Re: [yocto] potentially confusing explanation of "defconfig" in kernel dev manual

2013-04-13 Thread Rudolf Streif
That's how I interpret it: Wholesale = defconfig Incremental = configuration fragments Following kernel practices my defconfig files always have a working configuration and then I use configuration fragments to make adjustments. But of course you can have an incomplete configuration in defconfig

[yocto] [Package Report System]Manual check recipes name list

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[yocto] [Package Report System]Upgrade recipes name list

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[yocto] Yocto 1.4_M5 released

2013-04-13 Thread Flanagan, Elizabeth
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The fifth milestone for the upcoming Yocto Project 1.4 release is now available at: http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/milestones/yocto-1.4-m5/poky-yocto-1.4-m5.tar.gz Thanks to everyone for all their hard work. - -- Elizabeth Flanagan

[yocto] potentially confusing explanation of "defconfig" in kernel dev manual

2013-04-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
here: http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/latest/kernel-dev/kernel-dev.html#changing-the-configuration one reads: "If you have a complete Linux kernel .config file you want to use, copy it to the ${FILES} directory within your layer and name it "defconfig"." that pretty clearly suggests that

Re: [yocto] couple questions about kernel dev manual, section 2

2013-04-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Sat, 13 Apr 2013, Tom Zanussi wrote: > On Sat, 2013-04-13 at 11:20 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > some oddities in section 2.2.1 of the current kernel dev manual. > > first, there's: > > > > "The append file should initially contain the following text: > > > > FILESEXTRAPATHS := "${THI

Re: [yocto] couple questions about kernel dev manual, section 2

2013-04-13 Thread Tom Zanussi
On Sat, 2013-04-13 at 11:20 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > some oddities in section 2.2.1 of the current kernel dev manual. > first, there's: > > "The append file should initially contain the following text: > > FILESEXTRAPATHS := "${THISDIR}/${PN}" > > i was under the impression that t

[yocto] couple questions about kernel dev manual, section 2

2013-04-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
some oddities in section 2.2.1 of the current kernel dev manual. first, there's: "The append file should initially contain the following text: FILESEXTRAPATHS := "${THISDIR}/${PN}" i was under the impression that the standard line would be: FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/$

[yocto] [PATCH] dev manual: Version copy-and-paste error, and update Intel layers.

2013-04-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day --- not sure if the first snippet below accurately describes the existing intel layers, so someone is welcome to tweak it. diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-model.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-model.xml index 114e0ec..a59a447 100644

[yocto] YP "download" versus "downloads" page?

2013-04-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
just noticed that the docs definition of the YP "downloads" page is https://www.yoctoproject.org/download, which appears to take you specifically to the download page of the latest release. the *generic* downloads page, however, is: https://www.yoctoproject.org/downloads[note the trailin

[yocto] [PATCH] yocto-docs: A few minor aesthetic fixes in Ch 3 of kernel use manual.

2013-04-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day --- only contentious issue below is whether manual should link directly to YP BSP page, is that considered a stable page? diff --git a/documentation/kernel-manual/kernel-how-to.xml b/documentation/kernel-manual/kernel-how-to.xml index 9d9aef6..b279455 100644

[yocto] [PATCH] yocto-docs: A couple minor fixes to the kernel usage manual.

2013-04-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day --- diff --git a/documentation/kernel-manual/kernel-doc-intro.xml b/documentation/kernel-manual/kernel-doc-intro.xml index c1cc22b..7ed9f55 100644 --- a/documentation/kernel-manual/kernel-doc-intro.xml +++ b/documentation/kernel-manual/kernel-doc-intro.xml @@ -9