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ref-manual: Added glossary entry for EXTERNAL_KERNEL_TOOLS 

(From yocto-docs rev: 23caeb53eaed68135e4dbf7adbb5c0c16ef70cf0)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id='var-EXTERNAL_KERNEL_TOOLS'><glossterm>EXTERNAL_KERNEL_TOOLS</glossterm>
<info>
EXTERNAL_KERNEL_TOOLS[doc] = "Indicates kernel tools are external to the source tree."
</info>
<glossdef>
<para role="glossdeffirst">
<!-- <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> -->
When set, the <filename>EXTERNAL_KERNEL_TOOLS</filename>
variable indicates that these tools are not in the
source tree.
</para>
<para>
When kernel tools are available in the tree, they are
preferred over any externally installed tools.
Setting the <filename>EXTERNAL_KERNEL_TOOLS</filename>
variable tells the OpenEmbedded build system to prefer
the installed external tools.
See the
<link linkend='ref-classes-kernel-yocto'><filename>kernel-yocto</filename></link>
class in <filename>meta/classes</filename> to see how
the variable is used.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id='var-EXTERNALSRC'><glossterm>EXTERNALSRC</glossterm>
<info>
EXTERNALSRC[doc] = "If externalsrc.bbclass is inherited, this variable points to the source tree, which is outside of the OpenEmbedded build system."