diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/new-recipe.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/new-recipe.rst index 5e8aa97af1..8695684e48 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/new-recipe.rst +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/new-recipe.rst @@ -976,11 +976,10 @@ kernel recipe you want by using the :term:`PREFERRED_PROVIDER` variable. As an example, consider the :yocto_git:`x86-base.inc ` include file, which is a machine (i.e. :term:`MACHINE`) configuration file. This include file is the -reason all x86-based machines use the ``linux-yocto`` kernel. Here are the -relevant lines from the include file:: +reason all x86-based machines use the ``linux-yocto`` kernel. Here is the +relevant line from that include file:: PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel ??= "linux-yocto" - PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ??= "4.15%" When you use a virtual provider, you do not have to "hard code" a recipe name as a build dependency. You can use the