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| author | Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> | 2011-09-29 09:22:51 -0700 |
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| committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2011-10-04 13:46:41 +0100 |
| commit | c47f8ed57d7f9c9665e8559615c9a02d6d5303f7 (patch) | |
| tree | 1b5850bd32a9140460a69abc6df1ecb7df7e8358 | |
| parent | c89ebd806c8d70d19e666330fb5e2e6ea6417559 (diff) | |
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documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml: updates to KERNEL_FEATURES.
(From yocto-docs rev: ec1e2d71c576fe1c12031371de89a71770cebb1d)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 8 |
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diff --git a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index 2413748..85e6d77 100644 --- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -583,7 +583,13 @@ <glossentry id='var-KERNEL_FEATURES'><glossterm>KERNEL_FEATURES</glossterm> <glossdef> <para>Includes additional metadata from the Linux Yocto kernel Git repository. - The metadata includes config fragments and features descriptions, + In the Yocto Project build system, the default Board Support Packages (BSPs) + metadata is provided through + the <filename>KMACHINE</filename> and <filename>KBRANCH</filename> variables. + You can use the <filename>KERNEL_FEATURES</filename> variable to further + add metadata for all BSPs.</para> + <para>The metadata you add through this variable includes config fragments and + features descriptions, which usually include patches as well as config fragments. You typically override the <filename>KERNEL_FEATURES</filename> variable for a specific machine.</para> |
