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* kernel-dev: Fixed a typo in question 4.6.Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-1/+1
| | | | | | | (From yocto-docs rev: 92dba7b37d3f8b1204bf08e9bedc3f820502aed3) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Edits to the SCC reference section.Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-6/+8
| | | | | | | (From yocto-docs rev: 51872ec247e93f9dd7b7c12ee32191565c30ebfa) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Edits to Advanced Metadata chapterScott Rifenbark2013-01-161-658/+0
| | | | | | | | | Removed all the orginal text. (From yocto-docs rev: 8a3b11fb6936574edb4fd0daf60d21ee2c2ccd8f) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Edits to Introduction chapter.Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-45/+0
| | | | | | | | | Removed the block of original text. (From yocto-docs rev: ff36ef73cbf50b966bf539b013260fb7c668d82e) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Edits to the "Incorporating Out-of-Tree Modules" section.Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-67/+0
| | | | | | | | | Removed the original text. (From yocto-docs rev: 0f3e89c7e6b8249cd643822f33c8168ca7cd83c9) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Edits to the "Working with your Own Sources" section.Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-7/+12
| | | | | | | | | Final tweaks to this list of variables. (From yocto-docs rev: d494c8b06a623ef4930e206dd8e5689c8a9d4923) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: transitory edits.Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-69/+3
| | | | | | | (From yocto-docs rev: 89e6335e0e9d23a6df581ccd5f55c2a7673050cf) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Updates to "Using an Iterative Development Process"Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-129/+10
| | | | | | | | | | | Updated the name of this section to be consistent with "doing" something as the rest of the chapter is action-based. Did some other minor edits. Also, removed the original Darren text. (From yocto-docs rev: 3be86ee72766207c3812245917b8b20af86b26f4) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Edits to "Modifying a Recipe" section.Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-32/+12
| | | | | | | | | | | Edits added a couple cross-refenences back into the YP dev-manual where detailed examples of patching and configuring the kernel exist. (From yocto-docs rev: 1ae2a18f0367841d1ea9bb8d3f3d323a9b573533) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Removed original text from "Applying Patches" section.Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-20/+0
| | | | | | | (From yocto-docs rev: 7293f8ead1ac3a8029eb7bb384e4e1b9fb71cfa1) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Created new "Creating the Append File" section.Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-35/+47
| | | | | | | | | | | fixed up the organization of how you modify a recipe. It can consist of three things. I have created a new subsection for the first item, creating the append file. (From yocto-docs rev: a8342ccf18c0406669f6983da31d38603d87921e) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Edits to "Modifying an Existing Recipe"Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-60/+34
| | | | | | | | | | Second pass through this section. Also removed the original text. Switching to numbered list. (From yocto-docs rev: 7978c5acd4776e6ade7c0ee34c6f7ab58eeb2bb9) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Edits to "Creating and Preparing a Layer"Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-26/+9
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Changed the name of this section and took out the bit about the manual being written with the assumption of a custom layer being created. The manual does not particularly call this out with any examples so it is not needed. I pulled the copy of the original text also. (From yocto-docs rev: c7623d96ed2d9c5866e52842f8cfea2ebde95d0e) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Re-write of the "Organizing Your Source" section.Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-70/+111
| | | | | | | | | A serious pass through this system to reorganize it. (From yocto-docs rev: f13abc59730d78e5ffa5bce3d38519f8fc4c127f) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Intermediary edits to the "branches" section.Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-17/+21
| | | | | | | (From yocto-docs rev: d12e98f4b80feb1538b51cd9e3a8c204c86f13fc) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Edits in the Branch section.Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-55/+50
| | | | | | | | | simple edits. (From yocto-docs rev: 3f73e53c9bdbe71f04400aedc042f19a48ea62bb) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Created super section for Branches.Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-103/+115
| | | | | | | | | | | | | The sections for "Machine Branches" and "Feature Branches" really should be encapsulated within a section on branching. Much of the text in the "Machine Branches" section presents the rationale behind both types of branches. I have created a larger section to contain these and will edit the text to fit. (From yocto-docs rev: c7c67f5867f22ebbbd49cab79bb2d4e52422ecac) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Removed recursive include statement from examples.Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-7/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | Three instances of *.scc files were recursively including themselves. These .scc files needed to have their names changed to a file that indicated hardware support only. (From yocto-docs rev: f1c347f8f63141807084ac0a2bd3b64e138315cb) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Re-write of the "BSP Description" section.Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-52/+72
| | | | | | | | | | First re-write of this section. Terminology is an issue here. Dumping the term "ktype" for good. (From yocto-docs rev: e5ee05c5bfec2a0c62b89245efbe248a66b66288) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Re-write of the "Kernel Types" section.Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-34/+40
| | | | | | | | | First real re-write of this section. (From yocto-docs rev: 636a852d4748904df6794bef391f7f5ef3db3c0f) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Re-write of the "Features" section.Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-11/+11
| | | | | | | | | first real re-write of this section. (From yocto-docs rev: 09a9d0978d939f40782179f9fd46ccd7b999c262) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: First re-write of the "Patches" section.scott-lenovo2013-01-161-6/+9
| | | | | | | (From yocto-docs rev: 64e2b623e040efeefdef572024c867a57a883f24) Signed-off-by: scott-lenovo <scott-lenovo@ubuntu.(none)> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Edits to the "Configuration" section.scott-lenovo2013-01-161-14/+19
