From patchwork Mon May 11 09:34:46 2026 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Minwoo Choi X-Patchwork-Id: 87828 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4515ECD37B5 for ; Mon, 11 May 2026 09:35:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp92-17.hiworks.co.kr (smtp92-17.hiworks.co.kr [139.150.92.17]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.msgproc01-g2.46215.1778492097955551087 for ; Mon, 11 May 2026 02:34:59 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=none (message not signed); spf=pass (domain: telica.co.kr, ip: 139.150.92.17, mailfrom: mw.choi@telica.co.kr) Received: from hi-smtp-node4 (unknown [172.18.0.4]) by smtp92-17.hiworks.co.kr (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4gDZM35zytzrfQ5L for ; Mon, 11 May 2026 18:34:55 +0900 (KST) Received: from hi-smtp-node1 (unknown [192.168.71.167]) by hi-smtp-node4 (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4gDZM35bFxzQL3Dx for ; Mon, 11 May 2026 18:34:55 +0900 (KST) Received: from hi-total-node3 (amphora-3294b420-308a-4b9e-8a1d-bf25580dae1f.openstack.gabia.io) by hi-smtp-node1 with ESMTP id i2ri2l6c6usjybqw; Mon, 11 May 2026 18:34:55 +0900 (KST) X-Authinfo: HIWORKS SMTP authenticated X-Hiworks-Remote-IP: 1.225.216.91 X-Hiworks-User: (SASL_USER) mw.choi@telica.co.kr X-MailFrom-INFO: Received: from DESKTOP-LNIUHED.localdomain (unknown [1.225.216.91]) (Authenticated sender: mw.choi@telica.co.kr) by hi-total-node3 (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4gDZM30DPfzSqYdq; Mon, 11 May 2026 18:34:54 +0900 (KST) From: Minwoo Choi To: docs@lists.yoctoproject.org Cc: Minwoo Choi Subject: [PATCH] ref-manual/variables: document the 'dynamic layer' concept Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 18:34:46 +0900 Message-ID: <20260511093446.2350-1-mw.choi@telica.co.kr> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.43.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 List-Id: X-Webhook-Received: from 45-33-107-173.ip.linodeusercontent.com [45.33.107.173] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Mon, 11 May 2026 09:35:08 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/9437 Signed-off-by: Minwoo Choi --- documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst index a8cbb87cf..755929947 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst @@ -841,8 +841,9 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents. previous link. :term:`BBFILES_DYNAMIC` - Activates content when identified layers are present. You identify - the layers by the collections that the layers define. + Activates content when identified layers are present. This mechanism + is commonly referred to as "dynamic layers". You identify the layers + by the collections that the layers define. Use the :term:`BBFILES_DYNAMIC` variable to avoid ``.bbappend`` files whose corresponding ``.bb`` file is in a layer that attempts to