So I fixed the two obvious issues here. I am working on getting clarification on the command -c item.
Thanks, Scott >-----Original Message----- >From: Robert P. J. Day [mailto:rpj...@crashcourse.ca] >Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 2:52 AM >To: Yocto discussion list >Cc: Rifenbark, Scott M >Subject: more observations on kernel dev manual > > > been a while since i went through this manual so some probably simple >observations -- based on in-progress manual. if scott rifenbark wants to >process any of this, he has my blessing. > > section 2.2.2: i'm assuming that list of SRC_URIs should actually read? > > ... first-change... > ... second-change ... > ... third-change ... Holy Mackerel... how did this go unnoticed for so long. Fixed. > > section 2.2.3: should that note not refer to the "defconfig" file and not the >".config" file? as in, the defconfig file is used as the >*basis* for the eventual .config file, no? so the note should be discussing >applying the changes from the "defconfig" file, should it not? > > section 2.3.2: hang on ... > > "Complete a build at least through the kernel configuration task as follows: > > $ bitbake linux-yocto -c kernel_configme -f" > >but i thought that "-c <command>" would run *only* that bitbake task ... the >wording suggests that that command will run everything *up to* that task. I am double checking on the behavior of this. > > also in that section, "are not't" should just say "aren't" in sample warning >output. I fixed this in the manual. I grepped for that particular string in both poky and bitbake repos and came up empty. So I am not sure where exactly (if even) that string appears in the actual source repo. > > section 2.3.3: again, first para suggests that that command should process > the >kernel all the way "through" the kernel configuration. Again, waiting on some clarification on this issue. > > that's it for chapter 2 ... more later. > >rday > >-- > >=========================================================== >============= >Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA > http://crashcourse.ca > >Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday >LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday >=========================================================== >============= -- _______________________________________________ yocto mailing list yocto@yoctoproject.org https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto
