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authorAndrew Geissler <geissonator@yahoo.com>2020-10-27 21:52:24 +0300
committerAndrew Geissler <geissonator@yahoo.com>2020-11-23 23:00:33 +0300
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Akira Shibakawa (3): License-Update: attr: Add a missing file to LIC_FILES_CHKSUM. License-Update: kmod: Add a missing file to LIC_FILES_CHKSUM. License-Update: gdk-pixbuf: Fix LICENSE. Alejandro Hernandez Samaniego (1): baremetal-helloworld: Fix install path since S doesnt have a trailing slash Alexander Kanavin (4): ncurses: only include upstream releases in version check python3: fix upstream version check boost-build-native: fix upstream version check selftest/virgl: drop the custom 30 sec timeout Alistair (1): weston-init: Allow setting idle time to 0 Changqing Li (1): toolchain-shar-extract.sh: don't print useless info Charlie Davies (1): bitbake: bitbake: fetch/git: use shlex.quote() to support spaces in SRC_URI url Chen Qi (2): watchdog: use /run instead of /var/run in systemd service file cups: use /run instead /var/run in systemd's unit file David Reyna (1): bitbake: toaster: Enable Gatesgarth branch in place of Zeus Douglas Royds (1): externalsrc: No single-task lock if S != B Joshua Watt (2): ref-variables: Given example for naming sources ref-manual: Document wic --offset option Khairul Rohaizzat Jamaluddin (1): imagefeatures: New test case, test_empty_image, added Khem Raj (5): autotools.bbclass: Order CONFIG_SHELL before CACHED_CONFIGUREVARS boost: Fix build on 32-bit arches with 64bit time_t only mesa: Fix build on 32bit arches supporting 64bit time_t only packagegroup-core-tools-debug: Disable for rv32/glibc as well packagegroup-core-tools-profile: Remove lttng-tools and perf for rv32/glibc Konrad Weihmann (1): lib/oe/rootfs: introduce IMAGE_LOG_CHECK_EXCLUDES Lee Chee Yang (2): libproxy: fix CVE-2020-25219 grub2: fix CVE-2020-10713 Martin Jansa (11): tune-cortexa76ae.inc: Correct TUNE_FEATURES arch-armv7a.inc: fix typo arch-mips.inc: remove duplicated mips64el-o32 from PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-mips64el-o32 arch-arm64.inc: don't append _be to ARMPKGARCH for tune-aarch64_be tune-mips64r6.inc: fix typo in mipsisa64r6-nf tune-ep9312.inc: add t suffix for thumb to PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS_tune-ep9312 tune-riscv.inc: use nf suffix also for TUNE_PKGARCH tune-supersparc.inc: remove tune-thunderx.inc: don't append _be to ARMPKGARCH for tune-thunderx_be siteinfo: Recognize 32bit PPC LE siteinfo: Recognize bigendian sh3be and sh4be Max Krummenacher (2): linux-firmware: package marvel sdio 8997 firmware linux-firmware: package nvidia firmware Mingli Yu (1): tcl: adapt to potential pseudo changes Naoki Hayama (1): dev/test/ref-manual: Fix typos Neil Armstrong (1): linux-firmware: add Amlogic VDEC firmware package Nicolas Dechesne (4): sdk-manual: use built-in footnotes dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks: fix warning sphinx: add 3.1.3 and 3.0.4 release in the switcher dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks: fix typos and use extlinks Paul Eggleton (2): classes/buildhistory: record SRC_URI classes/buildhistory: also save recipe info for native recipes Quentin Schulz (17): docs: poky.yaml: use HTTPS for links docs: ref-manual: indentation, links and highlights fixes docs: remove OE_INIT_FILE variable docs: ref-manual: fix typos docs: ref-manual: migration-2.3: specify 2.3 version instead of DISTRO docs: ref-manual: ref-classes: remove dropped tinderclient class docs: ref-manual: ref-system-requirements: update requirements to build Sphinx docs docs: sphinx: yocto-vars: rebuild files when poky.yaml has changed docs: poky.yaml: fix identation in host packages variables docs: dev-manual-common-tasks: remove paragraph about race when missing DEPENDS docs: dev-manual-common-tasks: update python webserver example to python3 docs: dev-manual: fix typos, highlights, indentation and links docs: ref-manual: ref-terms: add links to terms in glossary docs: bsp-guide: bsp: fix typos, highlights and links docs: kernel-dev: fix typos, highlights and links docs: kernel-dev-common: add .patch file extension to SRC_URI files docs: kernel-dev-faq: update outdated RDEPENDS_kernel-base Reyna, David (1): bitbake: toaster: Update documentation links to new URLs Richard Purdie (10): layer.conf: Switch to gatesgarth only in preparation for release bitbake: ui/toasterui: Fix startup faults from incorrect event sequencing bitbake: bitbake: Bump version to 1.48.0 ready for the new release oeqa: Add sync call to command execution poky.conf: