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This commit added need files, cleaned up bogus links, and adjusted the build file, which is user-manual.xml. The new chapter file is "user-manual-execution.xml". The file has base text from the bitbake section from the "Closer Look" chapter of the YP ref-manual. This means that I had to initially include some figures from that book for now. I am not including them as part of this commit though as they will likely get renamed. I made sure that all links were removed that were specific to the YP ref-manual. Another change was in the user-manual.xml file to include the new chapter as part of the build. Another block of text for the new chapter was the "Running a Task" section from the user-manual-metadata.xml file. Consequently, that section was deleted from the "Metafile" chapter. Another block of text for the new chapter was the "Parsing and Execution" section from the user-manual-metadata.xml file. Consequently, that section was deleted from the "Metafile chapter. (Bitbake rev: f3b21d1fb711f9625d2ac92d4f4fe0f269242bd7) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Poky
Poky is an integration of various components to form a complete prepackaged build system and development environment. It features support for building customised embedded device style images. There are reference demo images featuring a X11/Matchbox/GTK themed UI called Sato. The system supports cross-architecture application development using QEMU emulation and a standalone toolchain and SDK with IDE integration.
Additional information on the specifics of hardware that Poky supports is available in README.hardware. Further hardware support can easily be added in the form of layers which extend the systems capabilities in a modular way.
As an integration layer Poky consists of several upstream projects such as BitBake, OpenEmbedded-Core, Yocto documentation and various sources of information e.g. for the hardware support. Poky is in turn a component of the Yocto Project.
The Yocto Project has extensive documentation about the system including a reference manual which can be found at: http://yoctoproject.org/documentation
OpenEmbedded-Core is a layer containing the core metadata for current versions of OpenEmbedded. It is distro-less (can build a functional image with DISTRO = "nodistro") and contains only emulated machine support.
For information about OpenEmbedded, see the OpenEmbedded website: http://www.openembedded.org/
Where to Send Patches
As Poky is an integration repository, patches against the various components should be sent to their respective upstreams.
bitbake: bitbake-devel@lists.openembedded.org
meta-yocto: poky@yoctoproject.org
Most everything else should be sent to the OpenEmbedded Core mailing list. If in doubt, check the oe-core git repository for the content you intend to modify. Before sending, be sure the patches apply cleanly to the current oe-core git repository. openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org
Note: The scripts directory should be treated with extra care as it is a mix of oe-core and poky-specific files.