From afb26ddaadc7f3df48f12cf58c1c10bb0dbe60a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:39:27 -0600 Subject: ref-manual: Edits to the LINUX_VERSION_EXTENSION variable. Applied Darren Hart's review comments. Namely, use the example from the linux-yocto recipes and not the custom recipe. (From yocto-docs rev: 4a537a02bbf6fca4ff1a3beddd03d8115099cddd) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 13 ++++++------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'documentation/ref-manual') diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index b5f7c24a57..5f7e17d91c 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -1703,15 +1703,14 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3" LINUX_VERSION_EXTENSION - A string extension compiled into the name of the - Linux kernel built with the OpenEmbedded build system. + A string extension compiled into the version + string of the Linux kernel built with the OpenEmbedded + build system. You define this variable in the kernel recipe. - For example, the linux-yocto-custom.bb - kernel recipe found in - meta-skeleton/recipes-kernel/linux - defines the variable as follows: + For example, the linux-yocto kernel recipes all define + the variable as follows: - LINUX_VERSION_EXTENSION ?= "-custom" + LINUX_VERSION_EXTENSION ?= "-yocto-${LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE}" Defining this variable essentially sets the Linux kernel configuration item -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf