From bc4215154cb93c6046c69eca025f70fcd208bfee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Robert P. J. Day" Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 14:00:57 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] bsp-guide: Some minor fixes to the BSP Guide (From yocto-docs rev: c0ca0d285f8de6ce921971fdd8bd8473fa33f3c2) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml | 17 +++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml b/documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml index 7055a21168..0fa1f2d2b5 100644 --- a/documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml +++ b/documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml @@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ Collectively, you can think of the base directory, its file structure, and the contents as a BSP Layer. Although not a strict requirement, layers in the Yocto Project use the - following well established naming convention: + following well-established naming convention: meta-bsp_name The string "meta-" is prepended to the machine or platform name, which is - "bsp_name" in the above form. + bsp_name in the above form. @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Each of these layers is a repository unto itself and clicking on a layer reveals information that includes two links from which you can choose to set up a clone of the layer's repository on your local host system. - Here is an example that clones the Minnow Board BSP layer: + Here is an example that clones the MinnowBoard BSP layer: $ git clone git://git.yoctoproject.org/meta-minnow @@ -115,8 +115,9 @@ Some layers function as a layer to hold other BSP layers. - An example of this type of layer is the meta-intel layer. - The meta-intel layer contains many individual BSP layers. + An example of this type of layer is the meta-intel layer, + which contains a number of individual BSP sub-layers, as well as a directory + named common/ full of common content across those layers. @@ -131,8 +132,8 @@ Example Filesystem Layout - Providing a common form allows end-users to understand and become familiar - with the layout. + Defining a common BSP directory structure allows end-users to understand and + become familiar with that structure. A common format also encourages standardization of software support of hardware. @@ -504,7 +505,7 @@ You can find these files in the BSP Layer at: - meta-bsp_name/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_*.bbappend + meta-bsp_name/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto*.bbappend