From 02c6732f9e033cd73fd5fb9aa1e98b0116468445 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:19:00 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] dev-manual: Cleaned up some "file system" "filesystem" terminology. (From yocto-docs rev: 21e265746d59ed952e3c80aae565e8c1b792b2ba) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- .../dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml | 21 ++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml index 344b06b0aa..de35d849eb 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml @@ -2219,7 +2219,7 @@ The following list presents the overall steps you need to consider and perform to create distributions with smaller - filesystems, faster boot times, maintain your critical + root filesystems, faster boot times, maintain your critical functionality, and avoid initial RAM disks: Determine your goals and guiding @@ -2306,7 +2306,7 @@ ksize.py: Reports component sizes for the kernel files. dirsize.py: Reports - component sizes for root filesystem. + component sizes for the root filesystem. This next tool and command helps you organize configuration fragments and view file dependencies in a human-readable form: @@ -2346,16 +2346,16 @@ Trim the Root Filesystem - Root filesystem is made up of packages for booting, libraries, - and applications. + The root filesystem is made up of packages for booting, + libraries, and applications. To change things you can configure how the packaging happens, which changes the way you build them. You can also tweak the filesystem itself or select a different - file system. + filesystem. - First, check out what is hogging your file system running the + First, check out what is hogging your root filesystem running the dirsize.py script from your root directory: $ cd <root-directory-of-image> @@ -2405,8 +2405,9 @@ - Finally, you should consider exactly what filesystem you need - to meet your needs while also reducing size. + Finally, you should consider exactly the type of root + filesystem you need to meet your needs while also reducing + its size. For example, consider cramfs, squashfs, ubifs, ext2, or an initramfs @@ -3285,7 +3286,7 @@ Before starting your debugging session, you need to enter - the following to set your sysroot filesystem location + the following to set your root filesystem location by using a command with this form: set sysroot <your-sysroot-path> @@ -3299,7 +3300,7 @@ To launch the host GDB, you need to source the cross-debugging environment script, which if you installed - the sysroot filesystem in the default location is at + the root filesystem in the default location is at /opt/poky/&DISTRO; and begins with the string "environment-setup".