summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/documentation
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorScott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>2014-09-25 13:09:42 -0700
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2014-09-30 21:37:42 +0100
commit609c216b601969857e23d75a709945bd29fe9594 (patch)
tree8e9b29b12452ed397ca9596911829a5bf6f502b9 /documentation
parentd4cf38dcf39ed544efe5f224da1bd1f8e1a996d8 (diff)
downloadast2050-yocto-poky-609c216b601969857e23d75a709945bd29fe9594.zip
ast2050-yocto-poky-609c216b601969857e23d75a709945bd29fe9594.tar.gz
dev-manual: Updated the supported BSP bullet item.
The bulleted item on supported BSPs was very centric on meta-intel. I rewrote the section to not be so exclusive. (From yocto-docs rev: d8118bb6124fbbb2340ae8720cd6187fd5546967) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation')
-rw-r--r--documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml34
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml
index b79f65e..61434ff 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml
@@ -190,13 +190,13 @@
Resolving deltas: 100% (260/260), done.
</literallayout></para></listitem>
<listitem><para id='supported-board-support-packages-(bsps)'><emphasis>Supported Board Support Packages (BSPs):</emphasis>
- The Yocto Project provides a layer called
- <filename>meta-intel</filename> and it is maintained in its own
- separate Git repository.
- The <filename>meta-intel</filename> layer contains many
- supported
- <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_BSP_URL;#bsp-layers'>BSP Layers</ulink>.
- </para>
+ The Yocto Project supports many BSPs, which are maintained in
+ their own layers or in layers designed to contain several
+ BSPs.
+ To get an idea of machine support through BSP layers, you can
+ look at the
+ <ulink url='&YOCTO_RELEASE_DL_URL;/machines'>index of machines</ulink>
+ for the release.</para>
<para>The Yocto Project uses the following BSP layer naming
scheme:
@@ -214,18 +214,18 @@
See the
"<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_BSP_URL;#bsp-layers'>BSP Layers</ulink>"
section in the Yocto Project Board Support Package (BSP)
- Developer's Guide for more information on BSP Layers.
- </para>
+ Developer's Guide for more information on BSP Layers.</para>
- <para>
+ <para>A useful Git repository released with the Yocto
+ Project is <filename>meta-intel</filename>, which is a
+ parent layer that contains many supported
+ <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_BSP_URL;#bsp-layers'>BSP Layers</ulink>.
You can locate the <filename>meta-intel</filename> Git
repository in the "Yocto Metadata Layers" area of the Yocto
Project Source Repositories at
- <ulink url='&YOCTO_GIT_URL;/cgit.cgi'></ulink>.
- </para>
+ <ulink url='&YOCTO_GIT_URL;/cgit.cgi'></ulink>.</para>
- <para>
- Using
+ <para>Using
<link linkend='git'>Git</link> to create a local clone of the
upstream repository can be helpful if you are working with
BSPs.
@@ -252,11 +252,9 @@
remote: Total 8844 (delta 4931), reused 8780 (delta 4867)
Receiving objects: 100% (8844/8844), 2.48 MiB | 264 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (4931/4931), done.
- </literallayout>
- </para>
+ </literallayout></para>
- <para>
- The same
+ <para>The same
<ulink url='&YOCTO_WIKI_URL;/wiki/Transcript:_from_git_checkout_to_meta-intel_BSP'>wiki page</ulink>
referenced earlier covers how to set up the
<filename>meta-intel</filename> Git repository.
OpenPOWER on IntegriCloud