From 8271ca3968b50ce4347fa49e42581e603640dfbf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2018 14:30:15 -0800 Subject: kernel-dev: Updated phrasing for what a "defconfig" file is. It was over simplistic. (From yocto-docs rev: 8c66db6f2a35e9e57423690976a16d6a815ccbc9) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'documentation') diff --git a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml index 83b02b1c18..9052876122 100644 --- a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml +++ b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml @@ -1603,8 +1603,11 @@ Creating a  <filename>defconfig</filename> File - A defconfig file is simply a - .config renamed to "defconfig". + A defconfig file in the context of + the Yocto Project is often a .config + file that is copied from a build or a + defconfig taken from the kernel tree + and moved into recipe space. You can use a defconfig file to retain a known set of kernel configurations from which the OpenEmbedded build system can draw to create the final -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf