Re: [PATCH v4 0/5] Introduce Python bindings for libfdt

[David Gibson <david-xT8FGy+AXnRB3Ne2BGzF6laj5H9X9Tb+@public.gmane.org>]

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On Sun, Feb 05, 2017 at 01:13:18PM -0700, Simon Glass wrote:
> 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.
> 
> The v4 series provides binding that can be used like this:
> 
>     fdt = libfdt.Fdt(open(fname).read())
>     node = fdt.path_offset('/subnode@1')
>     print fdt.get_prop(node, 'compatible')
>     subnode = fdt.first_subnode_quiet(node)
>     while subnode > 0:
>         print fdt.get_name(subnode)
>         subnode = fdt.next_subnode_quiet(subnode)
> 
> This version does not include a class for properties. That can be added
> if it is felt to be useful, but I want to get some basic functionality
> agreed first. The get_property_by_offset() function would likely benefit
> from this.

Sorry I've taken so long to look at this, I've finally given it a
review.

Fwiw, I ran into someone at linux.conf.au who also seemed to be rather
interested in a Python libfdt wrapper.

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