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* [PATCH] ref-manual: classes: explain cml1 class name
@ 2023-11-03 10:55 michael.opdenacker
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From: michael.opdenacker @ 2023-11-03 10:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: docs; +Cc: Michael Opdenacker, Martin Jansa

From: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>

Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
CC: Martin Jansa <martin.jansa@gmail.com>
---
 documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst
index 3070f13551..a8afe9f2dc 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst
@@ -383,7 +383,9 @@ preferred CMake Module directory: ``${D}${datadir}/cmake/modules/``.
 ========
 
 The :ref:`ref-classes-cml1` class provides basic support for the Linux kernel style
-build configuration system.
+build configuration system. "cml" stands for "Configuration Menu Language", which
+originates from the Linux kernel but is also used in other projects such as U-Boot
+and BusyBox. It could have been called "kconfig" too.
 
 .. _ref-classes-compress_doc:
 
-- 
2.34.1



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