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@@ -258,13 +258,32 @@ apply the new configuration before rebuilding the Linux kernel. | |||
258 | <title>Iterative Development</title> | 258 | <title>Iterative Development</title> |
259 | 259 | ||
260 | <para> | 260 | <para> |
261 | If you do not have existing patches or configuration files, you can easily | 261 | If you do not have existing patches or configuration files, |
262 | you can iteratively generate them from within the BitBake build | ||
263 | environment as described within this section. | ||
264 | During an iterative workflow, running a previously completed BitBake | ||
265 | task causes BitBake to invalidate the tasks that follow that | ||
266 | task in the build sequence. | ||
267 | This invalidation causes the tasks to rebuild the next | ||
268 | time you invoke the build. | ||
269 | </para> | ||
270 | |||
271 | <para> | ||
272 | As you read this section, be sure to substitute "linux-yocto" with | ||
273 | the name of the Linux kernel recipe with which you are working. | ||
274 | </para> | ||
275 | |||
276 | <para> | ||
277 | Original Text: | ||
278 | <literallayout class='monospaced'> | ||
279 | If you do not have existing patches or configuration files, you can easily | ||
262 | generate them from within the bitbake build environment, as will be described | 280 | generate them from within the bitbake build environment, as will be described |
263 | below. As you do, running previously completed bitbake tasks will cause bitbake | 281 | below. As you do, running previously completed bitbake tasks will cause bitbake |
264 | to invalidate the tasks that follow them in the build sequence, causing them to | 282 | to invalidate the tasks that follow them in the build sequence, causing them to |
265 | rebuild at the next invocation of the build. Throughout this section, be sure to | 283 | rebuild at the next invocation of the build. Throughout this section, be sure to |
266 | substitute "linux-yocto" with the name of the Linux kernel recipe you are | 284 | substitute "linux-yocto" with the name of the Linux kernel recipe you are |
267 | working with. | 285 | working with. |
286 | </literallayout> | ||
268 | </para> | 287 | </para> |
269 | 288 | ||
270 | <section id='generating-configuration-files'> | 289 | <section id='generating-configuration-files'> |