UBOOT_MACHINE'><glossterm>UBOOT_MACHINE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+               UBOOT_MACHINE[doc] = "Specifies the value passed on the make command line when building a U-Boot image."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the value passed on the
@@ -9905,6 +11129,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-UBOOT_MAKE_TARGET'><glossterm>UBOOT_MAKE_TARGET</glossterm>
+            <info>
+               UBOOT_MAKE_TARGET[doc] = "Specifies the target called in the Makefile."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the target called in the
@@ -9915,6 +11142,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-UBOOT_SUFFIX'><glossterm>UBOOT_SUFFIX</glossterm>
+            <info>
+               UBOOT_SUFFIX[doc] = "Points to the generated U-Boot extension."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Points to the generated U-Boot extension.
@@ -9930,6 +11160,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-UBOOT_TARGET'><glossterm>UBOOT_TARGET</glossterm>
+            <info>
+               UBOOT_TARGET[doc] = "Specifies the target used for building U-Boot."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the target used for building U-Boot.
@@ -9943,6 +11176,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-USE_VT'><glossterm>USE_VT</glossterm>
+            <info>
+               USE_VT[doc] = "When using SysVinit, determines whether or not to run a getty on any virtual terminals in order to enable logging in through those terminals."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When using
@@ -9965,6 +11201,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-USER_CLASSES'><glossterm>USER_CLASSES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+               USER_CLASSES[doc] = "List of additional classes to use when building images that enable extra features."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    A list of classes to globally inherit.
@@ -9989,6 +11228,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-USERADD_ERROR_DYNAMIC'><glossterm>USERADD_ERROR_DYNAMIC</glossterm>
+            <info>
+               USERADD_ERROR_DYNAMIC[doc] = "Forces the OpenEmbedded build system to produce an error if the user identification (uid) and group identification (gid) values are not defined in files/passwd and files/group files."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Forces the OpenEmbedded build system to produce an error
@@ -10026,6 +11268,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-USERADD_GID_TABLES'><glossterm>USERADD_GID_TABLES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+               USERADD_GID_TABLES[doc] = "Specifies a password file to use for obtaining static group identification (gid) values when the OpenEmbedded build system adds a group to the system during package installation."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies a password file to use for obtaining static
@@ -10057,39 +11302,10 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
            </glossdef>
        </glossentry>
-        <glossentry id='var-USERADD_UID_TABLES'><glossterm>USERADD_UID_TABLES</glossterm>
-            <glossdef>
-                <para>
-                    Specifies a password file to use for obtaining static
-                    user identification (<filename>uid</filename>) values
-                    when the OpenEmbedded build system adds a user to the
-                    system during package installation.
-                </para>
-                <para>
-                    When applying static user identification
-                    (<filename>uid</filename>) values, the OpenEmbedded build
-                    system looks in
-                    <link linkend='var-BBPATH'><filename>BBPATH</filename></link>
-                    for a <filename>files/passwd</filename> file and then applies
-                    those <filename>uid</filename> values.
-                    Set the variable as follows in your
-                    <filename>local.conf</filename> file:
-                    <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     USERADD_UID_TABLES = "files/passwd"
-                    </literallayout>
-                </para>
-                <note>
-                    Setting the
-                    <link linkend='var-USERADDEXTENSION'><filename>USERADDEXTENSION</filename></link>
-                    variable to "useradd-staticids" causes the build system
-                    to use static <filename>uid</filename> values.
-                </note>
-            </glossdef>
-        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-USERADD_PACKAGES'><glossterm>USERADD_PACKAGES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+               USERADD_PACKAGES[doc] = "When a recipe inherits the useradd class, this variable specifies the individual packages within the recipe that require users and/or groups to be added."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When inheriting the
@@ -10123,6 +11339,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-USERADD_PARAM'><glossterm>USERADD_PARAM</glossterm>
+            <info>
+               USERADD_PARAM[doc] = "When a recipe inherits the useradd class, this variable specifies for a package what parameters should be passed to the useradd command if you wish to add a user to the system when the package is installed."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When inheriting the
@@ -10149,7 +11368,45 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
            </glossdef>
        </glossentry>
+        <glossentry id='var-USERADD_UID_TABLES'><glossterm>USERADD_UID_TABLES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+               USERADD_UID_TABLES[doc] = "Specifies a password file to use for obtaining static user identification (uid) values when the OpenEmbedded build system adds a user to the system during package installation."
+            </info>
+            <glossdef>
+                <para>
+                    Specifies a password file to use for obtaining static
+                    user identification (<filename>uid</filename>) values
+                    when the OpenEmbedded build system adds a user to the
+                    system during package installation.
+                </para>
+                <para>
+                    When applying static user identification
+                    (<filename>uid</filename>) values, the OpenEmbedded build
+                    system looks in
+                    <link linkend='var-BBPATH'><filename>BBPATH</filename></link>
+                    for a <filename>files/passwd</filename> file and then applies
+                    those <filename>uid</filename> values.
+                    Set the variable as follows in your
+                    <filename>local.conf</filename> file:
+                    <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+     USERADD_UID_TABLES = "files/passwd"
+                    </literallayout>
+                </para>
+                <note>
+                    Setting the
+                    <link linkend='var-USERADDEXTENSION'><filename>USERADDEXTENSION</filename></link>
+                    variable to "useradd-staticids" causes the build system
+                    to use static <filename>uid</filename> values.
+                </note>
+            </glossdef>
+        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-USERADDEXTENSION'><glossterm>USERADDEXTENSION</glossterm>
+            <info>
+               USERADDEXTENSION[doc] = "When set to "useradd-staticids", causes the OpenEmbedded build system to base all user and group additions on a static passwd and group files found in BBPATH."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    When set to "useradd-staticids", causes the
@@ -10202,6 +11459,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
    <glossdiv id='var-glossary-w'><title>W</title>
        <glossentry id='var-WARN_QA'><glossterm>WARN_QA</glossterm>
+            <info>
+               WARN_QA[doc] = "Specifies the quality assurance checks whose failures are reported as warnings by the OpenEmbedded build system."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    Specifies the quality assurance checks whose failures are
@@ -10217,6 +11477,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
        </glossentry>
        <glossentry id='var-WORKDIR'><glossterm>WORKDIR</glossterm>
+            <info>
+               WORKDIR[doc] = "The pathname of the working directory in which the OpenEmbedded build system builds a recipe. This directory is located within the TMPDIR directory structure and changes as different packages are built."
+            </info>
            <glossdef>
                <para>
                    The pathname of the work directory in which the OpenEmbedded