@@ -376,10 +376,28 @@ overview of their function and contents.
If set to ``auto``, BitBake automatically starts its own server
over a UNIX domain socket.
- If set to ``host:port``, BitBake will use a remote server on the
+ If set to ``unix://path``, BitBake will connect to an existing a
+ hash server available over a UNIX domain socket.
+
+ If set to ``host:port``, BitBake will connect to a remote server on the
specified host. This allows multiple clients to share the same
hash equivalence data.
+ This last kind of server can be started manually through
+ the ``bin/bitbake-hashserv`` script provided by BitBake,
+ which supports UNIX domain sockets too.
+
+ :term:`BB_HASHSERVE_UPSTREAM`
+ Specifies an upstream Hash Equivalence server.
+
+ This optional setting is only useful when a local Hash Equivalence
+ server is started (setting :term:`BB_HASHSERVE` to ``auto``),
+ and you wish the local server to query an upstream server for
+ Hash Equivalence data.
+
+ Example usage::
+ BB_HASHSERVE_UPSTREAM = "typhoon.yocto.io:8687"
+
:term:`BB_INVALIDCONF`
Used in combination with the ``ConfigParsed`` event to trigger
re-parsing the base metadata (i.e. all the recipes). The
Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com> --- .../bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst | 20 ++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)