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121 <title>Getting Ready to Develop using <filename>devtool</filename></title> 121 <title>Getting Ready to Develop using <filename>devtool</filename></title>
122 122
123 <para role='writernotes'> 123 <para role='writernotes'>
124 Need the updated wiki stuff here 124 Sections as follows:
125 <orderedlist>
126 <listitem><para role='writernotes'>
127 Source the oe-init-build-env script.
128 At this point, we assume the build host is set up and
129 <filename>poky</filename> repository has been cloned.
130 </para></listitem>
131 <listitem><para role='writernotes'>
132 Be sure your <filename>local.conf</filename> file has
133 the correct
134 <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-MACHINE'><filename>MACHINE</filename></ulink>
135 variable set for the target hardware on which your
136 kernel image runs.
137 Also have the
138 <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS'><filename>MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS</filename></ulink>
139 variable set equal to "kernel-modules".
140 </para></listitem>
141 <listitem><para role='writernotes'>
142 Create a layer for later that will contain your patches
143 (if any) to the kernel.
144 </para></listitem>
145 <listitem><para role='writernotes'>
146 Build the extensible SDK.
147 </para></listitem>
148 <listitem><para role='writernotes'>
149 Install the extensible SDK.
150 </para></listitem>
151 <listitem><para role='writernotes'>
152 Set up the terminal so that you can work with the
153 extensible SDK.
154 This terminal is known as the "eSDK Terminal" unlike the
155 terminal that is set up to run BitBake, which is known
156 as the "BitBake Terminal".
157 </para></listitem>
158 <listitem><para role='writernotes'>
159 Build the initial image using the extensible SDK.
160 </para></listitem>
161 </orderedlist>
162 </para>
163
164 <para role='writernotes'>
165 At this point, the user has enough stuff set up to work on the
166 kernel.
167 I will put a section in the "Common Tasks" area of this manual
168 that finished out how to make a modification to the kernel.
125 </para> 169 </para>
126 </section> 170 </section>
127 171