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@@ -113,10 +113,15 @@ configuration level. See the
information.
This list only represents features as shipped with the Yocto Project
-metadata:
+metadata, as extra layers can define their own:
-- *alsa:* Include ALSA support (OSS compatibility kernel modules
- installed if available).
+- *3g:* Include support for cellular data.
+
+- *acl:* Include
+ `Access Control List <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Access-control_list>`__ support.
+
+- *alsa:* Include `Advanced Linux Sound Architecture <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Linux_Sound_Architecture>`__
+ support (OSS compatibility kernel modules installed if available).
- *api-documentation:* Enables generation of API documentation during
recipe builds. The resulting documentation is added to SDK tarballs
@@ -129,6 +134,10 @@ metadata:
- *cramfs:* Include CramFS support.
+- *debuginfod:* Include support for getting ELF debugging information through
+ a :ref:`debuginfod <dev-manual/common-tasks:using the debuginfod server method>`
+ server.
+
- *directfb:* Include DirectFB support.
- *ext2:* Include tools for supporting for devices with internal
@@ -136,14 +145,25 @@ metadata:
- *ipsec:* Include IPSec support.
+- *ipv4:* Include IPv4 support.
+
- *ipv6:* Include IPv6 support.
- *keyboard:* Include keyboard support (e.g. keymaps will be loaded
during boot).
+- *largefile:* Enable building applications with
+ `argefile support <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large-file_support>`__.
+
+- *multiarch:* Enable building applications with multiple architecture
+ support.
+
- *ldconfig:* Include support for ldconfig and ``ld.so.conf`` on the
target.
+- *nfc:* Include support for
+ `Near Field Communication <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-field_communication>`__.
+
- *nfs:* Include NFS client support (for mounting NFS exports on
device).
@@ -162,6 +182,11 @@ metadata:
":ref:`dev-manual/common-tasks:testing packages with ptest`" section
in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual.
+- *seccomp:* Enables building applications with
+ `seccomp <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seccomp>`__ support, to
+ allow them to strictly restrict the system calls that they are allowed
+ to invoke.
+
- *smbfs:* Include SMB networks client support (for mounting
Samba/Microsoft Windows shares on device).
@@ -180,6 +205,12 @@ metadata:
directories into their respective counterparts in the ``/usr``
directory to provide better package and application compatibility.
+- *vfat:* Include `FAT filesystem <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table>`__
+ support.
+
+- *vulkan:* Include support for the
+ `Vulkan API <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulkan>`__.
+
- *wayland:* Include the Wayland display server protocol and the
library that supports it.
@@ -187,6 +218,12 @@ metadata:
- *x11:* Include the X server and libraries.
+- *xattr:* Include support for
+ `extended file attributes <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_file_attributes>`__.
+
+- *zeroconf:* Include support for
+ `zero configuration networking <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-configuration_networking>`__.
+
.. _ref-features-image:
Image Features