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| 16 | The manual groups related procedures into higher-level sections. | 16 | The manual groups related procedures into higher-level sections. |
| 17 | Procedures can consist of high-level steps or low-level steps | 17 | Procedures can consist of high-level steps or low-level steps |
| 18 | depending on the topic. | 18 | depending on the topic. |
| 19 | You can find conceptual information related to a procedure by | ||
| 20 | following appropriate links to the Yocto Project Reference | ||
| 21 | Manual. | ||
| 22 | </para> | 19 | </para> |
| 23 | 20 | ||
| 24 | <para> | 21 | <para> |
| 25 | The following list describes what you can get from this manual: | 22 | The following list describes what you can get from this manual: |
| 26 | <itemizedlist> | 23 | <itemizedlist> |
| 27 | <listitem><para> | 24 | <listitem><para> |
| 28 | <emphasis>Setup Procedures:</emphasis> | 25 | Procedures that help you get going with the Yocto Project. |
| 29 | Procedures that show you how to set | 26 | For example, procedures that show you how to set up |
| 30 | up a Yocto Project Development environment and how | 27 | a build host and work with the Yocto Project |
| 31 | to accomplish the change workflow through logging | 28 | source repositories. |
| 32 | defects and submitting changes. | ||
| 33 | </para></listitem> | 29 | </para></listitem> |
| 34 | <listitem><para> | 30 | <listitem><para> |
| 35 | <emphasis>Emulation Procedures:</emphasis> | 31 | Procedures that show you how to submit changes to the |
| 36 | Procedures that show you how to use the | 32 | Yocto Project. |
| 37 | Yocto Project integrated QuickEMUlator (QEMU), which lets | 33 | Changes can be improvements, new features, or bug |
| 38 | you simulate running on hardware an image you have built | 34 | fixes. |
| 39 | using the OpenEmbedded build system. | ||
| 40 | </para></listitem> | 35 | </para></listitem> |
| 41 | <listitem><para> | 36 | <listitem><para> |
| 42 | <emphasis>Common Procedures:</emphasis> | ||
| 43 | Procedures related to "everyday" tasks you perform while | 37 | Procedures related to "everyday" tasks you perform while |
| 44 | developing images and applications using the Yocto | 38 | developing images and applications using the Yocto |
| 45 | Project. | 39 | Project. |
| 40 | For example, procedures to create a layer, customize an | ||
| 41 | image, write a new recipe, and so forth. | ||
| 46 | </para></listitem> | 42 | </para></listitem> |
| 47 | </itemizedlist> | 43 | </itemizedlist> |
| 48 | </para> | 44 | </para> |
| @@ -51,7 +47,7 @@ | |||
| 51 | This manual will not give you the following: | 47 | This manual will not give you the following: |
| 52 | <itemizedlist> | 48 | <itemizedlist> |
| 53 | <listitem><para> | 49 | <listitem><para> |
| 54 | <emphasis>Redundant Step-by-step Instructions:</emphasis> | 50 | Redundant Step-by-step Instructions: |
| 55 | For example, the | 51 | For example, the |
| 56 | <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_SDK_URL;'>Yocto Project Application Development and the Extensible Software Development Kit (eSDK)</ulink> | 52 | <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_SDK_URL;'>Yocto Project Application Development and the Extensible Software Development Kit (eSDK)</ulink> |
| 57 | manual contains detailed instructions on how to install an | 53 | manual contains detailed instructions on how to install an |
| @@ -59,14 +55,15 @@ | |||
| 59 | hardware. | 55 | hardware. |
| 60 | </para></listitem> | 56 | </para></listitem> |
| 61 | <listitem><para> | 57 | <listitem><para> |
| 62 | <emphasis>Reference or Conceptual Material:</emphasis> | 58 | Reference or Conceptual Material: |
| 63 | This type of material resides in an appropriate reference manual. | 59 | This type of material resides in an appropriate reference |
| 60 | manual. | ||
| 64 | For example, system variables are documented in the | 61 | For example, system variables are documented in the |
| 65 | <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;'>Yocto Project Reference Manual</ulink>. | 62 | <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;'>Yocto Project Reference Manual</ulink>. |
| 66 | </para></listitem> | 63 | </para></listitem> |
| 67 | <listitem><para> | 64 | <listitem><para> |
| 68 | <emphasis>Detailed Public Information Not Specific to the | 65 | Detailed Public Information Not Specific to the |
| 69 | Yocto Project:</emphasis> | 66 | Yocto Project: |
| 70 | For example, exhaustive information on how to use the | 67 | For example, exhaustive information on how to use the |
| 71 | Source Control Manager Git is better covered with Internet | 68 | Source Control Manager Git is better covered with Internet |
| 72 | searches and official Git Documentation than through the | 69 | searches and official Git Documentation than through the |