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authorScott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>2011-07-27 09:00:46 -0700
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2011-08-04 15:06:46 +0100
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documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml: Added bsp naming scheme
Added the YP BSP naming scheme to the general getting started section where it talks about getting BSP files on the local system. (From yocto-docs rev: 5b8dc20a52053341ac726fe6662152397262d5e8) 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/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml
index 49e26d7..9d27a9a 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml
@@ -104,7 +104,20 @@
</itemizedlist></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>Supported Board Support Packages (BSPs):</emphasis> The same considerations
exist for BSPs.
- You can get set up for BSP development one of two ways:
+ You can get set up for BSP development one of two ways: tarball extraction or
+ with a local Git repository.
+ Regardless of the method you use, the Yocto Project uses the following BSP layer
+ naming scheme:
+ <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+ meta-&lt;BSP_name&gt;
+ </literallayout>
+ where &lt;BSP_name&gt; is the recognized BSP name.
+ Here are some examples:
+ <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+ meta&dash;crownbay
+ meta&dash;emenlow
+ meta&dash;n450
+ </literallayout>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><emphasis>Tarball Extraction:</emphasis> You can download any released
BSP tarball from the same
@@ -118,12 +131,11 @@
Typically, you set up the <filename>meta-intel</filename> Git repository inside
the <filename>poky</filename> Git repository.</para>
- <para>
- For example, the following transcript shows the steps to clone the
- <filename>meta-intel</filename>
- Git repository inside the <filename>poky</filename>
- <filename>poky</filename> Git repository.
- <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+ <para>For example, the following transcript shows the steps to clone the
+ <filename>meta-intel</filename>
+ Git repository inside the <filename>poky</filename>
+ <filename>poky</filename> Git repository.
+ <literallayout class='monospaced'>
$cd poky
$ git clone git://git.yoctoproject.org/meta-intel.git
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/scottrif/poky/meta-intel/.git/
@@ -132,7 +144,7 @@
remote: Total 1325 (delta 546), reused 85 (delta 27)
Receiving objects: 100% (1325/1325), 1.56 MiB | 330 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (546/546), done.
- </literallayout></para>
+ </literallayout></para>
<para>The same
<ulink url='https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Transcript:_from_git_checkout_to_meta-intel_BSP'>
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