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diff --git a/poky/documentation/kernel-dev/advanced.rst b/poky/documentation/kernel-dev/advanced.rst index a8734900a0..35195135c4 100644 --- a/poky/documentation/kernel-dev/advanced.rst +++ b/poky/documentation/kernel-dev/advanced.rst @@ -352,17 +352,15 @@ in the manual. Kernel Types ------------ -A kernel type defines a high-level kernel policy by aggregating -non-hardware configuration fragments with patches you want to use when -building a Linux kernel of a specific type (e.g. a real-time kernel). -Syntactically, kernel types are no different than features as described -in the ":ref:`kernel-dev/advanced:features`" section. The -:term:`LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE` -variable in the kernel recipe selects the kernel type. For example, in -the ``linux-yocto_4.12.bb`` kernel recipe found in -``poky/meta/recipes-kernel/linux``, a -:ref:`require <bitbake:bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata:\`\`require\`\` directive>` directive -includes the ``poky/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto.inc`` file, +A kernel type defines a high-level kernel policy by aggregating non-hardware +configuration fragments with patches you want to use when building a Linux +kernel of a specific type (e.g. a real-time kernel). Syntactically, kernel +types are no different than features as described in the +":ref:`kernel-dev/advanced:features`" section. The :term:`LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE` +variable in the kernel recipe selects the kernel type. For example, in the +``linux-yocto_4.12.bb`` kernel recipe found in ``poky/meta/recipes-kernel/linux``, a +:ref:`require <bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata:\`\`require\`\` directive>` +directive includes the ``poky/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto.inc`` file, which has the following statement that defines the default kernel type:: LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE ??= "standard" |