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| 24 | set up your host development system and build an image, which you | 24 | set up your host development system and build an image, which you |
| 25 | find in the | 25 | find in the |
| 26 | <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_QS_URL;'>Yocto Project Quick Start</ulink>. | 26 | <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_QS_URL;'>Yocto Project Quick Start</ulink>. |
| 27 | <note> | ||
| 28 | By default, using the Yocto Project creates a Poky distribution. | ||
| 29 | However, you can create your own distribution by providing key | ||
| 30 | <link linkend='metadata'>Metadata</link>. | ||
| 31 | A good example is Angstrom, which has had a distribution | ||
| 32 | based on the Yocto Project since its inception. | ||
| 33 | Other examples include commercial distributions like | ||
| 34 | Wind River Linux, Mentor Embedded Linux, and ENEA Linux. | ||
| 35 | See the "<link linkend='creating-your-own-distribution'>Creating Your Own Distribution</link>" | ||
| 36 | section for more information. | ||
| 37 | </note> | ||
| 38 | </para> | 27 | </para> |
| 39 | 28 | ||
| 40 | <para> | 29 | <para> |
| @@ -43,13 +32,25 @@ | |||
| 43 | reconfigure the kernel, and develop an application using the | 32 | reconfigure the kernel, and develop an application using the |
| 44 | popular <trademark class='trade'>Eclipse</trademark> IDE. | 33 | popular <trademark class='trade'>Eclipse</trademark> IDE. |
| 45 | </para> | 34 | </para> |
| 35 | |||
| 36 | <note> | ||
| 37 | By default, using the Yocto Project creates a Poky distribution. | ||
| 38 | However, you can create your own distribution by providing key | ||
| 39 | <link linkend='metadata'>Metadata</link>. | ||
| 40 | A good example is Angstrom, which has had a distribution | ||
| 41 | based on the Yocto Project since its inception. | ||
| 42 | Other examples include commercial distributions like | ||
| 43 | Wind River Linux, Mentor Embedded Linux, and ENEA Linux. | ||
| 44 | See the "<link linkend='creating-your-own-distribution'>Creating Your Own Distribution</link>" | ||
| 45 | section for more information. | ||
| 46 | </note> | ||
| 46 | </section> | 47 | </section> |
| 47 | 48 | ||
| 48 | <section id='what-this-manual-provides'> | 49 | <section id='what-this-manual-provides'> |
| 49 | <title>What This Manual Provides</title> | 50 | <title>What This Manual Provides</title> |
| 50 | 51 | ||
| 51 | <para> | 52 | <para> |
| 52 | The following list describes what you can get from this guide: | 53 | The following list describes what you can get from this manual: |
| 53 | <itemizedlist> | 54 | <itemizedlist> |
| 54 | <listitem><para>Information that lets you get set | 55 | <listitem><para>Information that lets you get set |
| 55 | up to develop using the Yocto Project.</para></listitem> | 56 | up to develop using the Yocto Project.</para></listitem> |
| @@ -75,17 +76,17 @@ | |||
| 75 | <para> | 76 | <para> |
| 76 | This manual will not give you the following: | 77 | This manual will not give you the following: |
| 77 | <itemizedlist> | 78 | <itemizedlist> |
| 78 | <listitem><para>Step-by-step instructions if those instructions exist in other Yocto | 79 | <listitem><para><emphasis>Step-by-step instructions when those instructions exist in other Yocto |
| 79 | Project documentation. | 80 | Project documentation:</emphasis> |
| 80 | For example, the Yocto Project Application Developer's Guide contains detailed | 81 | For example, the Yocto Project Application Developer's Guide contains detailed |
| 81 | instructions on how to run the | 82 | instructions on how to run the |
| 82 | <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_ADT_URL;#installing-the-adt'>Installing the ADT and Toolchains</ulink>, | 83 | <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_ADT_URL;#installing-the-adt'>ADT Installer</ulink>, |
| 83 | which is used to set up a cross-development environment.</para></listitem> | 84 | which is used to set up a cross-development environment.</para></listitem> |
| 84 | <listitem><para>Reference material. | 85 | <listitem><para><emphasis>Reference material:</emphasis> |
| 85 | This type of material resides in an appropriate reference manual. | 86 | This type of material resides in an appropriate reference manual. |
| 86 | For example, system variables are documented in the | 87 | For example, system variables are documented in the |
| 87 | <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;'>Yocto Project Reference Manual</ulink>.</para></listitem> | 88 | <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;'>Yocto Project Reference Manual</ulink>.</para></listitem> |
| 88 | <listitem><para>Detailed public information that is not specific to the Yocto Project. | 89 | <listitem><para><emphasis>Detailed public information that is not specific to the Yocto Project:</emphasis> |
| 89 | For example, exhaustive information on how to use Git is covered better through the | 90 | For example, exhaustive information on how to use Git is covered better through the |
| 90 | Internet than in this manual.</para></listitem> | 91 | Internet than in this manual.</para></listitem> |
| 91 | </itemizedlist> | 92 | </itemizedlist> |
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| 109 | with the Yocto Project and quickly begin building an image.</para></listitem> | 110 | with the Yocto Project and quickly begin building an image.</para></listitem> |
| 110 | <listitem><para><emphasis> | 111 | <listitem><para><emphasis> |
| 111 | <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;'>Yocto Project Reference Manual</ulink>:</emphasis> This manual is a reference | 112 | <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;'>Yocto Project Reference Manual</ulink>:</emphasis> This manual is a reference |
| 112 | guide to the OpenEmbedded build system known as "Poky." | 113 | guide to the OpenEmbedded build system, which is based on BitBake. |
| 114 | The build system is sometimes referred to as "Poky". | ||
| 113 | </para></listitem> | 115 | </para></listitem> |
| 114 | <listitem><para><emphasis> | 116 | <listitem><para><emphasis> |
| 115 | <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_ADT_URL;'>Yocto Project Application Developer's Guide</ulink>:</emphasis> | 117 | <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_ADT_URL;'>Yocto Project Application Developer's Guide</ulink>:</emphasis> |
