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overview-manual: Document the basics of WSL and create a link to the build host setup process

(From yocto-docs rev: 317059cbfcd8fdb342819b00f9f2836e44ce3d8b)

Signed-off-by: Alejandro Hernandez Samaniego <alejandro@enedino.org>
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Hernandez Samaniego <alhe@linux.microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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Alejandro Hernandez Samaniego
2020-03-29 22:42:50 -07:00
committed by Richard Purdie
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"<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#setting-up-to-use-crops'>Setting Up to Use CROss PlatformS (CROPS)</ulink>"
section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<emphasis>Windows Subsystem For Linux (WSLv2):</emphasis>
You may use Windows Subsystem For Linux v2 to set up a build
host using Windows 10.
<note>
The Yocto Project is not compatible with WSLv1, it is
compatible but not officially supported nor validated
with WSLv2, if you still decide to use WSL please upgrade
to WSLv2.
</note>
The Windows Subsystem For Linux allows Windows 10 to run a real
Linux kernel inside of a lightweight utility virtual
machine (VM) using virtualization technology.</para>
<para>For information on how to set up a Build Host with
WSLv2, see the
"<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#setting-up-to-use-wsl'>Setting Up to Use Windows Subsystem For Linux</ulink>"
section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<emphasis>Toaster:</emphasis>
Regardless of what your Build Host is running, you can