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diff --git a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml index 83d5db3f6e..9a55d7f555 100644 --- a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml +++ b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml @@ -14,20 +14,17 @@ out-of-tree modules. </para> - <section id='preparing-a-layer'> - <title>Preparing a Layer</title> + <section id='creating-and-preparing-a-layer'> + <title>Creating and Preparing a Layer</title> <para> - Customizing kernel recipes is best done in your own custom layer. - Your layer will have its own BitBake append files - (<filename>.bbappend</filename>) and provide a convenient - mechanism to create your own recipe files (<filename>.bb</filename>). - </para> - - <para> - This guide is written with the assumption that you will be working - from within your custom layer that is independent from layers - released with the Yocto Project. + If you are going to be modifying kernel recipes, it is recommended + that you create and prepare your own layer in which to do your + work. + Your layer contains its own BitBake append files + (<filename>.bbappend</filename>) and provides a convenient + mechanism to create your own recipe files + (<filename>.bb</filename>). For details on how to create and work with layers, see the following sections in the Yocto Project Development Manual: <itemizedlist> @@ -38,20 +35,6 @@ development.</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </para> - - <para> - Original text: - <literallayout class='monospaced'> -Customizing recipes is best done in a layer with bbappend files. Layers also -provide a convenient mechanism to create your own recipes. This guide assumes -you will be working from within a layer independent from those released with the -Yocto Project. For details on how to create and work with layers, refer to -section 5.1 Understanding and Creating Layers in the Yocto Project Development -Manual. - -(Kernel specific directions in 5.7.4) - </literallayout> - </para> </section> <section id='modifying-an-existing-recipe'> |