Applied... thanks Robert.
>-----Original Message----- >From: yocto-boun...@yoctoproject.org [mailto:yocto- >boun...@yoctoproject.org] On Behalf Of Robert P. J. Day >Sent: Monday, March 02, 2015 3:13 AM >To: Yocto discussion list >Subject: [yocto] [PATCH] Documentation: Clarify a couple minor things in >kernel manual, ch 2. > >Replace "files" with "${PN}" and reword discussion of defconfig file. > >Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpj...@crashcourse.ca> > >--- > >diff --git a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml >b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml >index 56fa17d..7840c0e 100644 >--- a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml >+++ b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml >@@ -156,23 +156,25 @@ > <title>Changing the Configuration</title> > > <para> >- You can make wholesale or incremental changes to the Linux >- kernel <filename>.config</filename> file by including a >- <filename>defconfig</filename> and by specifying >+ You can make wholesale or incremental changes to the final >+ <filename>.config</filename> file used for the eventual >+ Linux kernel configuration by including a >+ <filename>defconfig</filename> file and by specifying > configuration fragments in the >- <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var- >SRC_URI'><filename>SRC_URI</filename></ulink>. >+ <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var- >SRC_URI'><filename>SRC_URI</filename></ulink> >+ to be applied to that file. > </para> > > <para> >- If you have a final Linux kernel <filename>.config</filename> >- file you want to use, copy it to a directory named >- <filename>files</filename>, which must be in >- your layer's <filename>recipes-kernel/linux</filename> >- directory, and name the file "defconfig". >- Then, add the following lines to your linux-yocto >+ If you have a complete, working Linux kernel ><filename>.config</filename> >+ file you want to use for the configuration, as before, copy >that file >+ to the appropriate <filename>${PN}</filename> directory in >your >+ layer's <filename>recipes-kernel/linux</filename> directory, >+ and rename the copied file to "defconfig". >+ Then, add the following lines to the linux-yocto > <filename>.bbappend</filename> file in your layer: > <literallayout class='monospaced'> >- FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/files:" >+ FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:" > SRC_URI += "file://defconfig" > </literallayout> > The <filename>SRC_URI</filename> tells the build system how to >@@ -181,7 +183,7 @@ > extends the > <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var- >FILESPATH'><filename>FILESPATH</filename></ulink> > variable (search directories) to include the >- <filename>files</filename> directory you created for the >+ <filename>${PN}</filename> directory you created to >+ hold the > configuration changes. > </para> > > >-- > >=========================================================== >============= >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 -- _______________________________________________ yocto mailing list yocto@yoctoproject.org https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto
