From 34de4996855932cd7f6af53dc7b4453782e1b764 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 08:44:56 -0700 Subject: documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml: Updated term list. I added a reference to the Image appendix for the description of images. Also, added a new term "meta-toolchain." (From yocto-docs rev: a9c1110ec7499afa669416c00bc81573fcbf920d) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml | 15 ++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'documentation/dev-manual') diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml index fbb9d5f..f0bb08e 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml @@ -136,7 +136,12 @@ with BitBake (baked) and made part of a root filesystem. Images are both the binary output that runs on specific hardware and for specific use cases as well as a metadata recipe that BitBake processes to generate the - binary output. + binary output. + For a list of the supported image types that the Yocto Project provides, see the + + Reference: Images appendix in + + The Yocto Project Reference Manual. Recipe - A set of instructions for building packages. A recipe describes where you get source code and which patches to apply. Recipes describe dependencies for libraries or for other recipes and they @@ -155,6 +160,14 @@ Metadata - A term used throughout the Yocto Project documentation that refers to the files that BitBake parses when building an image. Metadata includes recipes, classes, and configuration files. + Meta-Toolchain - A collection of software development + tools and utilities that allow you to develop software for targeted architectures. + These toolchains contain cross-compilers, linkers, and debuggers that are specific to + an architecure. + You can use the Yocto Project to build meta-toolchains in tarball form that when + unpacked contain the development tools you need to cross-compile and test your software. + The Yocto Project ships with images that contain toolchains for supported architectures + as well. Configuration File: Configuration information in the .conf files provides global definitions of variables. The build/conf/local.conf configuration file defines user-defined variables -- cgit v1.1