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| author | Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> | 2015-04-15 11:53:18 -0700 |
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| committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2015-04-24 11:07:51 +0100 |
| commit | 69cdf9658adc1c5e03967cc6d669c5d020cbdb6c (patch) | |
| tree | d998df65ab6e858c011deb3065fa5e436d7ae959 /documentation | |
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ref-manual: Added glossary entry for EXTERNAL_KERNEL_TOOLS
(From yocto-docs rev: b4f3b0c2efc6a162d714a2180bf48aac47684a27)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 26 |
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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index 9135ebf..c0cae81 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -3337,6 +3337,32 @@ </glossdef> </glossentry> + <glossentry id='var-EXTERNAL_KERNEL_TOOLS'><glossterm>EXTERNAL_KERNEL_TOOLS</glossterm> + <info> + EXTERNAL_KERNEL_TOOLS[doc] = "Indicates kernel tools are external to the source tree." + </info> + <glossdef> + <para role="glossdeffirst"> +<!-- <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> --> + When set, the <filename>EXTERNAL_KERNEL_TOOLS</filename> + variable indicates that these tools are not in the + source tree. + </para> + + <para> + When kernel tools are available in the tree, they are + preferred over any externally installed tools. + Setting the <filename>EXTERNAL_KERNEL_TOOLS</filename> + variable tells the OpenEmbedded build system to prefer + the installed external tools. + See the + <link linkend='ref-classes-kernel-yocto'><filename>kernel-yocto</filename></link> + class in <filename>meta/classes</filename> to see how + the variable is used. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + <glossentry id='var-EXTERNALSRC'><glossterm>EXTERNALSRC</glossterm> <info> EXTERNALSRC[doc] = "If externalsrc.bbclass is inherited, this variable points to the source tree, which is outside of the OpenEmbedded build system." |
