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diff --git a/documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml b/documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml index 3b4b4818f..599c2bf06 100644 --- a/documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml +++ b/documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml @@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ The proposed format does have elements that are specific to the Poky and OpenEmbedded build systems. It is intended that this information can be - used by other systems besides Poky and OpenEmbedded and thatspecified it will be simple + used by other systems besides Poky and OpenEmbedded and that it will be simple to extract information and convert it to other formats if required. - Poky, through its standard slyers mechanism, can directly accept The format + Poky, through its standard layers mechanism, can directly accept The format described as a layer. The BSP captures all the hardware specific details in one place in a standard format, which is @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ The BSP specification does not include a build system or other tools - it is concerned with the hardware-specific components only. At the end - distribution point you can shipt the BSP combined with a build system + distribution point you can ship the BSP combined with a build system and other tools. However, it is important to maintain the distinction that these are separate components that happen to be combined in certain end products. @@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ <para> These files make up the definition of a kernel to use with this hardware. - In this case it is a complete self-contained kernel with its own + In this case, it is a complete self-contained kernel with its own configuration and patches but kernels can be shared between many machines as well. Following is an example: @@ -326,33 +326,32 @@ <section id='bsp-click-through-licensing'> <title>BSP 'Click-Through' Licensing Procedure</title> - <note><para> This section is here as a description of how - click-through licensing is expected to work, and is - not yet not impemented. + <note><para> This section describes how + click-through licensing, which is not yet implemented, is expected to work. </para></note> <para> - In some cases, a BSP may contain separately licensed IP - (Intellectual Property) for a component, which imposes + In some cases, a BSP might contain separately licensed IP + (Intellectual Property) for a component that imposes upon the user a requirement to accept the terms of a 'click-through' license. Once the license is accepted (in whatever form that may be, see details below) the Poky build system can then build and include the corresponding component in the final BSP image. Some - affected components may be essential to the normal + affected components might be essential to the normal functioning of the system and have no 'free' replacement - i.e. the resulting system would be non-functional - without them. Other components may be simply + (i.e. the resulting system would be non-functional + without them). Other components might be simply 'good-to-have' or purely elective, or if essential nonetheless have a 'free' (possibly less-capable) - version which may substituted for in the BSP recipe. + version that can be substituted for in the BSP recipe. </para> <para> For the latter cases, where it is possible to do so from a functionality perspective, the Poky website will make available a 'de-featured' BSP completely free of - encumbered IP, which can be used directly and without + encumbered IP that can be used directly and without any further licensing requirements. If present, this fully 'de-featured' BSP will be named meta-bsp (i.e. the normal default naming convention). This is the simplest @@ -361,7 +360,7 @@ </para> <para> - If however, a non-encumbered version is unavailable or + However, if a non-encumbered version is unavailable or the 'free' version would provide unsuitable functionality or quality, an encumbered version can be used. Encumbered versions of a BSP are given names of @@ -410,12 +409,12 @@ <para> The <keydomain> component of the BSPKEY_<keydomain> is required because there - may be multiple licenses in effect for a give BSP; a + may be multiple licenses in effect for a given BSP; a given <keydomain> in such cases corresponds to a particular license. In order for an encumbered BSP encompassing multiple key domains to be built successfully, a <keydomain> entry for each - applicable license must be present in local.conf or + applicable license must be present in <filename>local.conf</filename> or supplied on the command-line. </para> </listitem> @@ -426,8 +425,8 @@ encumbered BSP (the build will cleanly stop at this point). These usually take the form of instructions needed to manually fetch the encumbered package(s) - and md5 sums into e.g. the poky/build/downloads - directory. Once the manual package fetch has been + and md5 sums into the directory (e.g. the poky/build/downloads). + Once the manual package fetch has been completed, restarting the build will continue where it left off, this time without the prompt since the license requirements will have been satisfied. @@ -448,12 +447,14 @@ </para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> - <para> - Note that method 3 is also the only option available - when downloading pre-compiled images generated from - non-free BSPs. Those images are likewise available at - <ulink url='https://pokylinux.org/bsps.html'>https://pokylinux.org/bsps.html</ulink>. - </para> + <note> + <para> + Note that method 3 is also the only option available + when downloading pre-compiled images generated from + non-free BSPs. Those images are likewise available at + <ulink url='https://pokylinux.org/bsps.html'>https://pokylinux.org/bsps.html</ulink>. + </para> + </note> </section> </chapter> |