[PATCH v2] ref-manual: variables: document KERNEL_IMAGETYPES

[PATCH v2] ref-manual: variables: document KERNEL_IMAGETYPES

[Johan Korsnes]

Cc: He Zhe <zhe.he@windriver.com>
Cc: Ross Burton <ross.burton@arm.com>
Cc: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Johan Korsnes <johan.korsnes@remarkable.no>

---
v1 -> v2
 * remove a reference to `KERNEL_ALT_IMAGETYPE`
---
 documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst | 14 ++++++++------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
index cf817e954..fea88fdf8 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
@@ -3984,11 +3984,10 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
 
          KCONFIG_MODE = "alldefconfig"
 
-
    :term:`KERNEL_ALT_IMAGETYPE`
       Specifies an alternate kernel image type for creation in addition to
-      the kernel image type specified using the
-      :term:`KERNEL_IMAGETYPE` variable.
+      the kernel image type specified using the :term:`KERNEL_IMAGETYPE` and
+      :term:`KERNEL_IMAGETYPES` variables.
 
    :term:`KERNEL_ARTIFACT_NAME`
       Specifies the name of all of the build artifacts. You can change the
@@ -4172,9 +4171,12 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
       when building the kernel and is passed to ``make`` as the target to
       build.
 
-      If you want to build an alternate kernel image type in addition to that
-      specified by :term:`KERNEL_IMAGETYPE`, use the :term:`KERNEL_ALT_IMAGETYPE`
-      variable.
+      To build additional kernel image types, use :term:`KERNEL_IMAGETYPES`.
+
+   :term:`KERNEL_IMAGETYPES`
+      Lists additional types of kernel images to build for a device in addition
+      to image type specified in :term:`KERNEL_IMAGETYPE`. Usually set by the
+      machine configuration files.
 
    :term:`KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD`
       Lists kernel modules that need to be auto-loaded during boot.
-- 
2.37.3

Re: [docs] [PATCH v2] ref-manual: variables: document KERNEL_IMAGETYPES

[Quentin Schulz]

Hi Johan,

On 9/21/22 09:30, Johan Korsnes wrote:
> Cc: He Zhe <zhe.he@windriver.com>
> Cc: Ross Burton <ross.burton@arm.com>
> Cc: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Johan Korsnes <johan.korsnes@remarkable.no>
> 

Reviewed-by: Quentin Schulz <foss+yocto@0leil.net>

Thanks for the patch!
Quentin

Re: [docs] [PATCH v2] ref-manual: variables: document KERNEL_IMAGETYPES

[Michael Opdenacker]

On 21.09.22 10:37, Quentin Schulz via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote:
> Hi Johan,
>
> On 9/21/22 09:30, Johan Korsnes wrote:
>> Cc: He Zhe <zhe.he@windriver.com>
>> Cc: Ross Burton <ross.burton@arm.com>
>> Cc: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Johan Korsnes <johan.korsnes@remarkable.no>
>>
>
> Reviewed-by: Quentin Schulz <foss+yocto@0leil.net>

Reviewed-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
... and merged into master-next.

Thanks for the update!
Michael.

-- 
Michael Opdenacker, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com