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index f8808cc052..367b4674e2 100644
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+++ b/poky/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
@@ -3551,7 +3551,7 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
For more information on :term:`INHERIT`, see the
:ref:`bitbake:bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata:\`\`inherit\`\` configuration directive`"
- section in the Bitbake User Manual.
+ section in the BitBake User Manual.
:term:`INHERIT_DISTRO`
Lists classes that will be inherited at the distribution level. It is
@@ -4064,10 +4064,10 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
statements add specific configurations to targeted machine types::
KERNEL_EXTRA_FEATURES ?= "features/netfilter/netfilter.scc features/taskstats/taskstats.scc"
- KERNEL_FEATURES:append = "${KERNEL_EXTRA_FEATURES}"
- KERNEL_FEATURES:append:qemuall = "cfg/virtio.scc"
- KERNEL_FEATURES:append:qemux86 = " cfg/sound.scc cfg/paravirt_kvm.scc"
- KERNEL_FEATURES:append:qemux86-64 = "cfg/sound.scc"
+ KERNEL_FEATURES:append = " ${KERNEL_EXTRA_FEATURES}"
+ KERNEL_FEATURES:append:qemuall = " cfg/virtio.scc"
+ KERNEL_FEATURES:append:qemux86 = " cfg/sound.scc cfg/paravirt_kvm.scc"
+ KERNEL_FEATURES:append:qemux86-64 = " cfg/sound.scc"
:term:`KERNEL_FIT_LINK_NAME`
The link name of the kernel flattened image tree (FIT) image. This
@@ -4255,7 +4255,7 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
SRCREV_machine:core2-32-intel-common = "43b9eced9ba8a57add36af07736344dcc383f711"
KMACHINE:core2-32-intel-common = "intel-core2-32"
KBRANCH:core2-32-intel-common = "standard/base"
- KERNEL_FEATURES:append:core2-32-intel-common = "${KERNEL_FEATURES_INTEL_COMMON}"
+ KERNEL_FEATURES:append:core2-32-intel-common = " ${KERNEL_FEATURES_INTEL_COMMON}"
The :term:`KMACHINE` statement says
that the kernel understands the machine name as "intel-core2-32".
@@ -7899,6 +7899,21 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
toolchain. You can use ``meta-sourcery`` as a template for adding
support for other external toolchains.
+ :term:`TEMPLATECONF`
+ Specifies the directory used by the build system to find templates
+ from which to build the ``bblayers.conf`` and ``local.conf`` files.
+ Use this variable if you wish to customize such files, and the default
+ BitBake targets shown when sourcing the ``oe-init-build-env`` script.
+
+ For details, see the
+ :ref:`dev-manual/common-tasks:creating a custom template configuration directory`
+ section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks manual.
+
+ .. note::
+
+ You must set this variable in the external environment in order
+ for it to work.
+
:term:`TEST_EXPORT_DIR`
The location the OpenEmbedded build system uses to export tests when
the :term:`TEST_EXPORT_ONLY` variable is set
@@ -8752,6 +8767,19 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
previous example, some-native-tool would be replaced with an actual
native tool on which the build would depend.
+ :term:`WKS_FILES`
+ Specifies a list of candidate Wic kickstart files to be used by the
+ OpenEmbedded build system to create a partitioned image. Only the
+ first one that is found, from left to right, will be used.
+
+ This is only useful when there are multiple ``.wks`` files that can be
+ used to produce an image. A typical case is when multiple layers are
+ used for different hardware platforms, each supplying a different
+ ``.wks`` file. In this case, you specify all possible ones through
+ :term:`WKS_FILES`.
+
+ If only one ``.wks`` file is used, set :term:`WKS_FILE` instead.
+
:term:`WORKDIR`
The pathname of the work directory in which the OpenEmbedded build
system builds a recipe. This directory is located within the