Bump version for 3.2 gatesgarth release build-appliance-image: Update to master head revision bitbake: tests/fetch: Update upstream master->main branchname transition Revert "classes/buildhistory: also save recipe info for native recipes" valgrind: Fix build on musl after drd fixes build-appliance-image: Update to master head revision Robert Yang (1): weston: Fix PACKAGECONFIG for remoting Roland Hieber (1): devtool: make sure .git/info exists before writing to .git/info/excludes Ross Burton (4): waf: don't assume the waf intepretter is good waf: add ${B} to do_configure[cleandirs] scripts/install-buildtools: Update to 3.2 M3 buildtools glib-2.0: fix parsing of slim encoded tzdata Sourabh Banerjee (1): layer.conf: fix sanity error for PATH variable in extensible SDK workflow Stacy Gaikovaia (2): valgrind: drd: fix pthread intercept test failures bitbake: main: Handle cooker daemon startup error Tim Orling (1): bitbake: lib/bb/ui/knotty: fix typo in parseprogress Victor Kamensky (3): Revert "qemumips: use 34Kf-64tlb CPU emulation" Revert "qemu: add 34Kf-64tlb fictitious cpu type" qemu: change TLBs number to 64 in 34Kf mips cpu model Yi Zhao (1): dhcpcd: add PACKAGECONFIG for ntp/chrony/ypbind hooks Zang Ruochen (1): harfbuzz: Refresh patch akuster (2): busybox: add rev and pgrep kea: add init scripts leimaohui (1): docs: Updated the status of spdx module. zangrc (1): classes: Fixed the problem of undefined variables when compiling meta-toolchain. Signed-off-by: Andrew Geissler <geissonator@yahoo.com> Change-Id: Ic45bc219b94960751896a0ae3d4923a9f5849e70
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index 447cddba20..5679a0ab80 100644
--- a/poky/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-intro.rst
+++ b/poky/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-intro.rst
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Each Yocto Project release has a set of Yocto Linux kernel recipes,
whose Git repositories you can view in the Yocto
:yocto_git:`Source Repositories <>` under the "Yocto Linux Kernel"
heading. New recipes for the release track the latest Linux kernel
-upstream developments from http://www.kernel.org> and introduce
+upstream developments from https://www.kernel.org and introduce
newly-supported platforms. Previous recipes in the release are refreshed
and supported for at least one additional Yocto Project release. As they
align, these previous releases are updated to include the latest from
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ upstream Yocto Linux kernel development and kernel Metadata development.
.. note::
- For more on Yocto Linux kernels, see the "
- Yocto Project Kernel Development and Maintenance
+ For more on Yocto Linux kernels, see the
+ ":ref:`Yocto Project Kernel Development and Maintenance <kernel-big-picture>`"
section.
The Yocto Project also provides a powerful set of kernel tools for
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ tools with your own kernel sources.
The remainder of this manual provides instructions for completing
specific Linux kernel development tasks. These instructions assume you
are comfortable working with
-`BitBake <http://openembedded.org/wiki/Bitbake>`__ recipes and basic
+`BitBake <https://openembedded.org/wiki/Bitbake>`__ recipes and basic
open-source development tools. Understanding these concepts will
facilitate the process of working with the kernel recipes. If you find
you need some additional background, please be sure to review and
@@ -158,8 +158,7 @@ general information and references for further information.
.. note::
- Try to resist the temptation to directly edit an existing
- .config
+ Try to resist the temptation to directly edit an existing ``.config``
file, which is found in the Build Directory among the source code
used for the build. Doing so, can produce unexpected results when
the OpenEmbedded build system regenerates the configuration file.
@@ -167,9 +166,9 @@ general information and references for further information.
Once you are satisfied with the configuration changes made using
``menuconfig`` and you have saved them, you can directly compare the
resulting ``.config`` file against an existing original and gather
- those changes into a `configuration fragment
- file <#creating-config-fragments>`__ to be referenced from within the
- kernel's ``.bbappend`` file.
+ those changes into a
+ :ref:`configuration fragment file <creating-config-fragments>` to be
+ referenced from within the kernel's ``.bbappend`` file.
Additionally, if you are working in a BSP layer and need to modify
the BSP's kernel's configuration, you can use ``menuconfig``.