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| author | Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> | 2011-05-17 14:03:04 -0500 |
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| committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2011-05-17 20:07:48 +0100 |
| commit | 189fa6b9bf51a2fb298bae89b6dbc41f76d82001 (patch) | |
| tree | d1afea46eae6ff3b81c188eac504b71e0e25b980 | |
| parent | aff8c579f6d1f1b5f03811a2186c6e775e800e31 (diff) | |
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documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml: Updated Example Filesystem Layout
Added more explanation about the base directory (meta-<bsp_name>) to the
Example Filesystem Layout section. These changes were suggested by
Tom Zanussi to help users understand better how to add BSP layers
to the build system.
(From yocto-docs rev: ced445910363b2f10b5b5ca72236f54ae4b7e050)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml b/documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml index 81f347b..5ff80da 100644 --- a/documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml +++ b/documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml @@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ <literallayout class='monospaced'> meta-<bsp_name> </literallayout> + </para> + + <para> "bsp_name" is a placeholder for the machine or platform name. Here are some example base directory names: <literallayout class='monospaced'> @@ -70,6 +73,23 @@ </para> <para> + The base directory (<filename>meta-<bsp_name></filename>) is the root of the BSP layer. + This root is what you add to the BBLAYERS variable in <filename>build/conf/bblayers.conf</filename> + so that the build system recognizes the BSP definition and from it can build an image. + Here is an example: + <literallayout class='monospaced'> + BBLAYERS = " \ + /usr/local/src/yocto/meta \ + /usr/local/src/yocto/meta-yocto \ + /usr/local/src/yocto/meta-<bsp_name> \ + " + </literallayout> + For more detailed information on layers, see the + <ulink url='http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/poky-ref-manual/poky-ref-manual.html#usingpoky-changes-layers'> + BitBake Layers</ulink> section of the Poky Reference Manual. + </para> + + <para> Below is the common form for the file structure inside a base directory. While you can use this basic form for the standard, realize that the actual structures for specific BSPs could differ. |
