From 76f1ffe77a4646df01f67010f89ea4b5cd166e0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scott-lenovo <scott-lenovo@ubuntu.(none)>
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 09:21:49 -0800
Subject: kernel-dev: Edits to the "Configuration" section.

First real re-write of this original text.

(From yocto-docs rev: a6d16b61057df8ed811cf1f5f27c5f9e08be1108)

Signed-off-by: scott-lenovo <scott-lenovo@ubuntu.(none)>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-advanced.xml | 33 ++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

(limited to 'documentation')

diff --git a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-advanced.xml b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-advanced.xml
index c069ddfb08..7d82b54f65 100644
--- a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-advanced.xml
+++ b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-advanced.xml
@@ -699,14 +699,17 @@ meta/cfg/kernel-cache/ if you are creating meta-data in-tree (see 3.2.2).
         <title>Configuration</title>
 
         <para>
-            The simplest unit of metadata is the configuration-only feature.
-            It consists of one or more Linux kernel configuration parameters
-            in a configuration fragment file (<filename>.cfg</filename>)
-            and an <filename>scc</filename> file describing the fragment.
+            The simplest unit of kernel Metadata is the configuration-only
+            feature.
+            This feature consists of one or more Linux kernel configuration
+            parameters in a configuration fragment file
+            (<filename>.cfg</filename>) and an <filename>.scc</filename> file
+            that describes the fragment.
         </para>
 
         <para>
-            The SMP fragment included in the linux-yocto-3.4 Git repository
+            The Symmetric Multi-Processing (SMP) fragment included in the
+            <filename>linux-yocto-3.4</filename> Git repository
             consists of the following two files:
             <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      cfg/smp.scc:
@@ -718,7 +721,7 @@ meta/cfg/kernel-cache/ if you are creating meta-data in-tree (see 3.2.2).
         CONFIG_SCHED_SMT=y
             </literallayout>
             You can find information on configuration fragment files in the
-            "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#creating-config-fragments'>Creating Configuration Fragments</ulink>"
+            "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#creating-config-fragments'>Creating Configuration Fragments</ulink>"
             section of the Yocto Project Development Manual and in
             the "<link linkend='generating-configuration-files'>Generating Configuration Files</link>"
             section earlier in this manual.
@@ -726,31 +729,33 @@ meta/cfg/kernel-cache/ if you are creating meta-data in-tree (see 3.2.2).
 
         <para>
             <filename>KFEATURE_DESCRIPTION</filename> provides a short
-            description of the fragment, the primary use is for higher level
-            tooling, such as the Yocto Project BSP Tools (TODO:Citation).
+            description of the fragment.
+            Higher level kernel tools use this description.
         </para>
 
         <para>
             The <filename>kconf</filename> command is used to include the
-            actual configuration fragment in an <filename>scc</filename>
+            actual configuration fragment in an <filename>.scc</filename>
             file, and the "hardware" keyword identifies the fragment as
             being hardware enabling, as opposed to general policy,
-            which would use the keyword "non-hardware".
+            which would use the "non-hardware" keyword.
             The distinction is made for the benefit of the configuration
-            validation tools, which will warn you if a hardware fragment
+            validation tools, which warn you if a hardware fragment
             overrides a policy set by a non-hardware fragment.
+            <note>
+                The description file can include multiple
+                <filename>kconf</filename> statements, one per fragment.
+            </note>
         </para>
 
         <para>
             As described in the
             "<link linkend='generating-configuration-files'>Generating Configuration Files</link>"
-            section, the following BitBake command can be used to audit your
+            section, you can use the following BitBake command to audit your
             configuration:
             <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      $ bitbake linux-yocto -c kernel_configcheck -f
             </literallayout>
-            The description file can include multiple <filename>kconf</filename>
-            statements, one per fragment.
         </para>
 
         <para>
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