If someone wants to check this over, make sure I didn't make
any silly changes.
(From yocto-docs rev: 3305553d84fbd09fb00d4608533f830348fda0cc)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Given the length of the tools sections in the profiling manual,
I'm doing each tool separately so that patches come in
manageable chunks.
(From yocto-docs rev: f6544c8df852f83619d942b3a6f624fc62981a40)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
given the length of chapter 5 in the dev manual, i'm going to do
this in bite-size pieces.
(From yocto-docs rev: ccfe3e719bf71236e50b3e4507a6d63199f24ff5)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* is it technically correct to say there are now 5 BSPs? as in, does
genericx86-64 count as a new BSP distinct from genericx86? [aside: are
there any plans for a MIPS64 BSP?] - rpjday
MIPS64 is under development. - scottrif
* if scott is up for it, a couple more variables for the variable
glossary might be BASE_WORKDIR and TARGET_VENDOR, which i would have
added to that variable list but they don't appear in the glossary
- rpjday
Noted. - scottrif
(From yocto-docs rev: fae6f8baebedaa72f5e37b4f1a39a9accf9b196c)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
scott (or anyone else) is welcome to use any or all of this, or
tweak to taste. i have a few other concerns with ch 2 but i'll read it
more carefully to make sure i'm reading it correctly. - rpjday
I implemented all but the addition of MIPS64 as it is not tested
using the autobuilder yet. - scottrif
(From yocto-docs rev: 927ff9be66a7471a33faf18a1122ce8b2bd21805)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
The examples went stale. Two out of three did not work. I have
provided new examples that work.
Reporte-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
(From yocto-docs rev: 0a3695f3f6a5b31617f4a5da960677f87733b825)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Changed wording to remove implications of meta-intel clone
importance regarding working with BSPs.
Reported-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
(From yocto-docs rev: e5f80aadf6f651af6efae6e99d0a4d9b6e76fc99)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
We don't even support these Linux distributions. We should not
have a FAQ entry telling people how to deal with it. If the
distro is that "hot", we should take steps to support it.
(From yocto-docs rev: b2f77f048da82becb590f948c41e94598817b4ee)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
I re-wrote this FAQ entry to indicate more recent versions of
Python and to leverage off the way we can now download or build
out the buildtools.
Reported-by: Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com>
(From yocto-docs rev: a4743936fa6dcd9449f0def771d116c53db7aa7e)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
There was inconsistent use of the way directory names were
handled throughout the YP documentation. I have scrubbed the
set and replaced many instances such as the following:
meta/<something> replaces /meta/<something>
poky replaces ~/poky (except in some very specific examples)
I basically got rid of leading slash characters.
Reported-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
(From yocto-docs rev: ae2e451ed8f61484d04b30017021912c4493a441)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Significant tweaks:
* removal of (confusing) leading slashes from YP filenames
* deletion of reference to non-existent "build/tmp/pkgdata/"
(From yocto-docs rev: c105ae9c6741fbe195addf52d313925bab50ba40)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
I altered three areas from the previous patch submitted and
applied from Robert P. J. Day. Two minor wording changes and
removal of negative language.
(From yocto-docs rev: 0212b01f82637c3498f26bce57e98508c84799c5)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Robert P. J. Day noted that the bitbake command no longer uses
a wrapper as the section indicated. I have removed this reference.
Reported-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
(From yocto-docs rev: a523d4d4fc57edabfa4aa7d20e154cdc43d35fca)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
There was some confusion over some things in these two sections.
I re-wrote them with the help of Paul Eggleton to be clear on
them.
Reported-by: Robert P. J. Day (rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
(From yocto-docs rev: ab352523e82626d8356d8b2c07fb10d2d60ea254)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Investigating this section for an apparent typo it was decided
that the term needed removed. During the process I re-wrote
the section for clarity.
(From yocto-docs rev: 0ba7e364a49328a2cd57f67ed1a540bfeffc9e08)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #5408]
Some edits to remove a link to the YP Metadata definition.
The metadata referred to here is for opkg only.
(From yocto-docs rev: 777969fb3b74e638fedb638d161e2f92ac0a5f4c)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #5408]
Added a cross-reference link for this variable into the glossary.
(From yocto-docs rev: a6f4935b60222a97a5fe03a538a3f8042e18d3f6)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #5408]
As part of the fix for this bug, I have added a description of this
variable to the glossary.
(From yocto-docs rev: ad988c82b364bb0c629bcb2ce04f99e0e371622e)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Three chunks attempted in a patch from Robert. Two out of
three worked. One did not because the text had changed due
to re-writing a note that had some links to out-of-date
wiki pages.
(From yocto-docs rev: 7f807d6df4842d47534c4011ccf67fd01bf0b830)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Patch from Robert P. J. Day. Good catches for some minor
wordings and such.
(From yocto-docs rev: 44c98e879bddfee49a5b89e7bb9c94c403284140)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Patch applied from Robert P. J. Day that basically amounted to
a good review of this section. Robert caught several typos and
small writing issues throughout the section.
