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diff --git a/handbook/faq.xml b/handbook/faq.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 518069ed2..000000000 --- a/handbook/faq.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,266 +0,0 @@ -<!DOCTYPE appendix PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" -"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"> - -<appendix id='faq'> -<title>FAQ</title> -<qandaset> - <qandaentry> - <question> - <para> - How does Poky differ from <ulink url='http://www.openembedded.org/'>OpenEmbedded</ulink>? - </para> - </question> - <answer> - <para> - Poky is a derivative of <ulink - url='http://www.openembedded.org/'>OpenEmbedded</ulink>, a stable, - smaller subset focused on the GNOME Mobile environment. Development - in Poky is closely tied to OpenEmbedded with features being merged - regularly between the two for mutual benefit. - </para> - </answer> - </qandaentry> - <qandaentry> - <question> - <para> - How can you claim Poky is stable? - </para> - </question> - <answer> - <para> - There are three areas that help with stability; - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - We keep Poky small and focused - around 650 packages compared to over 5000 for full OE - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - We only support hardware that we have access to for testing - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - We have a Buildbot which provides continuous build and integration tests - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </para> - </answer> - </qandaentry> - <qandaentry> - <question> - <para> - How do I get support for my board added to Poky? - </para> - </question> - <answer> - <para> - There are two main ways to get a board supported in Poky; - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - Send us the board if we don't have it yet - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Send us bitbake recipes if you have them (see the Poky handbook to find out how to create recipes) - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - Usually if it's not a completely exotic board then adding support in Poky should be fairly straightforward. - </para> - </answer> - </qandaentry> - <qandaentry> - <question> - <para> - Are there any products running poky ? - </para> - </question> - <answer> - <para> - The <ulink url='http://vernier.com/labquest/'>Vernier Labquest</ulink> is using Poky (for more about the Labquest see the case study at OpenedHand). There are a number of pre-production devices using Poky and we will announce those as soon as they are released. - </para> - </answer> - </qandaentry> - <qandaentry> - <question> - <para> - What is the Poky output ? - </para> - </question> - <answer> - <para> - The output of a Poky build will depend on how it was started, as the same set of recipes can be used to output various formats. Usually the output is a flashable image ready for the target device. - </para> - </answer> - </qandaentry> - <qandaentry> - <question> - <para> - How do I add my package to Poky? - </para> - </question> - <answer> - <para> - To add a package you need to create a bitbake recipe - see the Poky handbook to find out how to create a recipe. - </para> - </answer> - </qandaentry> - <qandaentry> - <question> - <para> - Do I have to reflash my entire board with a new poky image when recompiling a package? - </para> - </question> - <answer> - <para> - Poky can build packages in various formats, ipk (for ipkg/opkg), Debian package (.deb), or RPM. The packages can then be upgraded using the package tools on the device, much like on a desktop distribution like Ubuntu or Fedora. - </para> - </answer> - </qandaentry> - <qandaentry> - <question> - <para> - What is GNOME Mobile? What's the difference between GNOME Mobile and GNOME? - </para> - </question> - <answer> - <para> - <ulink url='http://www.gnome.org/mobile/'>GNOME Mobile</ulink> is a subset of the GNOME platform targeted at mobile and embedded devices. The the main difference between GNOME Mobile and standard GNOME is that desktop-orientated libraries have been removed, along with deprecated libraries, creating a much smaller footprint. - </para> - </answer> - </qandaentry> - <qandaentry> - <question> - <para> - How do I make Poky work in RHEL/CentOS? - </para> - </question> - <answer> - <para> - To get Poky working under RHEL/CentOS 5.1 you need to first install some required packages. The standard CentOS packages needed are: - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - "Development tools" (selected during installation) - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - texi2html - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - compat-gcc-34 - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </para> - - <para> - On top of those the following external packages are needed: - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - python-sqlite2 from <ulink - url='http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/python-sqlite2/'>DAG - repository</ulink> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - help2man from <ulink - url='http://centos.karan.org/el5/extras/testing/i386/RPMS/help2man-1.33.1-2.noarch.rpm'>Karan - repository</ulink> - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </para> - - <para> - Once these packages are installed Poky will be able to build standard images however there - may be a problem with QEMU segfaulting. You can either disable the generation of binary - locales by setting <glossterm><link linkend='var-ENABLE_BINARY_LOCALE_GENERATION'>ENABLE_BINARY_LOCALE_GENERATION</link> - </glossterm> to "0" or remove the linux-2.6-execshield.patch from the kernel and rebuild - it since its that patch which causes the problems with QEMU. - </para> - </answer> - </qandaentry> - <qandaentry> - <question> - <para> - I see lots of 404 responses for files on http://folks.o-hand.com/~richard/poky/sources/*. Is something wrong? - </para> - </question> - <answer> - <para> - Nothing is wrong, Poky will check any configured source mirrors before downloading - from the upstream sources. It does this searching for both source archives and - pre-checked out versions of SCM managed software. This is so in large installations, - it can reduce load on the SCM servers themselves. The address above is one of the - default mirrors configured into standard Poky so if an upstream source disappears, - we can place sources there so builds continue to work. - </para> - </answer> - </qandaentry> - <qandaentry> - <question> - <para> - I have a machine specific data in a package for one machine only but the package is - being marked as machine specific in all cases, how do I stop it? - </para> - </question> - <answer> - <para> - Set <glossterm><link linkend='var-SRC_URI_OVERRIDES_PACKAGE_ARCH'>SRC_URI_OVERRIDES_PACKAGE_ARCH</link> - </glossterm> = "0" in the .bb file but make sure the package is manually marked as - machine specific in the case that needs it. The code which handles <glossterm><link - linkend='var-SRC_URI_OVERRIDES_PACKAGE_ARCH'>SRC_URI_OVERRIDES_PACKAGE_ARCH</link></glossterm> - is in base.bbclass. - </para> - </answer> - </qandaentry> - <qandaentry> - <question> - <para> - I'm behind a firewall and need to use a proxy server. How do I do that? - </para> - </question> - <answer> - <para> - Most source fetching by Poky is done by wget and you therefore need to specify the proxy - settings in a .wgetrc file in your home directory. Example settings in that file would be - 'http_proxy = http://proxy.yoyodyne.com:18023/' and 'ftp_proxy = http://proxy.yoyodyne.com:18023/'. - Poky also includes a site.conf.sample file which shows how to configure cvs and git proxy servers - if needed. - </para> - </answer> - </qandaentry> - <qandaentry> - <question> - <para> - I'm using Ubuntu Intrepid and am seeing build failures. Whats wrong? - </para> - </question> - <answer> - <para> - In Intrepid, Ubuntu turned on by default normally optional compile-time security features - and warnings. There are more details at <ulink - url='https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CompilerFlags'>https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CompilerFlags</ulink>. - You can work around this problem by disabling those options by adding " -Wno-format-security -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE" - to the BUILD_CPPFLAGS variable in conf/bitbake.conf. - </para> - </answer> - </qandaentry> -</qandaset> -</appendix> -<!-- -vim: expandtab tw=80 ts=4 ---> - |