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diff --git a/poky/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst b/poky/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst index a78368b380..ad623c06ed 100644 --- a/poky/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst +++ b/poky/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst @@ -1468,7 +1468,7 @@ Here are the tests you can list with the :term:`WARN_QA` and - ``unhandled-features-check:`` check that if one of the variables that the :ref:`ref-classes-features_check` class supports (e.g. - :term:`REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES`) is set by a recupe, then the recipe + :term:`REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES`) is set by a recipe, then the recipe also inherits :ref:`ref-classes-features_check` in order for the requirement to actually work. @@ -1532,11 +1532,18 @@ code to build all kernel trees. All needed headers are staged into the :term:`STAGING_KERNEL_DIR` directory to allow out-of-tree module builds using the :ref:`ref-classes-module` class. -This means that each built kernel module is packaged separately and -inter-module dependencies are created by parsing the ``modinfo`` output. -If all modules are required, then installing the ``kernel-modules`` -package installs all packages with modules and various other kernel -packages such as ``kernel-vmlinux``. +If a file named ``defconfig`` is listed in :term:`SRC_URI`, then by default +:ref:`ref-tasks-configure` copies it as ``.config`` in the build directory, +so it is automatically used as the kernel configuration for the build. This +copy is not performed in case ``.config`` already exists there: this allows +recipes to produce a configuration by other means in +``do_configure:prepend``. + +Each built kernel module is packaged separately and inter-module +dependencies are created by parsing the ``modinfo`` output. If all modules +are required, then installing the ``kernel-modules`` package installs all +packages with modules and various other kernel packages such as +``kernel-vmlinux``. The :ref:`ref-classes-kernel` class contains logic that allows you to embed an initial RAM filesystem (:term:`Initramfs`) image when you build the kernel image. For |