From fca52503d11b23319ac0a02e9711f2ad1bdec09e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:24:30 -0700 Subject: dev-manual: Edits to "Kernel Modification Workflow" section. (From yocto-docs rev: 0d14d7fe0deb6329370a4fa1a5a069725697bff0) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-model.xml | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'documentation') diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-model.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-model.xml index f1a741b279..5eea3c4286 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-model.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-model.xml @@ -411,7 +411,9 @@ "Yocto Project Release" earlier in this manual. Establish the temporary kernel source files: - Temporary kernel source files are kept in the Build Directory created by the + Temporary kernel source files are kept in the + Build Directory + created by the OpenEmbedded build system when you run BitBake. If you have never built the kernel you are interested in, you need to run an initial build to establish local kernel source files. @@ -427,7 +429,7 @@ You might want to reference this information. You can find more information on BitBake in the user manual, which is found in the bitbake/doc/manual directory of the - Source Directory. + Source Directory. The build process supports several types of images to satisfy different needs. See the "Images" chapter in the Yocto Project Reference Manual for information on supported images. @@ -446,10 +448,9 @@ Using menuconfig allows you to interactively develop and test the configuration changes you are making to the kernel. When saved, changes using menuconfig update the kernel's - .config. + .config file. Try to resist the temptation of directly editing the .config - file found in the - Build Directory at + file found in the Build Directory at tmp/sysroots/<machine-name>/kernel. Doing so, can produce unexpected results when the OpenEmbedded build system regenerates the configuration file. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf