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@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@ -The source tree contains the Device Tree Compiler (dtc) toolchain for -working with device tree source and binary files and also libfdt, a -utility library for reading and manipulating the binary format. - -DTC and LIBFDT are maintained by: - -David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au> -Jon Loeliger <jdl@jdl.com> - - -Python library --------------- - -A Python library is also available. To build this you will need to install -swig and Python development files. On Debian distributions: - - sudo apt-get install swig python3-dev - -The library provides an Fdt class which you can use like this: - -$ PYTHONPATH=../pylibfdt python3 ->>> import libfdt ->>> fdt = libfdt.Fdt(open('test_tree1.dtb', mode='rb').read()) ->>> node = fdt.path_offset('/subnode@1') ->>> print(node) -124 ->>> prop_offset = fdt.first_property_offset(node) ->>> prop = fdt.get_property_by_offset(prop_offset) ->>> print('%s=%s' % (prop.name, prop.as_str())) -compatible=subnode1 ->>> node2 = fdt.path_offset('/') ->>> print(fdt.getprop(node2, 'compatible').as_str()) -test_tree1 - -You will find tests in tests/pylibfdt_tests.py showing how to use each -method. Help is available using the Python help command, e.g.: - - $ cd pylibfdt - $ python3 -c "import libfdt; help(libfdt)" - -If you add new features, please check code coverage: - - $ sudo apt-get install python3-coverage - $ cd tests - # It's just 'coverage' on most other distributions - $ python3-coverage run pylibfdt_tests.py - $ python3-coverage html - # Open 'htmlcov/index.html' in your browser - - -To install the library via the normal setup.py method, use: - - ./pylibfdt/setup.py install [--prefix=/path/to/install_dir] - -If --prefix is not provided, the default prefix is used, typically '/usr' -or '/usr/local'. See Python's distutils documentation for details. You can -also install via the Makefile if you like, but the above is more common. - -To install both libfdt and pylibfdt you can use: - - make install [SETUP_PREFIX=/path/to/install_dir] \ - [PREFIX=/path/to/install_dir] - -To disable building the python library, even if swig and Python are available, -use: - - make NO_PYTHON=1 - - -More work remains to support all of libfdt, including access to numeric -values. - - -Tests ------ - -Test files are kept in the tests/ directory. Use 'make check' to build and run -all tests. - -If you want to adjust a test file, be aware that tree_tree1.dts is compiled -and checked against a binary tree from assembler macros in trees.S. So -if you change that file you must change tree.S also. - - -Mailing list ------------- -The following list is for discussion about dtc and libfdt implementation -mailto:devicetree-compiler@vger.kernel.org - -Core device tree bindings are discussed on the devicetree-spec list: -mailto:devicetree-spec@vger.kernel.org |