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bsp guide: update kernel version example to 6.12

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Change the sample kernel version being used from 4.4 to a more modern
6.12.

(From yocto-docs rev: 1aaf4044ca3610740a38cd6a53dd11f2071f573b)

Signed-off-by: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
Reviewed-by: Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@cherry.de>
Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>
(cherry picked from commit 1bad12b6ccfe1c0d26918926176a0c743568de26)
Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Steve Sakoman <steve@sakoman.com>
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@ -674,21 +674,21 @@ to the kernel recipe by using a similarly named append file, which is
located in the BSP Layer for your target device (e.g. the
``meta-bsp_root_name/recipes-kernel/linux`` directory).
Suppose you are using the ``linux-yocto_4.4.bb`` recipe to build the
Suppose you are using the ``linux-yocto_6.12.bb`` recipe to build the
kernel. In other words, you have selected the kernel in your
``"bsp_root_name".conf`` file by adding
:term:`PREFERRED_PROVIDER` and :term:`PREFERRED_VERSION`
statements as follows::
PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel ?= "linux-yocto"
PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "4.4%"
PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "6.12%"
.. note::
When the preferred provider is assumed by default, the :term:`PREFERRED_PROVIDER`
statement does not appear in the ``"bsp_root_name".conf`` file.
You would use the ``linux-yocto_4.4.bbappend`` file to append specific
You would use the ``linux-yocto_6.12.bbappend`` file to append specific
BSP settings to the kernel, thus configuring the kernel for your
particular BSP.
@ -698,14 +698,19 @@ in the Yocto Project Linux Kernel Development Manual.
An alternate scenario is when you create your own kernel recipe for the
BSP. A good example of this is the Raspberry Pi BSP. If you examine the
``recipes-kernel/linux`` directory you see the following::
``recipes-kernel/linux`` directory in that layer you see the following
Raspberry Pi-specific recipes and associated files::
files/
linux-raspberrypi_6.12.bb
linux-raspberrypi_6.1.bb
linux-raspberrypi_6.6.bb
linux-raspberrypi-dev.bb
linux-raspberrypi.inc
linux-raspberrypi_4.14.bb
linux-raspberrypi_4.9.bb
The directory contains three kernel recipes and a common include file.
linux-raspberrypi-v7_6.12.bb
linux-raspberrypi-v7_6.1.bb
linux-raspberrypi-v7_6.6.bb
linux-raspberrypi-v7.inc
Developing a Board Support Package (BSP)
========================================