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2016-10-25ref-manual: Removed host package requirements for SDKScott Rifenbark
These requirements were in place for the ADT, which is gone now. I have removed the four supported host lists for packages to support the SDK. (From yocto-docs rev: e0f36333b3a0e5f3503f6ac48b87c3ae8c23afe3) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-25ref-manual: Applied minor corrections to 2.2 migration section.Scott Rifenbark
Moved a couple notes around and changed some wordings... nothing major. (From yocto-docs rev: 518d368c4c981df5ddde6681859906c9eb16ff62) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-25yocto-project-qs: Created two sub-sections for the "Build" section.Scott Rifenbark
Fixes [YOCTO #10462] The section that shows how to build images had two examples all within the same section. It was suggested to place these examples in their own sub-sections. Good suggestion. I broke them out into sub-sections titled appropriately. (From yocto-docs rev: b97918820cfa12a2d5dfbccd6c0ce22b16d65206) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-25yocto-project-qs: Fixed the example to use 'dd' instead of 'mkefidisk.sh'Scott Rifenbark
Fixes [YOCTO #10451] The example that writes the image to bootable media did not seem to work when using 'mkefidisk.sh'. It does work using 'dd'. I changed the procedure to use 'dd'. (From yocto-docs rev: e3f90869291f619db1d830b127ade66986eba886) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-25ref-manual: Added BBMULTICONFIG glossary description.Scott Rifenbark
(From yocto-docs rev: a37069875e661ee07edf17275441c29d84363479) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-25dev-manual: Added section for multi-configuration supportScott Rifenbark
I added a new section in the "Common Tasks" chapter to support the fact that BB can now build for multi-configurations. (From yocto-docs rev: 0bf464908200d6c40c35fbf753712a8b0201dd88) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-25ref-manual: Updated 2.2 migration for runqemu porting to pythonScott Rifenbark
Indicated that the configuration file is not mandatory. Also, documented the supported qemu* machines should you run the script without a configuration file. (From yocto-docs rev: c01e8ff8e3233e56a220be042616d5810f181a58) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-19ref-manual: Removed RM_OLD_IMAGE variable description.Scott Rifenbark
This variable is now redundant due to the way these image files are staged now. The variable does not need to be in the glossary. Removing the images is now the default behavior. Author: Joshua Lock <joshua.g.lock@intel.com> (From yocto-docs rev: 049c371b44d3ef68def4ead7d1db8bf982d23c57) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-19ref-manual: Added more to migration 2.2 runqemu ported to python.Scott Rifenbark
Provided more detail on what the user can do with configuration files to use the changed runqemu. (From yocto-docs rev: 5dee8ceca290fdc8f3b41e0eba6565494190ce4f) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-19ref-manual: Updated the 2.2 Migration section with review changes.Scott Rifenbark
(From yocto-docs rev: 4af78f942bedb55e46280bc0fc878f174e15b479) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-19ref-manual: Added links for migration BitBake change.Scott Rifenbark
I did not put in the links for a couple commits for some of the 2.2 bitbake changes. Put in the links. (From yocto-docs rev: a806463a07ab07ce9da23d6bb73cb981b85b668e) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-19ref-manual: Fixed missing title for migration section.Scott Rifenbark
(From yocto-docs rev: 81645a11c4e27daa30891265e9a1ea2c3c2682cc) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-19ref-manual: Added the 2.2 Migration guide section.Scott Rifenbark
(From yocto-docs rev: 668e32419ba59d975a196967e620c384009426a4) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-19ref-manual: Added note to RM_OLD_IMAGE indicating redundancyScott Rifenbark
The way these old image files are staged now makes removing them the default behavior. Thus, this variable has become redundant. I added a note indicating such. (From yocto-docs rev: e1db620fdf741b46e54cf1a3715597f81a811818) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-19ref-manual: Changed BB_SETSCENE_VERIFY_FUNCTION nameScott Rifenbark
The BB_SETSCENE_VERIFY_FUNCTION variable has effectively changed names to be BB_SETSCENE_VERIFY_FUNCTION2. I made the one instance of it correct here. (From yocto-docs rev: c2864dace370d7a43234f4728b33f25082e628e3) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-13dev-manual: Re-wrote the remote GDB debugging section.Scott Rifenbark
Fixed [YOCTO #9481] Complete re-write based on Mark Hatle's steps. I converted from sub-sections to an ordered list. (From yocto-docs rev: f83bfe5d3dc012b924b6870672d7260a9c0bc3ee) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-13dev-manual: Applied review comments to "Packaging Externally Produced Binaries"Scott Rifenbark
Fixes [YOCTO #10392] Moved the last bullet item from the list that was about DEPENDS to a note form above the list. This was done because the stuff for DEPENDS is more general. (From yocto-docs rev: 2879d97b14322f1f9495288fc7f2298a186c5f68) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-13bsp-guide: Updated the yocto-bsp create selections in the example.Scott Rifenbark
