documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml: note on readme

Added a note in the "Creating Layers" section noting that to be
Yocto Project compliant, a layer must contain a README file.  This
change was prompted by a discussion over the fact between Robert
P. J. Day and Mark Hatle.

(From yocto-docs rev: 2e073763a81125699a2d962031ca29ca64c81595)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index fe198119b7..bdf59de8a6 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -146,7 +146,10 @@
                         If the layer adds distro policy, add the distro configuration in a
                         <filename>conf/distro/</filename> file with the layer.
                         If the layer introduces new recipes, put the recipes you need in 
-                        <filename>recipes-*</filename> subdirectories within the layer.</para></listitem>
+                        <filename>recipes-*</filename> subdirectories within the layer.
+                        <note>In order to be compliant with the Yocto Project, a layer must contain
+                            a <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_BSP_URL;#bsp-filelayout-readme'>README file.</ulink>
+                            </note></para></listitem>
                 </orderedlist>
             </para>