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kernel-dev: Applied review comments to "Adding Recipe-Space Kernel Features"
authorScott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Mon, 4 Apr 2016 20:51:15 +0000 (13:51 -0700)
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Wed, 6 Apr 2016 22:11:58 +0000 (23:11 +0100)
Fixes [YOCTO #4047]

I went through and fixed a few areas where reviewers said there
was "quirky" phrasing.  They might have been right in a few
places.

(From yocto-docs rev: 66fb97838f338ed3f787ec18f62702ef726ceffc)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml

index 89c2a6840b82a006a23b4fe3ae7b5180183df22a..261471c46bfc7cbfc59fa2b804c0f0ea0f697168 100644 (file)
             <link linkend='recipe-space-metadata'>recipe-space</link> by
             using the
             <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-KERNEL_FEATURES'><filename>KERNEL_FEATURES</filename></ulink>
-            variable along with specifying the <filename>.scc</filename> file
-            path on the
+            variable and by specifying the feature's <filename>.scc</filename>
+            file path in the
             <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-SRC_URI'><filename>SRC_URI</filename></ulink>
             statement.
             When you add features using this method, the OpenEmbedded build
             Kernel features are the last elements processed for configuring
             and patching the kernel.
             Therefore, adding features in this manner is a way
-            to enforce that specific features are present, and enabled,
+            to enforce specific features are present and enabled
             without needing to do a full audit of any other layer's additions
             to the <filename>SRC_URI</filename> statement.
         </para>
             When you specify the feature's <filename>.scc</filename> file
             on the <filename>SRC_URI</filename> statement, the OpenEmbedded
             build system adds the directory of that
-            <filename>.scc</filename> file, and all its subdirectories,
+            <filename>.scc</filename> file along with all its subdirectories
             to the kernel feature search path.
             Because subdirectories are searched, you can reference a single
             <filename>.scc</filename> file in the
                     <note><title>Notes</title>
                         <itemizedlist>
                             <listitem><para>
-                                The directory you use for the
-                                <filename>.scc</filename> must be added to the
-                                fetcher search directory just as you would,
-                                for example, if you were adding a
-                                <filename>.patch</filename> file.
+                                You must add the directory of the
+                                <filename>.scc</filename> file to the fetcher's
+                                search path in the same manner as you would
+                                add a <filename>.patch</filename> file.
                                 </para></listitem>
                             <listitem><para>
                                 You can create additional