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Many different Yocto Project documentation pages are returned by Google searches and it can be hard to know what's what.  
Many different Yocto Project documentation pages are returned by Google searches and it can be hard to know what's what.  
:URLs have the following format: <tt>http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/release/name/name.html</tt>.  
:URLs have the following format: <tt>http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/release/name/name.html</tt>.  
: Here is an example for the quick start guide for release 2.1.1: <tt>http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/2.1.1/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.html</tt>
: Here is an example for the "Yocto Project Reference Manual" for release 2.1.1: <tt>http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/2.1.1/ref-manual/ref-manual.html</tt>
Note that <tt>current</tt> can be used in place of the current release number. There is also a <tt>latest</tt> tag which refers to documentation in progress and is best avoided.<br/>
Note that <tt>current</tt> can be used in place of the current release number.<br/>
 
== List of Manual Pages ==
== List of Manual Pages ==
Here is a list of documentation page name and a brief description of their purpose
Here is a list of documentation page name and a brief description of their purpose

Revision as of 20:33, 2 April 2018

URL Decoder

Many different Yocto Project documentation pages are returned by Google searches and it can be hard to know what's what.

URLs have the following format: http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/release/name/name.html.
Here is an example for the "Yocto Project Reference Manual" for release 2.1.1: http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/2.1.1/ref-manual/ref-manual.html

Note that current can be used in place of the current release number.

List of Manual Pages

Here is a list of documentation page name and a brief description of their purpose

yocto-project-qs. Quick start guide to get you going.
dev-manual. Conceptual and procedural information that covers common development tasks.
sdk-manual. Describes how to use Yocto built SDKs for application development.
bsp-guide. Describes how to use or create a board support package layer for your hardware platform.
kernel-dev. Kernel development manual. Often used in conjunction with BSP guide.
toaster-manual. Toaster is a web interface to the Yocto Project's OpenEmbedded build system.
ref-manual. Material suited for reference rather than procedures. Come here for the details.
mega-manual. All of the above rolled into one mega manual.