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diff --git a/documentation/kernel-manual/kernel-how-to.xml b/documentation/kernel-manual/kernel-how-to.xml index 756758d8a3..125212b986 100644 --- a/documentation/kernel-manual/kernel-how-to.xml +++ b/documentation/kernel-manual/kernel-how-to.xml @@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ <title>Introduction</title> <para> This chapter describes how to accomplish tasks involving the kernel's tree structure. - This information is designed to help the developer that wants to modify the Yocto Project kernel - and contribute changes upstream to the Yocto Project. + The information is designed to help the developer that wants to modify the Yocto + Project kernel and contribute changes upstream to the Yocto Project. The information covers the following: <itemizedlist> <listitem><para>Tree construction</para></listitem> @@ -24,10 +24,11 @@ <section id='tree-construction'> <title>Tree Construction</title> <para> - This section describes construction of the Yocto Project kernel repositories as accomplished - by the Yocto Project team to create kernel repositories, which are found at - <ulink url='http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit.cgi'>http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit.cgi</ulink>, - that can be shipped as part of a Yocto Project release. + This section describes construction of the Yocto Project kernel repositories + as accomplished by the Yocto Project team to create kernel repositories. + These kernel repositories are found at + <ulink url='http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit.cgi'>http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit.cgi</ulink> + and can be shipped as part of a Yocto Project release. The team creates these repositories by compiling and executing the set of feature descriptions for every BSP/feature in the product. @@ -129,7 +130,8 @@ <ulink url='http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit.cgi'>http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit.cgi</ulink> is the combination of all supported boards and configurations.</para> <para>The technique the Yocto Project team uses is flexible and allows for seamless - blending of an immutable history with additional deployment specific patches. + blending of an immutable history with additional patches specific to a + deployment. Any additions to the kernel become an integrated part of the branches.</para> </note> </para> @@ -263,9 +265,9 @@ <para> Following are a few examples that show how to use Git to examine changes. - Note that because the Yocto Project Git repository does not break existing Git + Because the Yocto Project Git repository does not break existing Git functionality and because there exists many permutations of these types of - commands there are many more methods to discover changes. + commands, there are many more methods to discover changes. <note> Unless you provide a commit range (<kernel-type>..<bsp>-<kernel-type>), <filename>kernel.org</filename> history |