From bace1910d913e5b47730588f01b9bd0d78f21c91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2017 15:36:35 -0700 Subject: kernel-dev: Additions to the "Overview" section. I provided some background on two repositories: yocto-kernel-cache and yocto-kernel-tools. (From yocto-docs rev: 1741d6efd4ff8364a55d546897cab5e7cdee6da5) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-advanced.xml | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-advanced.xml b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-advanced.xml index 380200a633..812c77547b 100644 --- a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-advanced.xml +++ b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-advanced.xml @@ -13,11 +13,31 @@ Yocto Project kernel tools also support rich Metadata that you can use to define complex policies and Board Support Package (BSP) support. - The purpose of the Metadata and the tools that manage it, known as - the kern-tools (kern-tools-native_git.bb), is + The purpose of the Metadata and the tools that manage it is to help you manage the complexity of the configuration and sources used to support multiple BSPs and Linux kernel types. + + + Kernel Metadata exists in many places. + One area in the Yocto Project + Source Repositories + is the yocto-kernel-cache Git repository. + You can find this repository grouped under the "Yocto Linux Kernel" + heading in the + Yocto Project Source Repositories. + + + + Kernel development tools ("kern-tools") exist also in the Yocto + Project Source Repositories under the "Yocto Linux Kernel" heading + in the yocto-kernel-tools Git repository. + The recipe that builds these tools is + meta/recipes-kernel/kern-tools/kern-tools-native_git.bb + in the + Source Directory + (e.g. poky). +
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