(From yocto-docs rev: e44bb5897dbcc7e96bfbc730f6abe87cc2df2f3f)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #5408]
The developer's manual should only refer to functionality which
is available in oe-core. Currently, this passage requires the
user to add a package from, and use facilities of, meta-oe. This
fix describes how to use facilities in oe-core to the same end.
(From yocto-docs rev: 2dfaa88ae4760f86dbbdc8b58de7feba25a8014a)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Two links in the section discussing Linux distro requirements to
wiki pages were terribly out of date. I have rewritten the note
to remove them.
Reported-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
(From yocto-docs rev: 918e2e9d1146e828a2bbd16d8f5bad837effe088)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
The links to the supplemental information wiki pages on setting up
your system to run YP were terribly out of date. I re-wrote the
section to remove them.
Reported-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
(From yocto-docs rev: 0a2a2b95781e6b70d584612c33f81839cf7a10c1)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
The formatting for the "Caution" boxes was poor. There was no
apparent reason in the style guide why these types of admonitions
should appear any different than "Notes" or "Tips", which look
fine. I could not devise a .css solution so I tricked the
formatting by using the <title></title> tags in combination with
a <note></note> pair. Basically dumped the <caution></caution>
tag pair. It looks okay now.
Reported-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
(From yocto-docs rev: a53d6f0b3a22cfd87f841c03452b5ebce2b1b474)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #5440]
Needed to add this to Ubuntu and Debian as an essential package.
Updated the variable so that both the QS and ref-manual will
have the package listed.
(From yocto-docs rev: 3b5b198c971af12cfe395c3828e01f7fb369e7a9)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
This variable is only used when building an image using Hob.
The description implied otherwise. I clearly state this now.
Reported-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
(From yocto-docs rev: 12b671aec1df367c107d906bbefb44da56b2adec)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #5203]
This was reviewed by Alex and an ordering change was needed due
to the order of how things are created during the workflow.
(From yocto-docs rev: 0c630fed9f9a609c1ca13359efe47cad6f60e00b)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Documentation fix for [YOCTO #5347]
SDK created useing the "-c populate_sdk" will not support static
binary build without proper staticdev library packages.
I have added a note to inform the user about this limitation.
(From yocto-docs rev: 91409d77d68e55f4089cab3e7f48dd385dddff2e)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Partial fix for [YOCTO #4414]
I put in the API stuff as well as made sure the other comments
for the dora-toaster branch and temporariness of the GUI were
mentioned. Probably more tweaks before this section settles
out.
(From yocto-docs rev: 4df966bb21a014b8fcac69abb7b912e109089606)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Partial fix for [YOCTO #4414]
Got some feedback on the section and added a step that the user
needs to checkout the dora-toaster branch after clonine poky.
Also, that the Django version is specific and not the listed
version +. Finally, a bit of wording to note that the GUI is
temporary for this release.
(From yocto-docs rev: 775d55f33a4dfbb21db896b81159e16ee7e16034)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Partial fix for [YOCTO #5368]
The list that summarized where to get YP release did not include
the source repositories. It basically just listed tarball
areas. Now that cloning the Git repo of poky is the preferred
method for obtaining YP, I made sure that this area was the
first spot listed and called out as the preferred method.
(From yocto-docs rev: d5aabd2cb70ea7b7caf5f39d0630ba6961280e1a)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
The link had a hard-coded 1.5 in it. I replaced it with a
&DISTRO variable that resolves to the release.
(From yocto-docs rev: ce7ae7131a7e1d79bbc67e82cb5232a6ffbaa324)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
The meta-yocto-bsp/conf/layer.conf example had gone stale.
I updated it.
(From yocto-docs rev: bf77d70789f85400e2d6be7e4e32475506183217)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
This site has disappeared and I don't think there is a
replacement.
(From yocto-docs rev: 711488b664e1da7f3a4c64af3fbd4012bfb44d56)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Partial fix for [YOCTO #5368]
Updated the figure to not have the tarball method in there
for setting up poky repo locally. Also, added specific references
to the environment setup scripts.
(From yocto-docs rev: 7c6ececaf8eb987206567077f42213dbe4cdc4f2)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Partial fix to [YOCTO #5368]
I updated the workflow so that it does not have the tarball
extraction option to set up local copies of poky and meta-intel.
The figure is housed in dev-manual and mega-manual.
(From yocto-docs rev: d70214d7d348d38b574561339987bd3371167a48)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #5368]
Partial fix to the tarball removal issue. I rewrote parts of
this term's definition to slightly de-emphasize tarball expansion
as a method to set up the Source Directory on the local machine.
(From yocto-docs rev: 2fb1e569129e9942ca4a99fe7f73de02ccbd1876)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO #5368]
This is a partial fix to the removing tarball setup method issue.
I have modified the "Yocto Project source Repositories" section to
de-emphasize the tarball installation method for poky and meta-intel.
We cannot remove these obviously because the download page of the
website gives the use access to tarballs. Also, the Index of
Releases basically does the same thing. So, we can't ignore the
fact that they are there. So, I added a note basically saying we
recommend the Git method for creation of poky and meta-intel on the
development system.
(From yocto-docs rev: 7843ea5e592582f74a02536ec4057067c43eb507)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Robert P. J. Day
Scott Rifenbark
Trevor Woerner
Maxin B. John