| | | | | | | | | First real re-write of this original text. (From yocto-docs rev: a6d16b61057df8ed811cf1f5f27c5f9e08be1108) Signed-off-by: scott-lenovo <scott-lenovo@ubuntu.(none)> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: edits to the "Kernel Metadata Syntax" section.scott-lenovo2013-01-161-65/+82
| | | | | | | | | First real re-write of this section. (From yocto-docs rev: 41c79da0832c0b290b21cc2aff87091d7243fafa) Signed-off-by: scott-lenovo <scott-lenovo@ubuntu.(none)> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-ref: Edits to Recipe-Space Metadata" section.scott-lenovo2013-01-161-15/+14
| | | | | | | | | | This is the first serious re-write of the text from the original. Edits to make it more readable. (From yocto-docs rev: 21c77fdfc9ae1a02b1d02fb113324c96c6aecb5e) Signed-off-by: scott-lenovo <scott-lenovo@ubuntu.(none)> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: General edits to "Kernel Metadata Location" section.Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-24/+20
| | | | | | | | | First real pass at cleaning up the text. (From yocto-docs rev: a550e96780b5be191a576bbb20ef28a36b20e0bc) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Edits to using metadata in a recipe section.Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-37/+43
| | | | | | | | | General edits to clarify the writing. (From yocto-docs rev: 0510ab0faf81e0ac1c931863337eb217581c66ed) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: removed "many" based on Darren's Feedback.Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-1/+1
| | | | | | | (From yocto-docs rev: 4f0de9cd389f37f86c2f88e399e52a284a4f870b) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: General edits during re-write.Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-20/+33
| | | | | | | (From yocto-docs rev: 7fc9b1bdeb63c32252a243ab21e31ba25779bb1b) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Edits to the introduction chapter.Scott Rifenbark2013-01-162-66/+91
| | | | | | | | | | I did some re-writing for better understanding based on what I know. (From yocto-docs rev: fc3adb037ac07a90dfbba6b76643391480e0bce5) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Fixed the COMPATIBLE_MACHINE example.Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-3/+2
| | | | | | | (From yocto-docs rev: ea9a862b3840075cfb197bf00cb96b616873f0ea) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: General edits for "Working with your own Sources"Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-19/+25
| | | | | | | (From yocto-docs rev: d5627b98c98e47b963da35eefeb9808877dae296) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: General edits up to section 2.4.scott-lenovo2013-01-161-10/+11
| | | | | | | (From yocto-docs rev: 2df095c98a6fa034cb39f952db27d1ab55849000) Signed-off-by: scott-lenovo <scott-lenovo@ubuntu.(none)> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Updates to the introduction chapter.scott-lenovo2013-01-161-3/+9
| | | | | | | | | General edits for readability, etc. (From yocto-docs rev: eb52c743ad0fba7859ee4800f12981294aa71b23) Signed-off-by: scott-lenovo <scott-lenovo@ubuntu.(none)> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Fixed some broken links.Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-5/+5
| | | | | | | (From yocto-docs rev: 0b1549deddf4d4dfb2204790cdf0714bd0dc3da3) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Added support for the FAQ chapter.Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-1/+1
| | | | | | | (From yocto-docs rev: 05162a9462674a35c36676b09987510c94467688) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Initial edits to the kernel-dev-faq.xml chapter.Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-524/+49
| | | | | | | (From yocto-docs rev: c76898ec961cc741c6f67448b1227111ef34dbaa) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Added a new file named "kernel-dev-faq.xml".Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-849/+537
| | | | | | | (From yocto-docs rev: 00d6239d615e83fa0457ab82678c9501d0ea4e98) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Formatted the "SCC Reference" section.Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-0/+64
| | | | | | | (From yocto-docs rev: d688741743ff3ffeaf387dffc728af40331e8933) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Formatted "Feature Branches" section.Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-0/+54
| | | | | | | (From yocto-docs rev: 6225075b08b3585532e60c9aebc0903a4509e51f) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Formatting "Machine Branches" section.Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-0/+182
| | | | | | | (From yocto-docs rev: 30a0d3c1ef3d91221ce3f90a3fd2f4b93bff1c30) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Formatted the "BSP Descriptions" section.Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-105/+147
| | | | | | | (From yocto-docs rev: 9cfccb3372f47094479fb0a5ad095cf2b46f906e) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Formatted "Kernel Types" section.Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-0/+390
| | | | | | | | | | Also put in the initial text for the next section, which is "BSP Descriptions." (From yocto-docs rev: 0c9b0475d9c1a97c7b00df325dad0c830e30444b) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Formatted "Features" section.Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-0/+65
| | | | | | | (From yocto-docs rev: 500ae50979dad7f730d8c0a5e987c608422f3c71) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Formatted the "Patches" section.Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-0/+44
| | | | | | | (From yocto-docs rev: e7de7e806d4cd02e4b5c8cb1ac237809bef5144e) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Formatted the "Configuration" section.Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-0/+98
| | | | | | | (From yocto-docs rev: 2b3be91ffdc6c27306f381cf083f4b3e805c2d38) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Formatted "Metadata Syntax" section.Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-1/+169
| | | | | | | (From yocto-docs rev: 24fda5393103dd6dba2f7e58d023172dc2ee48ff) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Formatting "In-Tree Metadata" section.Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-0/+90
| | | | | | | (From yocto-docs rev: 92e9a5c6c6a3a416e3e8718d8e02f72025ad355c) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Format of the "Recipe-Space Metadata" section.Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-0/+85
| | | | | | | (From yocto-docs rev: 6db7f35316b5cc513c17d454237e13548911b6bb) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* kernel-dev: Formatting of the "Metadata Location" section.Scott Rifenbark2013-01-161-0/+64
| | | | | | | (From yocto-docs rev: 8ea651b8a15980421123809a1612dafe4d22ac2f) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>