linux/poky.git/documentation/ref-manual, branch walnascar

ref-manual/variables.rst: expand IMAGE_OVERHEAD_FACTOR glossary entry

2025-09-17T22:32:27+00:00

There's a (second) overhead factor applied in images generated with Wic, and this is already documented in the .wks reference. However, the IMAGE_OVERHEAD_FACTOR entry does not mention it, and by looking at the partition sizes (e.g. with parted) one may find it confusing that they don't match with the expected rootfs size (e.g. in a scenario where the extra space is "0" and IMAGE_OVERHEAD_FACTOR="1.0"). This second overhead is already documented, though: https://docs.yoctoproject.org/ref-manual/kickstart.html#command-part-or-partition Mention the '--overhead-factor' option in the glossary entry and add a reference to the wks documentation. (From yocto-docs rev: 987929b349a927d6b243d351aebebfd160d1b097) Signed-off-by: Joao Marcos Costa Reviewed-by: Quentin Schulz Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard (cherry picked from commit b9040e20b015e9b02683ec3014e4ade5eb59d41a) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard Signed-off-by: Steve Sakoman

ref-manual/classes.rst: document the testexport class

2025-08-13T15:42:58+00:00

This class has been in OE-Core for a while but never documented in the reference manual. Add some description for it and link to the existing documentation on it. (From yocto-docs rev: e664a70adb5bc19041b3b5f553fb90dcddff99d0) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard (cherry picked from commit 362a331255525fc853dab3af4ec905c417fabb0b) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard Signed-off-by: Steve Sakoman

ref-manual/variables.rst: document SPL_DTB_BINARY

2025-08-13T15:42:58+00:00

This variable is part of uboot-sign but not documented. (From yocto-docs rev: ce4a0ec193301ed5373bab02938355ba222d2804) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard (cherry picked from commit 05eb461cb1da76ad9cbaf634da7f47447b3f6765) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard Signed-off-by: Steve Sakoman

ref-manual/variables.rst: document the FIT_CONF_PREFIX variable

2025-08-13T15:42:58+00:00

Added by commit 7892ee3dc37d ("kernel-fitimage: allow overriding FIT configuration prefix") in OE-Core, but never documented. (From yocto-docs rev: 1b6a3610d5d24580de34b7821413b0f1ea52b508) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard (cherry picked from commit 860891492b96eb127af5e7bab6348fca12167c68) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard Signed-off-by: Steve Sakoman

ref-manual/system-requirements.rst: update supported distributions

2025-08-13T15:42:58+00:00

Update the distributions to match the list of workers on the Autobuilder. This list was generated with the help of yocto-autobuilder-helper/scripts/yocto-supported-distros. Also: - Sort the lists alphabetically. - Decrease spacing between entries for readability. (From yocto-docs rev: 378bceec8f5a57d4961df178c141f627e48f0235) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard Signed-off-by: Steve Sakoman

ref-manual/classes.rst: drop obsolete QA errors

2025-08-04T16:12:25+00:00

Drop after commit 068d38214307 ("insane: remove obsolete QA errors") from OE-Core. (From yocto-docs rev: 698253a6c95beb1219b7fed8a90d02fb6ddc5111) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard (cherry picked from commit e5667ae2da1805327ecfff68300c0c460da49b91) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard Signed-off-by: Steve Sakoman

ref-manual/classes.rst: insane: drop cve_status_not_in_db

2025-08-04T16:12:24+00:00

This was dropped by commit 452e605b55ad ("cve-check: annotate CVEs during analysis"). (From yocto-docs rev: 4c94ef90e01b6aa7e7eaae8776135b615d0d6069) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard (cherry picked from commit 55aedec94dce3e3c0541ffaea666cff02d63a708) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard Signed-off-by: Steve Sakoman

variables.rst: remove references to obsolete tar packaging

2025-08-04T16:12:24+00:00

The tar packaging format was removed some time ago. Also, add some minor grammatical tweaking. (From yocto-docs rev: d62599595f68b75e5bf885367ca1f01a6d63bb3d) Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard (cherry picked from commit 8e9fd1ca232f3c1e8be51cb881a68b4745ee548a) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard Signed-off-by: Steve Sakoman

ref-manual/structure.rst: remove shared PERSISTENT_DIR mentions

2025-07-17T20:57:58+00:00

PERSISTENT_DIR should _not_ be shared, I got that wrong in my previous commit 741aa29898dc ("ref-manual/structure.rst: update with info on PERSISTENT_DIR"). Remove these mentions. (From yocto-docs rev: 9b04faeacad63ada93af3e31fa66fbfe387aa53a) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard (cherry picked from commit 4c7fc7a6e9b0b957bcf0deb66adb0a6d9ebead00) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard Signed-off-by: Steve Sakoman

ref-manual/structure.rst: update with info on PERSISTENT_DIR

2025-07-17T20:57:58+00:00

Since we mention that SSTATE_DIR can be shared for multiple builds, also mention that PERSISTENT_DIR should be shared alongside SSTATE_DIR. [YOCTO #15921] (From yocto-docs rev: b2774467ed327baeddcc9161fe7ffee797f9158d) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard (cherry picked from commit 741aa29898dc7f34ebd423ff7565334b2c89e18c) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard Signed-off-by: Steve Sakoman