At present libfdt consists of only a C implementation. Many scripts are
written using Python so it useful to have Python bindings for libfdt.
Apparently this has never been attempted before, or if so I cannot find a
reference.
This series starts the process of adding this support, with just a
bare-bones set of methods, to attract initial comments.
The v3 series makes the binding more pythonic, allowing things like:
fdt = libfdt.Fdt(open(fname).read())
node = fdt.path('/subnode@1')
print node.prop('compatible').data()
subnode = node.first_subnode_quiet()
while subnode:
print subnode.name()
subnode = subnode.next_subnode_quiet()
There are still some open question, particularly around naming.
Changes in v3:
- Make the library more pythonic
- Add classes for Node and Prop along with methods
- Add an exception class
- Use Python to generate exeptions instead of SWIG
Changes in v2:
- Add exceptions when functions return an error
- Correct Python naming to following PEP8
- Use a class to encapsulate the various methods
- Include fdt.h instead of redefining struct fdt_property
- Use bytearray to avoid the SWIG warning 454
- Add comments
- Update tests for new pylibfdt
- Add a few more tests to increase coverage
- Add some more tests
- Add details on how to obtain full help and code coverage
Simon Glass (4):
Add an initial Python library for libfdt
Add tests for pylibfdt
Mention pylibfdt in the documentation
Build pylibfdt as part of the normal build process
Makefile | 16 +-
README | 33 +++
pylibfdt/.gitignore | 3 +
pylibfdt/Makefile.pylibfdt | 18 ++
pylibfdt/libfdt.swig | 602 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
pylibfdt/setup.py | 34 +++
tests/pylibfdt_tests.py | 389 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
tests/run_tests.sh | 19 +-
8 files changed, 1112 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 pylibfdt/.gitignore
create mode 100644 pylibfdt/Makefile.pylibfdt
create mode 100644 pylibfdt/libfdt.swig
create mode 100644 pylibfdt/setup.py
create mode 100644 tests/pylibfdt_tests.py
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