From b154d10232e2e79169f70bd069ead59064b130af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 14:03:04 -0500 Subject: documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml: Updated Example Filesystem Layout Added more explanation about the base directory (meta-) to the Example Filesystem Layout section. These changes were suggested by Tom Zanussi to help users understand better how to add BSP layers to the build system. (From yocto-docs rev: 66b05e2b3096539b746f1b597ea8f542bba6be3f) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml b/documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml index ad20818c43..0c9c9437f6 100644 --- a/documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml +++ b/documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml @@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ meta-<bsp_name> + + + "bsp_name" is a placeholder for the machine or platform name. Here are some example base directory names: @@ -69,6 +72,23 @@ + + The base directory (meta-<bsp_name>) is the root of the BSP layer. + This root is what you add to the BBLAYERS variable in build/conf/bblayers.conf + so that the build system recognizes the BSP definition and from it can build an image. + Here is an example: + + BBLAYERS = " \ + /usr/local/src/yocto/meta \ + /usr/local/src/yocto/meta-yocto \ + /usr/local/src/yocto/meta-<bsp_name> \ + " + + For more detailed information on layers, see the + + BitBake Layers section of the Poky Reference Manual. + + Below is the common form for the file structure inside a base directory. While you can use this basic form for the standard, realize that the actual structures -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf