From ec95ebf4021c2ee6a5a75ecd120bdd3a4a5385d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:10:11 -0700 Subject: dev-manual: Edits to "Image Development Using Hob" section. (From yocto-docs rev: 62d5833951780cb5e8c39cc37e43bc30cf151d92) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-model.xml | 18 +++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-model.xml') diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-model.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-model.xml index be1cf9903b..26ab675409 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-model.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-model.xml @@ -1870,17 +1870,19 @@ Image Development Using Hob - The Hob is a graphical user interface for the + The Hob is a graphical user interface for the OpenEmbedded build system, which is based on BitBake. You can use the Hob to build custom operating system images within the Yocto Project build environment. - Hob simply provides a friendly interface over the build system used during system development. + Hob simply provides a friendly interface over the build system used during development. In other words, building images with the Hob lets you take care of common build tasks more easily. For a better understanding of Hob, see the project page at - on the Yocto Project website. - The page has a short introductory training video on Hob. + + on the Yocto Project website. + If you follow the "Documention" link from the Hob page, you will + find a short introductory training video on Hob. The following lists some features of Hob: You can setup and run Hob using these commands: @@ -1891,9 +1893,11 @@ You can set the MACHINE for which you are building the image. - You can modify various policy settings such as the package format used to build with, - the parallelism BitBake uses, whether or not to build an external toolchain, and which host - to build against. + You can modify various policy settings such as the + package format with which to build, + the parallelism BitBake uses, whether or not to build an + external toolchain, and which host to build against. + You can manage layers. You can select a base image and then add extra packages for your custom build. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf