From 4a656cf222ae1d9322c925f2b0c9b445144ca8c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:19:11 -0700
Subject: documentation: poky-ref-manual - MACHINE definition extended.

Extend the description of the MACHINE variable so that it mentions that
this points to a .conf file under conf/machine.

(From yocto-docs rev: dd82b176bb059d03faec1abdd406e4cf8f0e5afb)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'documentation/poky-ref-manual')

diff --git a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index bc3d286f52..916366e88e 100644
--- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -1354,7 +1354,13 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
 
          <glossentry id='var-MACHINE'><glossterm>MACHINE</glossterm>
             <glossdef>
-                <para>Specifies the target device.</para>
+                <para>
+                    Specifies the target device. 
+                    This variable corresponds to a file with the
+                    extension <filename>.conf</filename> located in a 
+                    <filename>conf/machine</filename> directory
+                    within the metadata that contains the target device configuration.
+                </para>
             </glossdef>
          </glossentry>
 
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