The file:// protocol is primarily used for digging out patch files that
are local with the metadata (layer). I put a link in the paragraph that
is talking about them to the "Patching" section in the overview-manual.
(From yocto-docs rev: 18a7b4b81d192fb2cfd96763de4cfabd61c3a0ea)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>