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kernel-dev: General edits up to section 2.4.

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Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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from within your custom layer that is independent from layers
released with the Yocto Project.
For details on how to create and work with layers, see the following
sections:
sections in the Yocto Project Development Manual:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>"<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#understanding-and-creating-layers'>Understanding and Creating Layers</ulink>" for
general information on layers and how to create them.</para></listitem>
@ -40,13 +40,14 @@
</para>
<para>
Original text:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
Customizing recipes is best done in a layer with bbappend files. Layers also
provide a convenient mechanism to create your own recipes. This guide assumes
you will be working from within a layer independent from those released with the
Yocto Project. For details on how to create and work with layers, refer to
section 5.1 Understanding and Creating Layers in the Yocto Project Development
Manual.
Manual.
(Kernel specific directions in 5.7.4)
</literallayout>
@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ Manual.
</literallayout>
The append file should initially contain the following text:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
FILESEXTRAPATHS := "${THISDIR}/${PN}"
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-FILESEXTRAPATHS'>FILESEXTRAPATHS</ulink> := "${THISDIR}/${PN}"
</literallayout>
The path <filename>${THISDIR}/${</filename><ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PN'><filename>PN</filename></ulink><filename>}</filename> expands
to "linux-yocto" in the current directory for this example.
@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ apply the patches before rebuilding the Linux kernel.
<para>
Generally speaking, the preferred approach is to determine the
incremental change you want to make and add that as a fragment.
For example, if you wanted to add support for a basic serial
For example, if you want to add support for a basic serial
console, create a file named <filename>8250.cfg</filename> in the
<filename>${FILES}</filename> directory with the following
content (without indentation):
@ -277,8 +278,8 @@ apply the new configuration before rebuilding the Linux kernel.
During an iterative workflow, running a previously completed BitBake
task causes BitBake to invalidate the tasks that follow that
task in the build sequence.
This invalidation causes the tasks to rebuild the next
time you invoke the build.
Invalidated tasks rebuild the next time you run the build using
BitBake.
</para>
<para>
@ -351,8 +352,8 @@ working with.
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
$ bitbake linux-yocto -c menuconfig
</literallayout></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Prepare a configuration fragment from
using the differences between the two files.
<listitem><para>Prepare a configuration fragment based on
the differences between the two files.
</para></listitem>
</orderedlist>
</para>
@ -375,7 +376,7 @@ working with.
You can also use this method to create configuration
fragments for a BSP.
See the "<link linkend='bsp-descriptions'>BSP Descriptions</link>"
for more information.
section for more information.
</note>
</para>
@ -874,7 +875,7 @@ details.
include the module in your images.
To do this, see the documentation for the following variables in
the Yocto Project Reference Manual and set one of them as
appropriate in your machine <filename>config</filename> file:
appropriate in your machine configuration file:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS'><filename>MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS</filename></ulink>
</para></listitem>