diff --git a/documentation/sdk-manual/sdk-appendix-obtain.xml b/documentation/sdk-manual/sdk-appendix-obtain.xml
index ee250de49f..3528c00585 100644
--- a/documentation/sdk-manual/sdk-appendix-obtain.xml
+++ b/documentation/sdk-manual/sdk-appendix-obtain.xml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
Building an SDK Installer
- As an alternative to locating and downloading a SDK installer,
+ As an alternative to locating and downloading an SDK installer,
you can build the SDK installer.
Follow these steps:
@@ -139,8 +139,7 @@
Among other things, the script creates the
Build Directory,
which is build in this case
- and is located in the
- Source Directory.
+ and is located in the Source Directory.
After the script runs, your current working directory
is set to the build directory.
@@ -149,14 +148,14 @@
Check to be sure that your
MACHINE
variable in the local.conf file in your
- Build Directory
- matches the architecture for which you are building.
+ Build Directory matches the architecture for which you are
+ building.
Make Sure Your SDK Machine is Correctly Set:
If you are building a toolchain designed to run on an
architecture that differs from your current development host
- machine (i.e. the build machine), be sure that the
+ machine (i.e. the build host), be sure that the
SDKMACHINE
variable in the local.conf file in your
Build Directory is correctly set.
@@ -175,7 +174,7 @@
$ bitbake image -c populate_sdk_ext
- These commands result in a SDK installer that contains the
+ These commands produce an SDK installer that contains the
sysroot that matches your target root filesystem.
When the bitbake command completes,
@@ -184,16 +183,18 @@
Notes
- By default, this toolchain does not build static
- binaries.
+ By default, the previous BitBake command does not
+ build static binaries.
If you want to use the toolchain to build these
types of libraries, you need to be sure your SDK
has the appropriate static development libraries.
Use the
TOOLCHAIN_TARGET_TASK
variable inside your local.conf
- file to install the appropriate library packages
- in the SDK.
+ file before building the SDK installer.
+ Doing so ensures that the eventual SDK installation
+ process installs the appropriate library packages
+ as part of the SDK.
Following is an example using
libc static development
libraries: