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| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 13 |
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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index b5f7c24..5f7e17d 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -1703,15 +1703,14 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3" <glossentry id='var-LINUX_VERSION_EXTENSION'><glossterm>LINUX_VERSION_EXTENSION</glossterm> <glossdef> - <para>A string extension compiled into the name of the - Linux kernel built with the OpenEmbedded build system. + <para>A string extension compiled into the version + string of the Linux kernel built with the OpenEmbedded + build system. You define this variable in the kernel recipe. - For example, the <filename>linux-yocto-custom.bb</filename> - kernel recipe found in - <filename>meta-skeleton/recipes-kernel/linux</filename> - defines the variable as follows: + For example, the linux-yocto kernel recipes all define + the variable as follows: <literallayout class='monospaced'> - LINUX_VERSION_EXTENSION ?= "-custom" + LINUX_VERSION_EXTENSION ?= "-yocto-${LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE}" </literallayout> Defining this variable essentially sets the Linux kernel configuration item |
