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diff --git a/docs/how-openadk-works.txt b/docs/how-openadk-works.txt index a8634d8c3..e86251196 100644 --- a/docs/how-openadk-works.txt +++ b/docs/how-openadk-works.txt @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ How OpenADK works As mentioned above, OpenADK is basically a set of Makefiles that download, configure, and compile software with the correct options. It -also includes patches for various software packages and the linux kernel. +also includes patches for various software packages and the Linux kernel. There is basically one Makefile per software package. Makefiles are split into many different parts. @@ -22,28 +22,20 @@ many different parts. the kernel patches * The +package/+ directory contains the Makefiles and - associated files for all user-space tools and libraries that OpenADK - can compile and add to the target root filesystem. There is one - sub-directory per package. + associated files for all user-space tools and libraries that OpenADK can + compile and add to the target root filesystem or to the host directory. There + is one sub-directory per package. * The +mk/+ directory contains some globally used Makefiles with the suffix +.mk+, these are used in all other Makefile via include -* The +tools/+ directory contains the Makefiles and +* The +adk/+ directory contains the Makefiles and associated files for software related to the generation of the - host tools needed for different tasks (compression tools, ..). - -There are three other directories in the top level directory of OpenADK: + host tools needed for +make menuconfig+ system * The +scripts/+ directory contains shell scripts for the creation of meta-data in OpenADK, install scripts and image creation scripts -* The +config/+ directory contains the application used for the - +make menuconfig+ system - -* The +tests/+ directory contains some data for the +make check+ target, - to run the gcc testsuite - The main Makefile performs the following steps before the configuration is done: @@ -69,12 +61,13 @@ configuration is done (it is mainly a wrapper for +mk/build.mk+): available systems and package collections * Generate the host tools required for different tasks (encrypting passwords, - compressing data, extracting archives, ..) + compressing data, extracting archives, creating images, ..) * Generate the cross-compilation toolchain (binutils, gcc, libc, gdb) -* Compile the linux kernel +* Compile the Linux kernel * Compile all the userspace packages, the boot loader and external kernel modules * Generate the firmware images or archives + |