diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml index 1458b18bfd..33b4038834 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml @@ -567,8 +567,8 @@ Following is the append file, which is named formfactor_0.0.bbappend and is from the - Crown Bay BSP Layer named - meta-intel/meta-crownbay. + Emenlow BSP Layer named + meta-intel/meta-emenlow. The file is in recipes-bsp/formfactor: FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:" @@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ which resolves to a directory named formfactor in the same directory in which the append file resides (i.e. - meta-intel/meta-crownbay/recipes-bsp/formfactor/formfactor. + meta-intel/meta-emenlow/recipes-bsp/formfactor/formfactor. This implies that you must have the supporting directory structure set up that will contain any files or patches you will be including from the layer. @@ -611,16 +611,18 @@ BitBake automatically defines the THISDIR variable. You should never set this variable yourself. - Using "_prepend" ensures your path will - be searched prior to other paths in the final list. + Using "_prepend" as part of the + FILESEXTRAPATHS ensures your path + will be searched prior to other paths in the final + list. Also, not all append files add extra files. Many append files simply exist to add build options (e.g. systemd). - For these cases, it is not necessary to use the - "_prepend" part of the statement. + For these cases, your append file would not even + use the FILESEXTRAPATHS statement.