(From yocto-docs rev: 5cade0f14904fc6f7f2fab2816fcf2fe97ab7447) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-13toaster-manual: Added video link to 2.2 Toaster Intro.Scott Rifenbark
(From yocto-docs rev: 5f93674dbb26db55302471b65f2bc2fa2d78ab8b) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-13yocto-project-qs: Fixed Minnow MAX build exampleScott Rifenbark
Fixes [YOCTO #9667] The actual command in the example to build the image for Minnow MAX should be for 'core-image-base'. I changed it to be that. (From yocto-docs rev: 9aca9cceee543eea278390059ccff0761758b55e) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-11ref-manual: Updated the USERADD_ERROR_DYNAMIC and USERADDEXTENSION variables.Peter Kjellerstedt
The value for USERADD_ERROR_DYNAMIC changed from "1" to "error" to activate this variable. Also, the value "warn" is used to cause a warning to be issued. I updated the variable description to reflect this. For the USERADDEXTENSION variable, I updated the [doc] string to use proper quote marks. I was not nesting these properly. (From yocto-docs rev: f21277b3887134611fc567da05e8a590ecb0d7af) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-11dev-manual: Updated "Packaging Externally Produced Binaries"Scott Rifenbark
Fixes [YOCTO #10392] People often needlessly put [noexec] on tasks, making the recipes more complicated than they need to be. I updated the first bullet item in this section to more clearly explain how to do this. Also, added a new bullet item to the end to point into the DEPENDS variable for more clarification. (From yocto-docs rev: c61e61c1a5f9524c50bfc26335ea6c2027cafd19) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-11bsp-guide: Updated the yocto-bsp create output in the example.Scott Rifenbark
Fixes [YOCTO #10385] The output was incorrect for the default kernel type. In the Krogoth branch, the output uses 4.1 and the text indicates 4.4. In the master branch it was the same as well. This commit fixes the master branch to use the default 4.8 kernel in both the example output and the text. (From yocto-docs rev: a76d1cc91883dcd58743f2cd2626917e51419cb1) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-11ref-manual: Added link in the SYSROOT_DIRS_NATIVE descriptionScott Rifenbark
Fixes [YOCTO #10377] Linkified the STAGING_DIR_NATIVE item in the the SYSROOT_DIRS_NATIVE glossary entry. (From yocto-docs rev: e02ecfac949b92ec32a621fccb0d1663bb7816ad) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-11ref-manual: Review edits to do_populate_sysroot and SYSROOT_DIRS_NATIVEScott Rifenbark
Fixes [YOCTO #10377] Some minor wordsmithing. Also added a new note to the SYSROOT_DIRS_NATIVE variable. (From yocto-docs rev: 459666b01b8d6d8212a59c877ea6c324511a5883) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-11ref-manual: Updated three SYSROOT_DIRS* variables.Scott Rifenbark
Fixes [YOCTO #10377] Provided links back into the do_populate_sysroot task and other key variables. I updated the SYSROOT_DIRS, SYSROOT_DIRS_BLACKLIST, and SYSROOT_DIRS_NATIVE variables. (From yocto-docs rev: 23ed80e4884b00e303a15d0d191bd0dca385b064) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-11ref-manual: Updated the do_sysroot_populate task description.Scott Rifenbark
Fixes [YOCTO #10377] Added more detail and linked it to key variables. (From yocto-docs rev: d82c1d4e8cc95bee718388cfeced1566ce8569a0) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-11ref-manual: Updated QA error message.Scott Rifenbark
Added wording to the "installed-vs-shipped" error message in the QA chapter. (From yocto-docs rev: cc9d22fb6dd8e45ef6b53608f0ebccf29721cc3f) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-11ref-manual: Added note about bb.fatal() raising an exception.Scott Rifenbark
Fixes [YOCTO #10363] Added a small note to the bullet item about bb.fatal(). Noted that the function raises an exception so the user does not have to put a "return" statement after the function call. (From yocto-docs rev: c27bae87192b7e109d995679c8c91fb3388d8d4c) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-11documentation: Updated Manual revision table for 2.2Scott Rifenbark
Added string "October 2016" as the release date. (From yocto-docs rev: db40986677746afbbb138d9cbe3885111550b7c5) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-11ref-manual: Applied review changes to the STAGING_DIR_HOSTScott Rifenbark
I basically moved the note from the bottome to a position within the bulleted list. Fixes [YOCTO #10348] (From yocto-docs rev: a55dc7e0f8465abf8398f51d90bbe2df7e639b3f) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-11ref-manual: Added a reference to viewing task variable dependencies.Scott Rifenbark
Put a closing reference in the "Stamp Files and the Rerunning of Tasks" section to point the user to the area that tells them how to view information about a task's signature. (From yocto-docs rev: 3f395ef1999a2aff1447da4d257fd5d53124aaa7) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-11yocto-project-qs: Altered MinnowBoard MAX exampleScott Rifenbark
Fixes [YOCTO #9667] The example that built the image out for the MinnowBoard MAX was buiding a core-image-minimal. This was not ideal. I have fixed it so that several types of images are suggested as examples with a reference to the Images chapter in the ref-manual. The actual command now builds out core-image-base. (From yocto-docs rev: 588f9c06bf5dbad253826825dd2a9a67c89f3219) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-11mega-manual: Added new chapters to support building the manualScott Rifenbark
Due to new chapters in the SDK manual and the movement of the devtool Quick Reference from the dev-manual to the ref-manual, I had to xinclude these various chapters in the mega-manual.xml file that builds out the manual. (From yocto-docs rev: 8d6fb3d97e6a64b53cfdf66d94d7306babb48378) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-11poky.ent: Updated the variables for Morty release.Scott Rifenbark
Using Morty for the name, 17.0.0 for the poky version, etc. (From yocto-docs rev: b396626ca05820b51e78407a6c7cd6a0e113aad5) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-11dev-manual: Added new section on recipe style guidelinesScott Rifenbark
Fixes [YOCTO #10360] Added a new section to reference into the OpenEmbedded Styleguide. This will help people writing new recipes to conform to known styles. (From yocto-docs rev: 40c12742c78f5aba5bb4e43f759e8c478470fd83) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-11dev-manual: Fixed missing quote in SRC_URI example.Scott Rifenbark
Fixes [YOCTO #10360] (From yocto-docs rev: 4a8fce4962ca77f6840294f7942fffd0c3479874) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-11ref-manual: Updated build/tmp/cache/ reference sectionScott Rifenbark
Fixes [YOCTO #10356] Expanded the general description of this directory. (From yocto-docs rev: df71fe472f9d5cb5f809706ec4218952a49d31d3) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-11sdk-manual: Fixed example in "Passing Host Options"Scott Rifenbark
Fixes [YOCTO #10267] Changed the example to use a single long line. (From yocto-docs rev: c80d8bb8773b7bbe9c85c48880f42ffb273729b7) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-11ref-manual: Updated the STAGING_DIR_HOST variable description.Scott Rifenbark
Fixes [YOCTO #10348] Added a note clarifying that -native recipes are not installed into host paths. (From yocto-docs rev: c0b4265350b558eec296c93f0829c3d687950c52) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-11ref-manual: Added explanation of the -C optionScott Rifenbark
Fixes [YOCTO #10345] There was no mention of the -C option in the "Running Specific Tasks" section. I added information to cover this command-line option. (From yocto-docs rev: 7b05c5dd3816414c1d3ca898fbd41ce588425057) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-11dev-manual: Fixed IMAGE_FEATURES examples in debug section.Scott Rifenbark
Fixes [YOCTO #9554] In the examples, I changes "IMAGE_FEATURE" to "IMAGE_FEATURES_append" (From yocto-docs rev: 3fc2cc217a0a67b3e0739c6a235ab8e350c4b7c3) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-10-11dev-manual: Update to GPL file finder script.Scott Rifenbark
Fixes [YOCTO 10323] Made a code change to the example script that helps a user locate GPL files. (From yocto-docs rev: bd02012de75f0c30887d3a5bb4aa219703a3ee1c) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-09-28dev-manual: Applied review changes to GNU debugging section.Scott Rifenbark
Fixes [YOCTO #9554] Fixed a grammar problem. Also, provided correct syntax to two examples. (From yocto-docs rev: 10eeaf036542696a7037f667feda114dc63527f3) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-09-28ref-manual: Updated the DEPENDS variable descriptionScott Rifenbark
Fixes [YOCTO #10298] Applied a small grammar fix to the description. (From yocto-docs rev: d022a01af3f68e6e6311c47aef451e25bc8add5e) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-09-28dev-manual: Updated the example to identify GPL files.Scott Rifenbark
Fixes [YOCTO #10323] In the Providing the Source Code section, I replaced the 3-line code example that returns GPL files. The bits I put in are a script that does the trick. The 3-line example was not working. (From yocto-docs rev: a07873d46b5135555961499c6ce8f0b6b8bf2c8f) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-09-28dev-manual: Updated the devpyshell sectionScott Rifenbark
Fixes [YOCTO #9166] I applied some review comments to the section. Pulled some stuff out that did not apply.pdated the devpyshell section (From yocto-docs rev: 7300358570de4da94ff5f22afd30128ef8dd0f13) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-09-28dev-manual: Updates to the on-target debugging section.Scott Rifenbark
Fixes [YOCTO #9554] I applied some review comments for the section on using GDB on the target for debugging. Included a new note on optimizations considerations. (From yocto-docs rev: 23f0dd82f682ea39849de0f589ee1ebfb16be749) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-09-28ref-manual: Updated the DEPENDS variable description.Scott Rifenbark
Small grammatical changes. (From yocto-docs rev: efa1e9c3948f7dd240372a1a1c773286072fbccd) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-09-28ref-manual: Applied small edits to the DEPENDS variable desc.Scott Rifenbark
(From yocto-docs rev: 0ef73dc53a1d88689fdc88cd231b0fa72a6eee8b) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>