@@ -5229,6 +5229,44 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
default by setting the variable in a custom distribution
configuration file.
+ :term:`OVERLAYFS_ETC_DEVICE`
+ When the :ref:`overlayfs-etc <ref-classes-overlayfs-etc>` class is
+ inherited, specifies the device to be mounted for the read/write
+ layer of ``/etc``. There is no default, so you must set this if you
+ wish to enable :ref:`overlayfs-etc <ref-classes-overlayfs-etc>`, for
+ example, assuming ``/dev/mmcblk0p2`` was the desired device::
+
+ OVERLAYFS_ETC_DEVICE = "/dev/mmcblk0p2"
+
+ :term:`OVERLAYFS_ETC_FSTYPE`
+ When the :ref:`overlayfs-etc <ref-classes-overlayfs-etc>` class is
+ inherited, specifies the file system type for the read/write
+ layer of ``/etc``. There is no default, so you must set this if you
+ wish to enable :ref:`overlayfs-etc <ref-classes-overlayfs-etc>`,
+ for example, assuming the file system is ext4::
+
+ OVERLAYFS_ETC_FSTYPE = "ext4"
+
+ :term:`OVERLAYFS_ETC_MOUNT_OPTIONS`
+ When the :ref:`overlayfs-etc <ref-classes-overlayfs-etc>` class is
+ inherited, specifies the mount options for the read-write layer.
+ The default value is "defaults".
+
+ :term:`OVERLAYFS_ETC_MOUNT_POINT`
+ When the :ref:`overlayfs-etc <ref-classes-overlayfs-etc>` class is
+ inherited, specifies the parent mount path for the filesystem layers.
+ There is no default, so you must set this if you wish to enable
+ :ref:`overlayfs-etc <ref-classes-overlayfs-etc>`, for example if
+ the desired path is "/data"::
+
+ OVERLAYFS_ETC_MOUNT_POINT = "/data"
+
+ :term:`OVERLAYFS_ETC_USE_ORIG_INIT_NAME`
+ When the :ref:`overlayfs-etc <ref-classes-overlayfs-etc>` class is
+ inherited, controls how the generated init will be named. For more
+ information, see the :ref:`overlayfs-etc <ref-classes-overlayfs-etc>`
+ class documentation. The default value is "1".
+
:term:`OVERRIDES`
A colon-separated list of overrides that currently apply. Overrides
are a BitBake mechanism that allows variables to be selectively