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Signed-off-by: Quentin Schulz <foss@0leil.net>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Yocto Project Kernel Development and Maintenance
Kernels available through the Yocto Project (Yocto Linux kernels), like
other kernels, are based off the Linux kernel releases from
http://www.kernel.org. At the beginning of a major Linux kernel
https://www.kernel.org. At the beginning of a major Linux kernel
development cycle, the Yocto Project team chooses a Linux kernel based
on factors such as release timing, the anticipated release timing of
final upstream ``kernel.org`` versions, and Yocto Project feature
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ upstream Linux kernel development and are managed by the Yocto Project
team's Yocto Linux kernel development strategy. It is the Yocto Project
team's policy to not back-port minor features to the released Yocto
Linux kernel. They only consider back-porting significant technological
jumps DASH and, that is done after a complete gap analysis. The reason
jumps - and, that is done after a complete gap analysis. The reason
for this policy is that back-porting any small to medium sized change
from an evolving Linux kernel can easily create mismatches,
incompatibilities and very subtle errors.
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ cutting edge Yocto Linux kernel that mixes forward ports of existing
Linux kernel features and significant and critical new functionality.
Forward porting Linux kernel functionality into the Yocto Linux kernels
available through the Yocto Project can be thought of as a "micro
uprev." The many "micro uprevs" produce a Yocto Linux kernel version
uprev". The many "micro uprevs" produce a Yocto Linux kernel version
with a mix of important new mainline, non-mainline, BSP developments and
feature integrations. This Yocto Linux kernel gives insight into new
features and allows focused amounts of testing to be done on the kernel,
@@ -160,9 +160,8 @@ implemented by the Yocto Project team using the Source Code Manager
but, Git continues to grow in popularity and supports many
different work flows, front-ends and management techniques.
- You can find documentation on Git at
http://git-scm.com/documentation. You can also get an
introduction to Git as it applies to the Yocto Project in the
- You can find documentation on Git at https://git-scm.com/doc. You can
also get an introduction to Git as it applies to the Yocto Project in the
":ref:`overview-manual/overview-manual-development-environment:git`" section in the Yocto Project
Overview and Concepts Manual. The latter reference provides an
overview of Git and presents a minimal set of Git commands that
@@ -260,8 +259,8 @@ Yocto Linux kernel needed for any given set of requirements.
Keep in mind the figure does not take into account all the supported
Yocto Linux kernels, but rather shows a single generic kernel just
for conceptual purposes. Also keep in mind that this structure
represents the Yocto Project
Source Repositories
represents the
:ref:`overview-manual/overview-manual-development-environment:yocto project source repositories`
that are either pulled from during the build or established on the
host development system prior to the build by either cloning a
particular kernel's Git repository or by downloading and unpacking a