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| author | Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> | 2010-11-29 09:26:22 -0800 |
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| committer | Saul Wold <Saul.Wold@intel.com> | 2010-12-10 22:01:18 -0800 |
| commit | 14a8edb09c0f0866d211ec4f86fd8c005862a770 (patch) | |
| tree | 01ea16e55922d339960e4a60e723700b6fd1e266 /documentation | |
| parent | 15cf572f3e1544084e6855426266c808fcb60bb5 (diff) | |
| download | poky-14a8edb09c0f0866d211ec4f86fd8c005862a770.tar.gz | |
documentation/kernel-manual/kernel-concepts.xml: Updated the text so that the conceptual figure showing the kernel is out.
Feedback indicated by Dave suggested getting rid of this. So I commented out the text around it and modified the reminder text so it did not reference a figure.
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/kernel-manual/kernel-concepts.xml | 16 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/kernel-manual/kernel-concepts.xml b/documentation/kernel-manual/kernel-concepts.xml index b884f138e0..872264c846 100644 --- a/documentation/kernel-manual/kernel-concepts.xml +++ b/documentation/kernel-manual/kernel-concepts.xml | |||
| @@ -78,6 +78,16 @@ | |||
| 78 | our baseline kernel version. | 78 | our baseline kernel version. |
| 79 | </para> | 79 | </para> |
| 80 | <para> | 80 | <para> |
| 81 | The ultimate source for the Yocto Project kernel is a released kernel | ||
| 82 | from kernel.org. | ||
| 83 | In addition to a foundational kernel from kernel.org the commercially released | ||
| 84 | Yocto Project kernel contains a mix of important new mainline | ||
| 85 | developments, non-mainline developments, Board Support Package (BSP) developments, | ||
| 86 | and custom features. | ||
| 87 | These additions result in a commercially released Yocto Project kernel that caters | ||
| 88 | to specific embedded designer needs for targeted hardware. | ||
| 89 | </para> | ||
| 90 | <!-- <para> | ||
| 81 | The following figure represents the overall place the Yocto Project kernel fills. | 91 | The following figure represents the overall place the Yocto Project kernel fills. |
| 82 | </para> | 92 | </para> |
| 83 | <para> | 93 | <para> |
| @@ -92,7 +102,7 @@ | |||
| 92 | and custom features. | 102 | and custom features. |
| 93 | These additions result in a commercially released Yocto Project kernel that caters | 103 | These additions result in a commercially released Yocto Project kernel that caters |
| 94 | to specific embedded designer needs for targeted hardware. | 104 | to specific embedded designer needs for targeted hardware. |
| 95 | </para> | 105 | </para> --> |
| 96 | <para> | 106 | <para> |
| 97 | Once a Yocto Project kernel is officially released the Yocto Project team goes into | 107 | Once a Yocto Project kernel is officially released the Yocto Project team goes into |
| 98 | their next development cycle, or "uprev" cycle. | 108 | their next development cycle, or "uprev" cycle. |
| @@ -105,8 +115,8 @@ | |||
| 105 | possible kernel.org version. | 115 | possible kernel.org version. |
| 106 | The team continually monitors community kernel | 116 | The team continually monitors community kernel |
| 107 | development to look for significant features of interest. | 117 | development to look for significant features of interest. |
| 108 | The illustration depicts this by showing the team looking back to kernel.org for new features, | 118 | <!-- The illustration depicts this by showing the team looking back to kernel.org for new features, |
| 109 | BSP features, and significant bug fixes. | 119 | BSP features, and significant bug fixes. --> |
| 110 | The team does consider back-porting large features if they have a significant advantage. | 120 | The team does consider back-porting large features if they have a significant advantage. |
| 111 | User or community demand can also trigger a back-port or creation of new | 121 | User or community demand can also trigger a back-port or creation of new |
| 112 | functionality in the Yocto Project baseline kernel during the uprev cycle. | 122 | functionality in the Yocto Project baseline kernel during the uprev cycle. |
