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documentation: remove references to prelink support
Fixing documentation and updating examples containing "prelink" in their output. (From yocto-docs rev: 8927b8fff55fac1bd1fefcff2d16141dbd1ebc51) Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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@@ -1036,12 +1036,10 @@ for example, to determine whether or not to run specific tests. See the
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:term:`IMAGE_MANIFEST`
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variable for additional information.
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Optimizing processes that are run across the image include ``mklibs``,
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``prelink``, and any other post-processing commands as defined by the
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Optimizing processes that are run across the image include ``mklibs``
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and any other post-processing commands as defined by the
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:term:`ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND`
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variable. The ``mklibs`` process optimizes the size of the libraries,
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while the ``prelink`` process optimizes the dynamic linking of shared
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libraries to reduce start up time of executables.
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variable. The ``mklibs`` process optimizes the size of the libraries.
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After the root filesystem is built, processing begins on the image
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through the :ref:`ref-tasks-image`
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@@ -387,39 +387,6 @@ Yocto Project:
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You can learn more about the AutoBuilder used by the Yocto Project
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Autobuilder :doc:`here </test-manual/understand-autobuilder>`.
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- *Cross-Prelink:* Prelinking is the process of pre-computing the load
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addresses and link tables generated by the dynamic linker as compared
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to doing this at runtime. Doing this ahead of time results in
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performance improvements when the application is launched and reduced
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memory usage for libraries shared by many applications.
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Historically, cross-prelink is a variant of prelink, which was
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conceived by `Jakub
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Jelínek <https://people.redhat.com/jakub/prelink.pdf>`__ a number of
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years ago. Both prelink and cross-prelink are maintained in the same
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repository albeit on separate branches. By providing an emulated
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runtime dynamic linker (i.e. ``glibc``-derived ``ld.so`` emulation),
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the cross-prelink project extends the prelink software's ability to
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prelink a sysroot environment. Additionally, the cross-prelink
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software enables the ability to work in sysroot style environments.
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The dynamic linker determines standard load address calculations
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based on a variety of factors such as mapping addresses, library
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usage, and library function conflicts. The prelink tool uses this
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information, from the dynamic linker, to determine unique load
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addresses for executable and linkable format (ELF) binaries that are
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shared libraries and dynamically linked. The prelink tool modifies
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these ELF binaries with the pre-computed information. The result is
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faster loading and often lower memory consumption because more of the
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library code can be re-used from shared Copy-On-Write (COW) pages.
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The original upstream prelink project only supports running prelink
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on the end target device due to the reliance on the target device's
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dynamic linker. This restriction causes issues when developing a
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cross-compiled system. The cross-prelink adds a synthesized dynamic
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loader that runs on the host, thus permitting cross-prelinking
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without ever having to run on a read-write target filesystem.
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- *Pseudo:* Pseudo is the Yocto Project implementation of
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`fakeroot <http://man.he.net/man1/fakeroot>`__, which is used to run
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commands in an environment that seemingly has root privileges.
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