From 75ac719f3e6c0b1305bcbc2bf5756d672e0ab975 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 08:32:17 -0700 Subject: dev-manual: Some minor edits to Introduction chapter. (From yocto-docs rev: a9913d41b2bdf03abd2fe84149cb48b0d89940ba) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-intro.xml | 38 ++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-intro.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-intro.xml index e213d75950..8923a1d2fb 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-intro.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-intro.xml @@ -24,17 +24,6 @@ set up your host development system and build an image, which you find in the Yocto Project Quick Start. - - By default, using the Yocto Project creates a Poky distribution. - However, you can create your own distribution by providing key - Metadata. - A good example is Angstrom, which has had a distribution - based on the Yocto Project since its inception. - Other examples include commercial distributions like - Wind River Linux, Mentor Embedded Linux, and ENEA Linux. - See the "Creating Your Own Distribution" - section for more information. - @@ -43,13 +32,25 @@ reconfigure the kernel, and develop an application using the popular Eclipse IDE. + + + By default, using the Yocto Project creates a Poky distribution. + However, you can create your own distribution by providing key + Metadata. + A good example is Angstrom, which has had a distribution + based on the Yocto Project since its inception. + Other examples include commercial distributions like + Wind River Linux, Mentor Embedded Linux, and ENEA Linux. + See the "Creating Your Own Distribution" + section for more information. +
What This Manual Provides - The following list describes what you can get from this guide: + The following list describes what you can get from this manual: Information that lets you get set up to develop using the Yocto Project. @@ -75,17 +76,17 @@ This manual will not give you the following: - Step-by-step instructions if those instructions exist in other Yocto - Project documentation. + Step-by-step instructions when those instructions exist in other Yocto + Project documentation: For example, the Yocto Project Application Developer's Guide contains detailed instructions on how to run the - Installing the ADT and Toolchains, + ADT Installer, which is used to set up a cross-development environment. - Reference material. + Reference material: This type of material resides in an appropriate reference manual. For example, system variables are documented in the Yocto Project Reference Manual. - Detailed public information that is not specific to the Yocto Project. + Detailed public information that is not specific to the Yocto Project: For example, exhaustive information on how to use Git is covered better through the Internet than in this manual. @@ -109,7 +110,8 @@ with the Yocto Project and quickly begin building an image. Yocto Project Reference Manual: This manual is a reference - guide to the OpenEmbedded build system known as "Poky." + guide to the OpenEmbedded build system, which is based on BitBake. + The build system is sometimes referred to as "Poky". Yocto Project Application Developer's Guide: -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf