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| author | Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> | 2015-01-05 14:00:57 -0600 |
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| committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2015-01-06 14:27:01 +0000 |
| commit | bc4215154cb93c6046c69eca025f70fcd208bfee (patch) | |
| tree | ce9a1df601e70b1b7b4da923591bbb4aa400ec4e /documentation | |
| parent | e38e7e7c79b01a99796db662b992527b93fea612 (diff) | |
| download | poky-bc4215154cb93c6046c69eca025f70fcd208bfee.tar.gz | |
bsp-guide: Some minor fixes to the BSP Guide
(From yocto-docs rev: c0ca0d285f8de6ce921971fdd8bd8473fa33f3c2)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml | 17 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml b/documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml index 7055a21168..0fa1f2d2b5 100644 --- a/documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml +++ b/documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml | |||
| @@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ | |||
| 35 | Collectively, you can think of the base directory, its file structure, | 35 | Collectively, you can think of the base directory, its file structure, |
| 36 | and the contents as a BSP Layer. | 36 | and the contents as a BSP Layer. |
| 37 | Although not a strict requirement, layers in the Yocto Project use the | 37 | Although not a strict requirement, layers in the Yocto Project use the |
| 38 | following well established naming convention: | 38 | following well-established naming convention: |
| 39 | <literallayout class='monospaced'> | 39 | <literallayout class='monospaced'> |
| 40 | meta-<replaceable>bsp_name</replaceable> | 40 | meta-<replaceable>bsp_name</replaceable> |
| 41 | </literallayout> | 41 | </literallayout> |
| 42 | The string "meta-" is prepended to the machine or platform name, which is | 42 | The string "meta-" is prepended to the machine or platform name, which is |
| 43 | "bsp_name" in the above form. | 43 | <replaceable>bsp_name</replaceable> in the above form. |
| 44 | </para> | 44 | </para> |
| 45 | 45 | ||
| 46 | <para> | 46 | <para> |
| @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ | |||
| 58 | Each of these layers is a repository unto itself and clicking on a | 58 | Each of these layers is a repository unto itself and clicking on a |
| 59 | layer reveals information that includes two links from which you can choose | 59 | layer reveals information that includes two links from which you can choose |
| 60 | to set up a clone of the layer's repository on your local host system. | 60 | to set up a clone of the layer's repository on your local host system. |
| 61 | Here is an example that clones the Minnow Board BSP layer: | 61 | Here is an example that clones the MinnowBoard BSP layer: |
| 62 | <literallayout class='monospaced'> | 62 | <literallayout class='monospaced'> |
| 63 | $ git clone git://git.yoctoproject.org/meta-minnow | 63 | $ git clone git://git.yoctoproject.org/meta-minnow |
| 64 | </literallayout> | 64 | </literallayout> |
| @@ -115,8 +115,9 @@ | |||
| 115 | 115 | ||
| 116 | <para> | 116 | <para> |
| 117 | Some layers function as a layer to hold other BSP layers. | 117 | Some layers function as a layer to hold other BSP layers. |
| 118 | An example of this type of layer is the <filename>meta-intel</filename> layer. | 118 | An example of this type of layer is the <filename>meta-intel</filename> layer, |
| 119 | The <filename>meta-intel</filename> layer contains many individual BSP layers. | 119 | which contains a number of individual BSP sub-layers, as well as a directory |
| 120 | named <filename>common/</filename> full of common content across those layers. | ||
| 120 | </para> | 121 | </para> |
| 121 | 122 | ||
| 122 | <para> | 123 | <para> |
| @@ -131,8 +132,8 @@ | |||
| 131 | <title>Example Filesystem Layout</title> | 132 | <title>Example Filesystem Layout</title> |
| 132 | 133 | ||
| 133 | <para> | 134 | <para> |
| 134 | Providing a common form allows end-users to understand and become familiar | 135 | Defining a common BSP directory structure allows end-users to understand and |
| 135 | with the layout. | 136 | become familiar with that structure. |
| 136 | A common format also encourages standardization of software support of hardware. | 137 | A common format also encourages standardization of software support of hardware. |
| 137 | </para> | 138 | </para> |
| 138 | 139 | ||
| @@ -504,7 +505,7 @@ | |||
| 504 | <para> | 505 | <para> |
| 505 | You can find these files in the BSP Layer at: | 506 | You can find these files in the BSP Layer at: |
| 506 | <literallayout class='monospaced'> | 507 | <literallayout class='monospaced'> |
| 507 | meta-<replaceable>bsp_name</replaceable>/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_*.bbappend | 508 | meta-<replaceable>bsp_name</replaceable>/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto*.bbappend |
| 508 | </literallayout> | 509 | </literallayout> |
| 509 | </para> | 510 | </para> |
| 510 | 511 | ||
