From 091d470a8ae2641040983484609e5cd4dfcf9bfd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2018 14:30:15 -0800 Subject: kernel-dev: Updated phrasing for what a "defconfig" file is. It was over simplistic. (From yocto-docs rev: 7eb909de44d5782ec1389c07df0cecf487e558d8) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'documentation/kernel-dev') diff --git a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml index 299bac407b..4c6fc35dab 100644 --- a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml +++ b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml @@ -1603,8 +1603,11 @@ Creating a  <filename>defconfig</filename> File - A defconfig file is simply a - .config renamed to "defconfig". + A defconfig file in the context of + the Yocto Project is often a .config + file that is copied from a build or a + defconfig taken from the kernel tree + and moved into recipe space. You can use a defconfig file to retain a known set of kernel configurations from which the OpenEmbedded build system can draw to create the final -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf