From 4a0e09a531460e54b9815c4f091972f1c1068c66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:03:47 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml: Supported Distros updated I updated the section on the supported distribution section by including a link to the wiki page that shows what distros we have tested and their status. (From yocto-docs rev: e66a18a13dc02af6a0846dd1ecf14aeafcbe5d61) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- .../yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml | 30 ++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml b/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml index 49f2dd89e6..3c092e5701 100644 --- a/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml +++ b/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml @@ -129,11 +129,10 @@ A host system running a supported Linux distribution (i.e. recent releases of Fedora, openSUSE, Debian, and Ubuntu). - - For notes about using the Yocto Project on development systems that use - older Linux distributions see - - + If the host system supports multiple cores and threads, you can configure the + Yocto Project build system to increase the time needed to build images + significantly. + The right packages. @@ -147,15 +146,23 @@ The Linux Distribution - The Yocto Project has been tested and is known to work on the current releases minus one - of the following distributions. - Follow this link for more - information on distribution testing. + The Yocto Project team is continually verifying more and more Linux + distributions with each release. + In general, if you have the current release minus one of the following + distributions you should no problems. Ubuntu Fedora openSUSE + For a list of the distributions under validation and their status, see the + Distribution + Support wiki page. + + For notes about using the Yocto Project on a RHEL 4-based host, see the + BuildingOnRHEL4 + wiki page. + The build system should be able to run on any modern distribution with Python 2.6 or 2.7. @@ -169,7 +176,7 @@ Refer to OE and Your Distro and Required Software - for information for other distributions used with the Open Embedded project, which might be + for information for other distributions used with the OpenEmbedded project, which might be a starting point for exploration. If you go down this path, you should expect problems. When you do, please go to Yocto Project Bugzilla @@ -189,7 +196,8 @@ If you are using a Fedora version prior to version 15, you will need to take some extra steps to enable sudo. - See for details. + See the Configuring Sudo + wiki page for details.