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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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2020-10-26 18:50:27 +01:00
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@@ -42,7 +42,11 @@ section.
Once you have cloned the kernel Git repository and the cache of Metadata
on your local machine, you can discover the branches that are available
in the repository using the following Git command: $ git branch -a
in the repository using the following Git command:
::
$ git branch -a
Checking out a branch allows you to work with a particular Yocto Linux
kernel. For example, the following commands check out the
"standard/beagleboard" branch of the Yocto Linux kernel repository and
@@ -56,10 +60,8 @@ the "yocto-4.12" branch of the ``yocto-kernel-cache`` repository:
.. note::
Branches in the
yocto-kernel-cache
repository correspond to Yocto Linux kernel versions (e.g.
"yocto-4.12", "yocto-4.10", "yocto-4.9", and so forth).
Branches in the ``yocto-kernel-cache`` repository correspond to Yocto Linux
kernel versions (e.g. "yocto-4.12", "yocto-4.10", "yocto-4.9", and so forth).
Once you have checked out and switched to appropriate branches, you can
see a snapshot of all the kernel source files used to used to build that
@@ -105,7 +107,7 @@ patch, or BSP:
repository organized under the "Yocto Linux Kernel" heading in the
:yocto_git:`Yocto Project Source Repositories <>`.
- Areas pointed to by ``SRC_URI`` statements found in kernel recipes
- Areas pointed to by ``SRC_URI`` statements found in kernel recipes.
For a typical build, the target of the search is a feature
description in an ``.scc`` file whose name follows this format (e.g.
@@ -194,12 +196,10 @@ the build process before compilation starts:
.. note::
In the previous example, the "yocto-4.12" branch is checked out in
the
yocto-kernel-cache
repository.
the ``yocto-kernel-cache`` repository.
The OpenEmbedded build system makes sure these conditions exist before
attempting compilation. Other means, however, do exist, such as as
attempting compilation. Other means, however, do exist, such as
bootstrapping a BSP.
Before building a kernel, the build process verifies the tree and