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65 <listitem><para> 65 <listitem><para>
66 <emphasis>Create a Directory:</emphasis> 66 <emphasis>Create a Directory:</emphasis>
67 Create the directory for your layer. 67 Create the directory for your layer.
68 While not strictly required, prepend the name of the 68 When you create the layer, be sure to create the
69 directory with the string "meta-". 69 directory in an area not associated with the
70 Yocto Project
71 <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#source-directory'>Source Directory</ulink>
72 (e.g. the cloned <filename>poky</filename> repository).
73 </para>
74
75 <para>While not strictly required, prepend the name of
76 the directory with the string "meta-".
70 For example: 77 For example:
71 <literallayout class='monospaced'> 78 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
72 meta-mylayer 79 meta-mylayer