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diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-kernel-appendix.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-kernel-appendix.xml
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--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-kernel-appendix.xml
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@@ -656,6 +656,8 @@
656 </para> 656 </para>
657 </section> 657 </section>
658 658
659
660
659 <section id='changing-the-config-smp-configuration-using-menuconfig'> 661 <section id='changing-the-config-smp-configuration-using-menuconfig'>
660 <title>Changing the&nbsp;&nbsp;<filename>CONFIG_SMP</filename> Configuration Using&nbsp;&nbsp;<filename>menuconfig</filename></title> 662 <title>Changing the&nbsp;&nbsp;<filename>CONFIG_SMP</filename> Configuration Using&nbsp;&nbsp;<filename>menuconfig</filename></title>
661 663
@@ -679,11 +681,20 @@
679 kernel. 681 kernel.
680 The Yocto Project build environment recognizes this kernel as 682 The Yocto Project build environment recognizes this kernel as
681 <filename>linux-yocto</filename>. 683 <filename>linux-yocto</filename>.
682 Thus, the following command from the shell in which you previously sourced the 684 Thus, the following commands from the shell in which you previously sourced the
683 environment initialization script launches <filename>menuconfig</filename>: 685 environment initialization script cleans the shared state memory and
686 the <filename>WORKDIR</filename> direcotry and then builds and
687 launches <filename>menuconfig</filename>:
684 <literallayout class='monospaced'> 688 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
689 $ bitbake linux-yocto -c cleansstate
685 $ bitbake linux-yocto -c menuconfig 690 $ bitbake linux-yocto -c menuconfig
686 </literallayout> 691 </literallayout>
692 <note>Due to a bug in the release, it is necessary to clean the shared state
693 memory in order for configurations made using <filename>menuconfig</filename>
694 to take effect.
695 For information on the bug, see
696 <ulink url='&YOCTO_BUGZILLA_URL;/show_bug.cgi?id=2256'></ulink>.
697 </note>
687 </para> 698 </para>
688 699
689 <para> 700 <para>