diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index d7bfdad4ab..9e269c1cdb 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -5304,64 +5304,51 @@
Selecting an Initialization Manager
- By default, the Yocto Project uses
- SysVinit as the initialization manager.
- However, support also exists for systemd,
- which is a full replacement for init with
+ By default, the Yocto Project uses SysVinit as the initialization
+ manager.
+ However, support also exists for Systemd,
+ which is a full replacement for init with
parallel starting of services, reduced shell overhead and other
features that are used by many distributions.
- If you want to use sysvinit, you do
+ If you want to use SysVinit, you do
not have to do anything.
- But, if you want to use systemd, you must
+ But, if you want to use Systemd, you must
take some steps as described in the following sections.
-
-
- Using systemd Exclusively
+ Using Systemd Exclusively
- Set the following variables in your distribution configuration
+ Set the these variables in your distribution configuration
file as follows:
DISTRO_FEATURES_append = " systemd"
VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager = "systemd"
- You can also prevent the sysvinit
+ You can also prevent the SysVinit
distribution feature from
being automatically enabled as follows:
DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL_CONSIDERED = "sysvinit"
- Doing so removes any redundant sysvinit
- scripts.
+ Doing so removes any redundant SysVinit scripts.
For information on the backfill variable, see
- DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL_CONSIDERED
- in the Yocto Project Reference Manual.
+ DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL_CONSIDERED.
- Using systemd for the Main Image and Using SysVinit for the Rescue Image
+ Using Systemd for the Main Image and Using SysVinit for the Rescue Image
- Set the following variables in your distribution configuration
+ Set the these variables in your distribution configuration
file as follows:
DISTRO_FEATURES_append = " systemd"
@@ -5369,55 +5356,15 @@
Doing so causes your main image to use the
packagegroup-core-boot.bb recipe and
- systemd.
+ Systemd.
The rescue/minimal image cannot use this package group.
- However, it can install sysvinit
+ However, it can install SysVinit
and the appropriate packages will have support for both
- systemd and sysvinit.
+ Systemd and SysVinit.
-
-