[oe] getting started - docbook

Tobias Pflug tobias.pflug at gmx.net
Wed Oct 31 18:43:30 UTC 2007


On Wed, 2007-10-31 at 13:26 +0100, Detlef Vollmann wrote:
> David Farning wrote:
> > 1.1. Linux ................................................
> >       1.1.1. Linux Overview ...................
> >       1.1.2. Linux Arctoture ...................
> >       1.1.3. Linux Development Model..
> >       1.1.4. Linux Open Source..............
> > 1.2. Embedded Device ............................
> >       1.2.1. Device Architure..................
> >       1.2.2. Processor..............................
> >       1.2.3. Storage.................................
> >       1.2.4. Device..................................
> > 1.3. Linux Distribution............................
> >       1.3.1. Kernel ..................................
> >       1.3.2. Userspace.............................
> >       1.3.3. File System ..........................
> >       1.3.4. Updating ..............................
> > 1.4. System startup ..................................
> >       ...
> > 1.5. Host/Target .......................................
> >       ...
> > 1.6. Overview ..........................................
> > 1.7. History..............................................
> 
> This looks like a (more or less general) introduction to
> "Embedded Linux".
> No problems with that, but make sure not to confuse this with
> documentation on how to use OpenEmbedded.
> 
> I think there are two different targets for documentation:
>   1 - How to use OpenEmbedded
>   2 - What to build with OpenEmbedded
> 
> There's always a need for both, but I think it's helpful
> to keep them separate (but probably reference each other).
> 
> Your TOC for an introduction looks like documentation for 2.
> 
>    Detlef
> 

Now that is /exactly/ what I was trying to say earlier, only you nailed
it better on the spot. This TOC looks like information you can find in
various books on embedded linux practices or linux kernel development in
general.. What's actually lacking is *OE specific* information.

regards,
Tobi





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