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diff --git a/documentation/kernel-manual/kernel-how-to.xml b/documentation/kernel-manual/kernel-how-to.xml index a7ae4c2ef8..c4f6474ac8 100644 --- a/documentation/kernel-manual/kernel-how-to.xml +++ b/documentation/kernel-manual/kernel-how-to.xml @@ -168,12 +168,14 @@ A summary of end user tree construction activities follow: <para> Before building a kernel it is configured by processing all of the - configuration "fragments" specified by the scc feature descriptions. + configuration "fragments" specified by feature descriptions in the <filename>scc</filename> + files. As the features are compiled, associated kernel configuration fragments are noted and recorded in the meta-series in their compilation order. The fragments are migrated, pre-processed and passed to the Linux Kernel - Configuration subsystem (lkc) as raw input in the form of a <filename>.config</filename> file. - The lkc uses its own internal dependency constraints to do the final + Configuration subsystem (<filename>lkc</filename>) as raw input in the form + of a <filename>.config</filename> file. + The <filename>lkc</filename> uses its own internal dependency constraints to do the final processing of that information and generates the final <filename>.config</filename> file that is used during compilation. </para> |