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101    add these grouped functionalities to your project as needed. Using layers to
196 collaboration and customization. Layers are repositories that contain
199 collaborate, share, and reuse layers.
201 Layers can contain changes to previous instructions or settings at any
203 previously supplied collaborative or community layers to suit your
206 You use different layers to logically separate information in your
208 middleware, or application layers. Putting your entire build into one
210 information into layers, on the other hand, helps simplify future
217    -  Use Board Support Package (BSP) layers from silicon vendors when
221       :yocto_home:`Yocto Project curated layer index</software-overview/layers/>`
223       The latter contains more layers but they are less universally
226    -  Layers support the inclusion of technologies, hardware components,
232       OE-compatible layers, and related open-source projects, allowing
235 To illustrate how layers are used to keep things modular, consider
240 situation gives you a couple of layers: one for the machine
254 contains both general layers and BSP layers right out of the box. You
255 can easily identify layers that ship with a Yocto Project release in the
256 Source Directory by their names. Layers typically have names that begin
266 of the ``poky`` repository, you will see several layers: ``meta``,
271 For procedures on how to create layers, see the
272 ":ref:`dev-manual/common-tasks:understanding and creating layers`"
362    is a website that indexes OpenEmbedded-Core layers.
692 `layers <overview-manual/yp-intro:the yocto project layer model>` that extend
694 These layers can provide, for example, an additional software stack for
774 -  *Layer:* A collection of related recipes. Layers allow you to
775    consolidate related metadata to customize your build. Layers also
777    Layers are hierarchical in their ability to override previous
778    specifications. You can include any number of available layers from
779    the Yocto Project and customize the build by adding your own layers
780    after them. You can search the Layer Index for layers used within
783    For more detailed information on layers, see the
784    ":ref:`dev-manual/common-tasks:understanding and creating layers`"
786    discussion specifically on BSP Layers, see the
787    ":ref:`bsp-guide/bsp:bsp layers`" section in the Yocto