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ref-manual: Edits to KERNEL_SRC and KERNEL_PATH variables.

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These variable descriptions were identical in the ref-manual.
I found out some reasoning behind that and added a bit of
explanation to the entries.

Reported-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
(From yocto-docs rev: 5c786b5b62fefb959ed7c13bb83e718a9eb22189)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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Scott Rifenbark
2014-01-02 15:16:07 -06:00
committed by Richard Purdie
parent 1cd9f2c415
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@@ -3409,9 +3409,14 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
</para>
<para>
The <link linkend='var-KERNEL_SRC'><filename>KERNEL_SRC</filename></link>
variable is identical to the <filename>KERNEL_PATH</filename>
variable.
To help maximize compatibility with out-of-tree drivers
used to build modules, the OpenEmbedded build system also
recognizes and uses the
<link linkend='var-KERNEL_SRC'><filename>KERNEL_SRC</filename></link>
variable, which is identical to the
<filename>KERNEL_PATH</filename> variable.
Both variables are common variables used by external
Makefiles to point to the kernel source directory.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
@@ -3429,9 +3434,14 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
</para>
<para>
The <link linkend='var-KERNEL_PATH'><filename>KERNEL_PATH</filename></link>
variable is identical to the <filename>KERNEL_SRC</filename>
variable.
To help maximize compatibility with out-of-tree drivers
used to build modules, the OpenEmbedded build system also
recognizes and uses the
<link linkend='var-KERNEL_PATH'><filename>KERNEL_PATH</filename></link>
variable, which is identical to the
<filename>KERNEL_SRC</filename> variable.
Both variables are common variables used by external
Makefiles to point to the kernel source directory.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>