kernel-dev: Updates on how to prepare for kernel modification.

WIP at this point.

(From yocto-docs rev: 12e44f6ee7f9437d85c33d0789dbafe937af5664)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml
index 8c8fe05711..cb50912ea4 100644
--- a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml
+++ b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml
@@ -452,6 +452,32 @@
     <section id="using-devtool-to-patch-the-kernel">
         <title>Using <filename>devtool</filename> to Patch the Kernel</title>
 
+
+        <para role='writernotes'>
+            Some stuff here for the using devtool from the wiki.
+            This whole section is WIP.
+            <orderedlist>
+                <listitem><para role='writernotes'>
+                    If you are dealing with real hardware, you can flash the
+                    new kernel image to a USB stick and boot the hardware to
+                    see it run.
+                    </para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para role='writernotes'>
+                    Checkout and modify the kernel source.
+                    This is where you make your changes to the image.
+                    </para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para role='writernotes'>
+                    Create a new image that uses the altered kernel.
+                    </para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para role='writernotes'>
+                    If you are working with actual hardware, you can flash
+                    the new image to a USB stick and use it to boot up the
+                    hardware.
+                    You can see your changes in action.
+                    </para></listitem>
+            </orderedlist>
+        </para>
+
         <para>
             Patching the kernel involves changing or adding configurations to an existing kernel,
             changing or adding recipes to the kernel that are needed to support specific hardware features,