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@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ Execution Flow within the Autobuilder
9 9
10The "a-full" and "a-quick" targets are the usual entry points into the 10The "a-full" and "a-quick" targets are the usual entry points into the
11Autobuilder and it makes sense to follow the process through the system 11Autobuilder and it makes sense to follow the process through the system
12starting there. This is best visualised from the Autobuilder Console 12starting there. This is best visualized from the Autobuilder Console
13view (:yocto_ab:`/typhoon/#/console`). 13view (:yocto_ab:`/typhoon/#/console`).
14 14
15Each item along the top of that view represents some "target build" and 15Each item along the top of that view represents some "target build" and
16these targets are all run in parallel. The 'full' build will trigger the 16these targets are all run in parallel. The 'full' build will trigger the
17majority of them, the "quick" build will trigger some subset of them. 17majority of them, the "quick" build will trigger some subset of them.
18The Autobuilder effectively runs whichever configuration is defined for 18The Autobuilder effectively runs whichever configuration is defined for
19each of those targets on a seperate buildbot worker. To understand the 19each of those targets on a separate buildbot worker. To understand the
20configuration, you need to look at the entry on ``config.json`` file 20configuration, you need to look at the entry on ``config.json`` file
21within the ``yocto-autobuilder-helper`` repository. The targets are 21within the ``yocto-autobuilder-helper`` repository. The targets are
22defined in the ‘overrides' section, a quick example could be qemux86-64 22defined in the ‘overrides' section, a quick example could be qemux86-64
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ While not every detail of this is covered here, you can see how the
64template mechanism allows quite complex configurations to be built up 64template mechanism allows quite complex configurations to be built up
65yet allows duplication and repetition to be kept to a minimum. 65yet allows duplication and repetition to be kept to a minimum.
66 66
67The different build targets are designed to allow for parallelisation, 67The different build targets are designed to allow for parallelization,
68so different machines are usually built in parallel, operations using 68so different machines are usually built in parallel, operations using
69the same machine and metadata are built sequentially, with the aim of 69the same machine and metadata are built sequentially, with the aim of
70trying to optimise build efficiency as much as possible. 70trying to optimize build efficiency as much as possible.
71 71
72The ``config.json`` file is processed by the scripts in the Helper 72The ``config.json`` file is processed by the scripts in the Helper
73repository in the ``scripts`` directory. The following section details 73repository in the ``scripts`` directory. The following section details
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ Autobuilder Worker Janitor
164 164
165This is a process running on each Worker that performs two basic 165This is a process running on each Worker that performs two basic
166operations, including background file deletion at IO idle (see :ref:`test-manual/understand-autobuilder:Autobuilder Target Execution Overview`: Run clobberdir) and 166operations, including background file deletion at IO idle (see :ref:`test-manual/understand-autobuilder:Autobuilder Target Execution Overview`: Run clobberdir) and
167maintainenance of a cache of cloned repositories to improve the speed 167maintenance of a cache of cloned repositories to improve the speed
168the system can checkout repositories. 168the system can checkout repositories.
169 169
170Shared DL_DIR 170Shared DL_DIR
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ Deploying Yocto Autobuilder
250=========================== 250===========================
251 251
252The most up to date information about how to setup and deploy your own 252The most up to date information about how to setup and deploy your own
253Autbuilder can be found in README.md in the ``yocto-autobuilder2`` 253Autobuilder can be found in README.md in the ``yocto-autobuilder2``
254repository. 254repository.
255 255
256We hope that people can use the ``yocto-autobuilder2`` code directly but 256We hope that people can use the ``yocto-autobuilder2`` code directly but