Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <[email protected]>
---
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.
diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml
b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml
index 1a16b9f..478b8ee 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
You can use the OpenEmbedded build system, which uses
BitBake, to develop complete Linux
images and associated user-space applications for architectures based
- on ARM, MIPS, PowerPC, x86 and x86-64.
+ on ARM, MIPS, MIPS64, PowerPC, x86 and x86-64.
<note>
By default, using the Yocto Project creates a Poky distribution.
However, you can create your own distribution by providing key
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@
<title>Getting Set Up</title>
<para>
- Here is what you need to get set up to use the Yocto Project:
+ Here is what you need to use the Yocto Project:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><emphasis>Host System:</emphasis> You should have
a reasonably current
Linux-based host system.
You will have the best results with a recent release of Fedora,
- OpenSUSE, Debian, Ubuntu, or CentOS as these releases are
frequently tested against the Yocto Project
+ openSUSE, Debian, Ubuntu, or CentOS as these releases are
frequently tested against the Yocto Project
and officially supported.
For a list of the distributions under validation and their
status, see the
"<ulink
url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#detailed-supported-distros'>Supported Linux
Distributions</ulink>" section
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
You should also have about 100 gigabytes of free disk space
for building images.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>Packages:</emphasis> The OpenEmbedded
build system
- requires certain packages exist on your development system
(e.g. Python 2.6 or 2.7).
+ requires that certain packages exist on your development
system (e.g. Python 2.6 or 2.7).
See "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_QS_URL;#packages'>The
Packages</ulink>"
section in the Yocto Project Quick Start and the
"<ulink
url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#required-packages-for-the-host-development-system'>Required
Packages for the Host Development System</ulink>"
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@
<link linkend='source-directory'>Source Directory</link>
and is created when you use
<link linkend='git'>Git</link> to clone a local copy
- of the upstream <filename>poky</filename> repository.</para>
+ of the upstream <filename>poky</filename> repository,
+ or when you download an official release of the corresponding
tarball.</para>
<para>Working from a copy of the upstream repository allows you
to contribute back into the Yocto Project or simply work with
the latest software on a development branch.
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@
<listitem id='local-kernel-files'><para><emphasis>Yocto Project
Kernel:</emphasis>
If you are going to be making modifications to a supported
Yocto Project kernel, you
need to establish local copies of the source.
- You can find Git repositories of supported Yocto Project
Kernels organized under
+ You can find Git repositories of supported Yocto Project
kernels organized under
"Yocto Linux Kernel" in the Yocto Project Source Repositories
at
<ulink url='&YOCTO_GIT_URL;/cgit.cgi'></ulink>.</para>
<para>This setup can involve creating a bare clone of the
Yocto Project kernel and then
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