From 142de606a3407a278f5de5d1168742bf9f609707 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:49:56 -0600
Subject: kernel-dev: Added original text into "Preparing a Layer" section.

(From yocto-docs rev: 504023d6a70d29c5501ef3f367029dcc033aeb6a)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

(limited to 'documentation/kernel-dev')

diff --git a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml
index d76580dd02..ed513ea36d 100644
--- a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml
+++ b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,19 @@
                     development.</para></listitem>
             </itemizedlist>
         </para>
+
+        <para>
+            <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+Customizing recipes is best done in a layer with bbappend files. Layers also
+provide a convenient mechanism to create your own recipes. This guide assumes
+you will be working from within a layer independent from those released with the
+Yocto Project. For details on how to create and work with layers, refer to
+section 5.1 Understanding and Creating Layers in the Yocto Project Development
+Manual. 
+
+(Kernel specific directions in 5.7.4)
+            </literallayout>
+        </para>
     </section>
 
     <section id='modifying-an-existing-recipe'>
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