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author | Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> | 2011-06-28 07:55:35 -0700 |
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committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2011-07-21 10:59:19 +0100 |
commit | 1316648ae68ca19cfea758bab5170a7a85ebd572 (patch) | |
tree | e27d847811ac04821234a9fd06ed8b89fe86fb60 /documentation/kernel-manual/kernel-how-to.xml | |
parent | f79f929bf3224a69d589932105a1b6af225b28a3 (diff) | |
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documentation/kernel-manual/kernel-how-to.xml: Edits to "Build Strategy" (From yocto-docs rev: f98e4804da9477e260e24df1586b624e386a2dba)
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/kernel-manual/kernel-how-to.xml b/documentation/kernel-manual/kernel-how-to.xml index a7ae4c2..c4f6474 100644 --- a/documentation/kernel-manual/kernel-how-to.xml +++ b/documentation/kernel-manual/kernel-how-to.xml @@ -168,12 +168,14 @@ A summary of end user tree construction activities follow: <para> Before building a kernel it is configured by processing all of the - configuration "fragments" specified by the scc feature descriptions. + configuration "fragments" specified by feature descriptions in the <filename>scc</filename> + files. As the features are compiled, associated kernel configuration fragments are noted and recorded in the meta-series in their compilation order. The fragments are migrated, pre-processed and passed to the Linux Kernel - Configuration subsystem (lkc) as raw input in the form of a <filename>.config</filename> file. - The lkc uses its own internal dependency constraints to do the final + Configuration subsystem (<filename>lkc</filename>) as raw input in the form + of a <filename>.config</filename> file. + The <filename>lkc</filename> uses its own internal dependency constraints to do the final processing of that information and generates the final <filename>.config</filename> file that is used during compilation. </para> |