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<chapter id='dev-manual-intro'>
<title>The Yocto Project Development Manual</title>
<section id='intro'>
<title>Introduction</title>
<para>
Welcome to the Yocto Project Development Manual!
This manual provides information on how to use the Yocto Project to
develop embedded Linux images and user-space applications that
run on targeted devices.
The manual provides an overview of image, kernel, and
user-space application development using the Yocto Project.
Because much of the information in this manual is general, it
contains many references to other sources where you can find more
detail.
For example, you can find detailed information on Git, repositories,
and open source in general in many places on the Internet.
Another example specific to the Yocto Project is how to quickly
set up your host development system and build an image, which you
find in the
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_QS_URL;'>Yocto Project Quick Start</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
The Yocto Project Development Manual does, however, provide
guidance and examples on how to change the kernel source code,
reconfigure the kernel, and develop an application using the
popular <trademark class='trade'>Eclipse</trademark> IDE.
</para>
<note>
By default, using the Yocto Project creates a Poky distribution.
However, you can create your own distribution by providing key
<link linkend='metadata'>Metadata</link>.
A good example is Angstrom, which has had a distribution
based on the Yocto Project since its inception.
Other examples include commercial distributions like
Wind River Linux, Mentor Embedded Linux, and ENEA Linux.
See the "<link linkend='creating-your-own-distribution'>Creating Your Own Distribution</link>"
section for more information.
</note>
</section>
<section id='what-this-manual-provides'>
<title>What This Manual Provides</title>
<para>
The following list describes what you can get from this manual:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Information that lets you get set
up to develop using the Yocto Project.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Information to help developers who are new to
the open source environment and to the distributed revision
control system Git, which the Yocto Project uses.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>An understanding of common end-to-end
development models and tasks.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Information about common development tasks
generally used during image development for
embedded devices.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Many references to other sources of related
information.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</section>
<section id='what-this-manual-does-not-provide'>
<title>What this Manual Does Not Provide</title>
<para>
This manual will not give you the following:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><emphasis>Step-by-step instructions when those instructions exist in other Yocto
Project documentation:</emphasis>
For example, the Yocto Project Application Developer's Guide contains detailed
instructions on how to run the
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_ADT_URL;#installing-the-adt'>ADT Installer</ulink>,
which is used to set up a cross-development environment.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>Reference material:</emphasis>
This type of material resides in an appropriate reference manual.
For example, system variables are documented in the
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;'>Yocto Project Reference Manual</ulink>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>Detailed public information that is not specific to the Yocto Project:</emphasis>
For example, exhaustive information on how to use Git is covered better through the
Internet than in this manual.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</section>
<section id='other-information'>
<title>Other Information</title>
<para>
Because this manual presents overview information for many different
topics, supplemental information is recommended for full
comprehension.
The following list presents other sources of information you might find helpful:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url='&YOCTO_HOME_URL;'>Yocto Project Website</ulink>:
</emphasis> The home page for the Yocto Project provides lots of information on the project
as well as links to software and documentation.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_QS_URL;'>Yocto Project Quick Start</ulink>:</emphasis> This short document lets you get started
with the Yocto Project and quickly begin building an image.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;'>Yocto Project Reference Manual</ulink>:</emphasis> This manual is a reference
guide to the OpenEmbedded build system, which is based on BitBake.
The build system is sometimes referred to as "Poky".
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_ADT_URL;'>Yocto Project Application Developer's Guide</ulink>:</emphasis>
This guide provides information that lets you get going with the Application
Development Toolkit (ADT) and stand-alone cross-development toolchains to
develop projects using the Yocto Project.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_BSP_URL;'>Yocto Project Board Support Package (BSP) Developer's Guide</ulink>:</emphasis>
This guide defines the structure for BSP components.
Having a commonly understood structure encourages standardization.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_KERNEL_DEV_URL;'>Yocto Project Linux Kernel Development Manual</ulink>:</emphasis>
This manual describes how to work with Linux Yocto kernels as well as provides a bit
of conceptual information on the construction of the Yocto Linux kernel tree.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_PROF_URL;'>Yocto Project Profiling and Tracing Manual</ulink>:</emphasis>
This manual presents a set of common and generally useful tracing and
profiling schemes along with their applications (as appropriate) to each tool.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>
<ulink url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZlOu-gLsh0'>
Eclipse IDE Yocto Plug-in</ulink>:</emphasis> A step-by-step instructional video that
demonstrates how an application developer uses Yocto Plug-in features within
the Eclipse IDE.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>
<ulink url='&YOCTO_WIKI_URL;/wiki/FAQ'>FAQ</ulink>:</emphasis>
A list of commonly asked questions and their answers.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>
<ulink url='&YOCTO_RELEASE_NOTES;'>Release Notes</ulink>:</emphasis>
Features, updates and known issues for the current
release of the Yocto Project.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>
<ulink url='&YOCTO_HOME_URL;/tools-resources/projects/hob'>
Hob</ulink>:</emphasis> A graphical user interface for BitBake.
Hob's primary goal is to enable a user to perform common tasks more easily.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>
<ulink url='&YOCTO_HOME_URL;/download/build-appliance-0'>
Build Appliance</ulink>:</emphasis> A virtual machine that
enables you to build and boot a custom embedded Linux image
with the Yocto Project using a non-Linux development system.
For more information, see the
<ulink url='&YOCTO_HOME_URL;/documentation/build-appliance-manual'>Build Appliance</ulink>
page.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>
<ulink url='&YOCTO_BUGZILLA_URL;'>Bugzilla</ulink>:</emphasis>
The bug tracking application the Yocto Project uses.
If you find problems with the Yocto Project, you should report them using this
application.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>
Yocto Project Mailing Lists:</emphasis> To subscribe to the Yocto Project mailing
lists, click on the following URLs and follow the instructions:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><ulink url='&YOCTO_LISTS_URL;/listinfo/yocto'></ulink> for a
Yocto Project Discussions mailing list.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url='&YOCTO_LISTS_URL;/listinfo/poky'></ulink> for a
Yocto Project Discussions mailing list about the
OpenEmbedded build system (Poky).
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url='&YOCTO_LISTS_URL;/listinfo/yocto-announce'></ulink>
for a mailing list to receive official Yocto Project announcements
as well as Yocto Project milestones.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url='&YOCTO_LISTS_URL;/listinfo'></ulink> for a
listing of all public mailing lists on <filename>lists.yoctoproject.org</filename>.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>Internet Relay Chat (IRC):</emphasis>
Two IRC channels on freenode are available
for Yocto Project and Poky discussions: <filename>#yocto</filename> and
<filename>#poky</filename>, respectively.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>
<ulink url='&OE_HOME_URL;'>OpenEmbedded</ulink>:</emphasis>
The build system used by the Yocto Project.
This project is the upstream, generic, embedded distribution that the Yocto
Project derives its build system (Poky) from and to which it contributes.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>
<ulink url='http://developer.berlios.de/projects/bitbake/'>
BitBake</ulink>:</emphasis> The tool used by the OpenEmbedded build system
to process project metadata.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>
BitBake User Manual:</emphasis>
A comprehensive guide to the BitBake tool.
If you want information on BitBake, see the user manual included in the
<filename>bitbake/doc/manual</filename> directory of the
<link linkend='source-directory'>Source Directory</link>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>
<ulink url='http://wiki.qemu.org/Index.html'>Quick EMUlator (QEMU)</ulink>:
</emphasis> An open-source machine emulator and virtualizer.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</section>
</chapter>
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