ref-manual: Edits to COMPATIBLE_MACHINE variable.

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Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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Scott Rifenbark 2013-03-28 08:54:19 -07:00 committed by Richard Purdie
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<glossentry id='var-COMPATIBLE_MACHINE'><glossterm>COMPATIBLE_MACHINE</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>A regular expression which evaluates to match the machines the recipe
works with.
It stops recipes being run on machines for which they are not compatible.
<para>A regular expression that evaluates to match the machines
with which the recipe works.
You can use the variable to stop recipes from being run
on machines for which they are not compatible.
This is particularly useful with kernels.
It also helps to increase parsing speed as further parsing of the recipe is skipped
if it is found the current machine is not compatible.</para>
The variable also helps to increase parsing speed as
further parsing of the recipe is skipped if it is found
the current machine is not compatible.</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>