From 2217d97ba9f48ded4f229981ed4ad7e846b87db0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2017 10:15:33 -0700 Subject: dev-manual, ref-manual: Re-wrote QEMU section. Fixes [YOCTO #11630] I converted the QEMU section to a procedure. Also took the tips section and created individual sections from that. Cleaned up some areas in the QEMU conceptual section in the ref-manual (From yocto-docs rev: dfd3466be605fdd7438653bf54fd0df3594a5c50) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) (limited to 'documentation/ref-manual') diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml index 5517a7541c..2f5316d54b 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml @@ -1056,6 +1056,18 @@ The Yocto Project uses an implementation of the Quick EMUlator (QEMU) Open Source project as part of the Yocto Project development "tool set". + + + + Within the context of the Yocto Project, QEMU is an + emulator and virtualization machine that allows you to run a complete + image you have built using the Yocto Project as just another task + on your build system. + QEMU is useful for running and testing images and applications on + supported Yocto Project architectures without having actual hardware. + Among other things, the Yocto Project uses QEMU to run automated + Quality Assurance (QA) tests on final images shipped with each + release. This implementation is not the same as QEMU in general. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf