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authorscott-lenovo <scott-lenovo@ubuntu.(none)>2013-01-02 11:59:04 -0800
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2013-01-16 15:59:13 +0000
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kernel-dev: Updates to the introduction chapter.
General edits for readability, etc. (From yocto-docs rev: eb52c743ad0fba7859ee4800f12981294aa71b23) Signed-off-by: scott-lenovo <scott-lenovo@ubuntu.(none)> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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chances are you are going to need to work with the Linux kernel.
The Yocto Project provides a powerful set of tools for managing
Linux kernel sources and configuration data.
- If you want to make a single configuration change, apply a couple
- of patches, or work with your own sources, this tooling can
- help you.
+ You can use this tooling to help you make a single configuration change,
+ apply a couple of patches, or work with your own sources.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The Yocto Project Kernel Development Manual describes common tasks
+ you can perform using the kernel tooling as well as provides information
+ about the metadata needed to work with the kernel inside the
+ Yocto Project.
</para>
<section id='kernel-dev-background'>
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