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| author |   Marcin Juszkiewicz <hrw@openembedded.org> | 2006-10-15 11:54:31 +0000 |
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| committer | Marcin Juszkiewicz <hrw@openembedded.org> | 2006-10-15 11:54:31 +0000 |
| commit | 51e4f0cb1d62d36cdb8c149bb5ec07821e4296e9 (patch) | |
| tree | acdccc9e7beae4cf1a71c3e9fb2d845b5c97cd62 /usermanual/usermanual.xml | |
| parent | 68495e0ee71aeb133a6d3537751dfff156ba012d (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-51e4f0cb1d62d36cdb8c149bb5ec07821e4296e9.tar.gz | |
usermanual: added some infos about adding machine
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diff --git a/usermanual/usermanual.xml b/usermanual/usermanual.xml index ba7457ade5..5c722957e1 100644 --- a/usermanual/usermanual.xml +++ b/usermanual/usermanual.xml @@ -313,7 +313,19 @@ and the resulting <command>task-base</command> would support pcmcia but not usbh <section> <title>Adding a new Machine</title> - <para>This section is a stub, help us by expanding it</para> +<para>To be able to build for device OpenEmbedded have to know it, so machine config file need to be written. All those configs are stored in /conf/machine/ directory.</para> + +<para>As usual some variables are required: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para><command>TARGET_ARCH</command> which describe which CPU architecture does machine use.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><command>MACHINE_FEATURES</command> which describe which features device has. More about it in <link linkend="task-base">task-base</link> section.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><command>PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel</command> has to point into proper kernel recipe for this machine.</para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> +</para> + +<para> +Next kernel recipe needs to be added. +</para> </section> <section> |