1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/poky-env-internal b/scripts/poky-env-internal
index c91811d59c..73a356965c 100755
--- a/scripts/poky-env-internal
+++ b/scripts/poky-env-internal
@@ -94,6 +94,13 @@ if [ "x" = "x$POKYLOCALCONF" ]; then
     POKYLOCALCONF="$BUILDDIR/conf/local.conf.sample"
 fi
 if ! (test -r "$BUILDDIR/conf/local.conf"); then
+    echo "You had no conf/local.conf file. Poky has created this configuration file for you"
+    echo "with some default values. You may wish to edit it to use a different MACHINE (target"
+    echo "hardware) or enable parallel build options to take advantage of multiple cores for"
+    echo "example. See the file for more information as common configuration options are commented."
+    echo
+    echo "Also, for more information see the Poky handbook: http://pokylinux.org/doc/poky-handbook.html"
+    echo
     cp -f $POKYLOCALCONF $BUILDDIR/conf/local.conf
 fi
 
@@ -127,6 +134,11 @@ unset GCONF_SCHEMA_INSTALL_SOURCE
 
 echo
 echo "### Shell environment set up for Poky builds. ###"
-echo 
+echo
+echo "You can now run 'bitbake <target>"
+echo
+echo "Common targets are poky-image-minimal, poky-image-sato, meta-toolchain or meta-toolchain-sdk"
+echo
+echo "You can also run generated qemu images with a command like 'runqemu qemux86'"
 
 export BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE="MACHINE DISTRO POKYMODE POKYLIBC OEROOT http_proxy ftp_proxy SSH_AGENT_PID SSH_AUTH_SOCK BB_SRCREV_POLICY SDKMACHINE BB_NUMBER_THREADS"