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author | Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> | 2011-08-17 08:44:56 -0700 |
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committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2011-08-23 18:46:37 -0700 |
commit | 34de4996855932cd7f6af53dc7b4453782e1b764 (patch) | |
tree | 8f393eb429695f738d4d04b539b4fbd7fd0df6d5 /documentation/dev-manual | |
parent | 266b83c8e13e07c01256bd81a308ede117cb555b (diff) | |
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documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml: Updated term list.
I added a reference to the Image appendix for the description of
images. Also, added a new term "meta-toolchain."
(From yocto-docs rev: a9c1110ec7499afa669416c00bc81573fcbf920d)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml index fbb9d5f..f0bb08e 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml @@ -136,7 +136,12 @@ with BitBake (baked) and made part of a root filesystem. Images are both the binary output that runs on specific hardware and for specific use cases as well as a metadata recipe that BitBake processes to generate the - binary output.</para></listitem> + binary output. + For a list of the supported image types that the Yocto Project provides, see the + <ulink url='http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/1.1/poky-ref-manual/poky-ref-manual.html#ref-images'> + Reference: Images</ulink> appendix in + <ulink url='http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/1.1/poky-ref-manual/poky-ref-manual.html'> + The Yocto Project Reference Manual</ulink>.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><emphasis>Recipe</emphasis> - A set of instructions for building packages. A recipe describes where you get source code and which patches to apply. Recipes describe dependencies for libraries or for other recipes and they @@ -155,6 +160,14 @@ <listitem><para><emphasis>Metadata</emphasis> - A term used throughout the Yocto Project documentation that refers to the files that BitBake parses when building an image. Metadata includes recipes, classes, and configuration files.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><emphasis>Meta-Toolchain</emphasis> - A collection of software development + tools and utilities that allow you to develop software for targeted architectures. + These toolchains contain cross-compilers, linkers, and debuggers that are specific to + an architecure. + You can use the Yocto Project to build meta-toolchains in tarball form that when + unpacked contain the development tools you need to cross-compile and test your software. + The Yocto Project ships with images that contain toolchains for supported architectures + as well.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><emphasis>Configuration File</emphasis>: Configuration information in the <filename>.conf</filename> files provides global definitions of variables. The <filename>build/conf/local.conf</filename> configuration file defines user-defined variables |