diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst index 2fa888e15..acdbe9935 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst @@ -476,6 +476,10 @@ build configuration system. "cml" stands for "Configuration Menu Language", whic 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. +The CML configuration file location (``.config``) is by default expected to be +in the build directory (:term:`B`). This can be overridden with the +:term:`KCONFIG_CONFIG_ROOTDIR` variable. + .. _ref-classes-compress_doc: ``compress_doc`` diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst index 60e608c0c..20e4893d6 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst @@ -5337,6 +5337,11 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents. :yocto_git:`symbol_why.py ` script in :yocto_git:`yocto-kernel-tools `. + :term:`KCONFIG_CONFIG_ROOTDIR` + The :term:`KCONFIG_CONFIG_ROOTDIR` variable allows overriding the default + location of the ``.config`` file for recipes using the + :ref:`ref-classes-cml1` class. + :term:`KCONFIG_MODE` When used with the :ref:`ref-classes-kernel-yocto` class, specifies the kernel configuration values to use for options