From 18c0288ff527230b05ca0157e6b6c27c6d5a8126 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 08:54:19 -0700 Subject: ref-manual: Edits to COMPATIBLE_MACHINE variable. (From yocto-docs rev: d185e843d50a01fb4ec077522747831f1dfb02e6) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'documentation/ref-manual') diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index 44f3bd96d5..bdddfb3301 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -600,12 +600,14 @@ Core layer for images cannot be removed COMPATIBLE_MACHINE - A regular expression which evaluates to match the machines the recipe - works with. - It stops recipes being run on machines for which they are not compatible. + A regular expression that evaluates to match the machines + with which the recipe works. + You can use the variable to stop recipes from being run + on machines for which they are not compatible. This is particularly useful with kernels. - It also helps to increase parsing speed as further parsing of the recipe is skipped - if it is found the current machine is not compatible. + The variable also helps to increase parsing speed as + further parsing of the recipe is skipped if it is found + the current machine is not compatible. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf