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dev-manual: Read-thru edits for "Building a Tiny System" 

Minor edits.  Created some links at the top for organizational
purposes.  Clarified what the linux yocto Git repositories are.

(From yocto-docs rev: adbb8ecb0bce5775153d43bec4b70b2439bc8846)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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root filesystems, achieve faster boot times, maintain your critical
functionality, and avoid initial RAM disks:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Determine your goals and guiding
principles.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Understand what contributes to your image size.
<listitem><para>
<link linkend='goals-and-guiding-principles'>Determine your goals and guiding principles.</link>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Reduce the size of the root filesystem.
<listitem><para>
<link linkend='understand-what-gives-your-image-size'>Understand what contributes to your image size.</link>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Reduce the size of the kernel.
<listitem><para>
<link linkend='trim-the-root-filesystem'>Reduce the size of the root filesystem.</link>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Eliminate packaging requirements.
<listitem><para>
<link linkend='trim-the-kernel'>Reduce the size of the kernel.</link>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Look for other ways to minimize size.
<listitem><para>
<link linkend='remove-package-management-requirements'>Eliminate packaging requirements.</link>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<link linkend='look-for-other-ways-to-minimize-size'>Look for other ways to minimize size.</link>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<link linkend='iterate-on-the-process'>Iterate on the process.</link>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Iterate on the process.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</section>
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<listitem><para><filename>dirsize.py</filename>: Reports
component sizes for the root filesystem.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
This next tool and command helps you organize configuration
This next tool and command help you organize configuration
fragments and view file dependencies in a human-readable form:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><filename>merge_config.sh</filename>:
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create configuration files for different machines
without having to duplicate your process.</para>
<para>The <filename>merge_config.sh</filename> script is
part of the Linux Yocto kernel Git repository in the
part of the Linux Yocto kernel Git repositories
(i.e. <filename>linux-yocto-3.14</filename>,
<filename>linux-yocto-3.10</filename>,
<filename>linux-yocto-3.8</filename>, and so forth)
in the
<filename>scripts/kconfig</filename> directory.</para>
<para>For more information on configuration fragments,
see the