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dev-manual: Added text explaining "meta" is not required for layer name 

Updated a couple spots in the manual to be clear on meta
not being a strict requirement for a layer name.

Reported-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
(From yocto-docs rev: ffd80ade292a462a77981c8c19bb71a19333a397)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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@ -46,9 +46,17 @@
<title>Layers</title> <title>Layers</title>
<para> <para>
The Source Directory contains several layers right out of the box. The Source Directory contains several layers right out of the
You can easily identify a layer in the Source Directory by its folder name. box.
Folders that are layers begin with the string <filename>meta</filename>. You can easily identify layers that ship with a
Yocto Project release in the Source Directory by their
folder names.
Folders that are layers begin with the string
<filename>meta</filename>.
<note>
It is not a requirement that a layer begins with the
string <filename>meta</filename>.
</note>
For example, when you set up the <link linkend='source-directory'>Source Directory</link> For example, when you set up the <link linkend='source-directory'>Source Directory</link>
structure, you will see several layers: <filename>meta</filename>, structure, you will see several layers: <filename>meta</filename>,
<filename>meta-hob</filename>, <filename>meta-skeleton</filename>, <filename>meta-hob</filename>, <filename>meta-skeleton</filename>,
@ -80,10 +88,10 @@
<ulink url='&OE_HOME_URL;/wiki/LayerIndex'><filename>LayerIndex</filename></ulink> <ulink url='&OE_HOME_URL;/wiki/LayerIndex'><filename>LayerIndex</filename></ulink>
for a list of layers from the OpenEmbedded community that can be used in the for a list of layers from the OpenEmbedded community that can be used in the
Yocto Project.</para></listitem> Yocto Project.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>Create a Directory:</emphasis> Create the directory <listitem><para><emphasis>Create a Directory:</emphasis>
for your layer. Create the directory for your layer.
Traditionally, prepend the name of the folder with the string While not strictly required, prepend the name of the
<filename>meta</filename>. folder with the string <filename>meta</filename>.
For example: For example:
<literallayout class='monospaced'> <literallayout class='monospaced'>
meta-mylayer meta-mylayer