@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ Project metadata:
- *phone:* Mobile phone (voice) support
+- *qemu-usermode:* QEMU can support user-mode emulation for this machine
+
- *qvga:* Machine has a QVGA (320x240) display
- *rtc:* Machine has a Real-Time Clock
@@ -112,6 +114,13 @@ configuration level. See the
:term:`COMBINED_FEATURES` variable for more
information.
+.. note::
+
+ :term:`DISTRO_FEATURES` is normally independent of kernel configuration,
+ so if a feature specified in :term:`DISTRO_FEATURES` also relies on
+ support in the kernel, you will also need to ensure that support is
+ enabled in the kernel configuration.
+
This list only represents features as shipped with the Yocto Project
metadata, as extra layers can define their own:
@@ -143,6 +152,9 @@ metadata, as extra layers can define their own:
- *ext2:* Include tools for supporting for devices with internal
HDD/Microdrive for storing files (instead of Flash only devices).
+- *gobject-introspection-data:* Include data to support
+ `GObject Introspection <https://gi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`__.
+
- *ipsec:* Include IPSec support.
- *ipv4:* Include IPv4 support.
@@ -155,23 +167,38 @@ metadata, as extra layers can define their own:
- *multiarch:* Enable building applications with multiple architecture
support.
+- *ld-is-gold:* Use the `gold <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_(linker)>`__
+ linker instead of the standard GCC linker (bfd).
+
- *ldconfig:* Include support for ldconfig and ``ld.so.conf`` on the
target.
+- *lto:* Enable `Link-Time Optimisation <https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/LinkTimeOptimization>`__.
+
- *nfc:* Include support for
`Near Field Communication <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-field_communication>`__.
- *nfs:* Include NFS client support (for mounting NFS exports on
device).
+- *nls:* Include National Language Support (NLS).
+
- *opengl:* Include the Open Graphics Library, which is a
cross-language, multi-platform application programming interface used
for rendering two and three-dimensional graphics.
+- *overlayfs:* Include `OverlayFS <https://docs.kernel.org/filesystems/overlayfs.html>`__
+ support.
+
+- *pam:* Include `Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluggable_authentication_module>`__
+ support.
+
- *pci:* Include PCI bus support.
- *pcmcia:* Include PCMCIA/CompactFlash support.
+- *polkit:* Include `Polkit <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polkit>`__ support.
+
- *ppp:* Include PPP dialup support.
- *ptest:* Enables building the package tests where supported by
@@ -179,6 +206,13 @@ metadata, as extra layers can define their own:
":ref:`dev-manual/common-tasks:testing packages with ptest`" section
in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual.
+- *pulseaudio:* Include support for
+ `PulseAudio <https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/>`__.
+
+- *selinux:* Include support for
+ `Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security-Enhanced_Linux>`__
+ (requires `meta-selinux <https://layers.openembedded.org/layerindex/layer/meta-selinux/>`__).
+
- *seccomp:* Enables building applications with
`seccomp <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seccomp>`__ support, to
allow them to strictly restrict the system calls that they are allowed
@@ -270,6 +304,9 @@ Here are the image features available for all images:
just disables the mechanism which forces an non-empty password for the
root user.
+- *lic-pkgs:* Installs license packages for all packages installed in a
+ given image.
+
- *overlayfs-etc:* Configures the ``/etc`` directory to be in ``overlayfs``.
This allows to store device specific information elsewhere, especially
if the root filesystem is configured to be read-only.
@@ -294,6 +331,12 @@ Here are the image features available for all images:
section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual for more
information.
+- *read-only-rootfs-delayed-postinsts:* when specified in conjunction
+ with ``read-only-rootfs``, specifies that post-install scripts are
+ still permitted (this assumes that the root filesystem will be made
+ writeable for the first boot; this feature does not do anything to
+ ensure that - it just disables the check for post-install scripts.)
+
- *splash:* Enables showing a splash screen during boot. By default,
this screen is provided by ``psplash``, which does allow
customization. If you prefer to use an alternative splash screen
@@ -301,6 +344,11 @@ Here are the image features available for all images:
different package name (or names) within the image recipe or at the
distro configuration level.
+- *stateless-rootfs:*: specifies that the image should be created as
+ stateless - when using ``systemd``, ``systemctl-native`` will not
+ be run on the image, leaving the image for population at runtime by
+ systemd.
+
- *staticdev-pkgs:* Installs static development packages, which are
static libraries (i.e. ``*.a`` files), for all packages installed in
a given image.
@@ -351,6 +399,8 @@ these valid features is as follows:
- *tools-testapps:* Installs device testing tools (e.g. touchscreen
debugging).
+- *weston:* Installs Weston (reference Wayland environment).
+
- *x11:* Installs the X server.
- *x11-base:* Installs the X server with a minimal environment.