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| 136 | with BitBake (baked) and made part of a root filesystem. | 136 | with BitBake (baked) and made part of a root filesystem. |
| 137 | Images are both the binary output that runs on specific hardware and for specific | 137 | Images are both the binary output that runs on specific hardware and for specific |
| 138 | use cases as well as a metadata recipe that BitBake processes to generate the | 138 | use cases as well as a metadata recipe that BitBake processes to generate the |
| 139 | binary output.</para></listitem> | 139 | binary output. |
| 140 | For a list of the supported image types that the Yocto Project provides, see the | ||
| 141 | <ulink url='http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/1.1/poky-ref-manual/poky-ref-manual.html#ref-images'> | ||
| 142 | Reference: Images</ulink> appendix in | ||
| 143 | <ulink url='http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/1.1/poky-ref-manual/poky-ref-manual.html'> | ||
| 144 | The Yocto Project Reference Manual</ulink>.</para></listitem> | ||
| 140 | <listitem><para><emphasis>Recipe</emphasis> - A set of instructions for building packages. | 145 | <listitem><para><emphasis>Recipe</emphasis> - A set of instructions for building packages. |
| 141 | A recipe describes where you get source code and which patches to apply. | 146 | A recipe describes where you get source code and which patches to apply. |
| 142 | Recipes describe dependencies for libraries or for other recipes and they | 147 | Recipes describe dependencies for libraries or for other recipes and they |
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| 155 | <listitem><para><emphasis>Metadata</emphasis> - A term used throughout the Yocto Project | 160 | <listitem><para><emphasis>Metadata</emphasis> - A term used throughout the Yocto Project |
| 156 | documentation that refers to the files that BitBake parses when building an image. | 161 | documentation that refers to the files that BitBake parses when building an image. |
| 157 | Metadata includes recipes, classes, and configuration files.</para></listitem> | 162 | Metadata includes recipes, classes, and configuration files.</para></listitem> |
| 163 | <listitem><para><emphasis>Meta-Toolchain</emphasis> - A collection of software development | ||
| 164 | tools and utilities that allow you to develop software for targeted architectures. | ||
| 165 | These toolchains contain cross-compilers, linkers, and debuggers that are specific to | ||
| 166 | an architecure. | ||
| 167 | You can use the Yocto Project to build meta-toolchains in tarball form that when | ||
| 168 | unpacked contain the development tools you need to cross-compile and test your software. | ||
| 169 | The Yocto Project ships with images that contain toolchains for supported architectures | ||
| 170 | as well.</para></listitem> | ||
| 158 | <listitem><para><emphasis>Configuration File</emphasis>: Configuration information in the | 171 | <listitem><para><emphasis>Configuration File</emphasis>: Configuration information in the |
| 159 | <filename>.conf</filename> files provides global definitions of variables. | 172 | <filename>.conf</filename> files provides global definitions of variables. |
| 160 | The <filename>build/conf/local.conf</filename> configuration file defines user-defined variables | 173 | The <filename>build/conf/local.conf</filename> configuration file defines user-defined variables |