[Buildroot] [Patch] Added package python-smbus

[ir. Tjeerd Pinkert <t.j.pinkert@vu.nl>]

Hi all,

I managed to add a package python-smbus that installs the i2c-tools 
py-smbus extension so that i2c can be used under python.

Most probably it is better to integrate this somehow into the i2c-tools 
scripts but this is the first onset of getting it working. Hints on how 
to best integrate, if regarded necessary, are welcome.

Best regards,


Tjeerd Pinkert


buildroot$ git diff 6bf057b0f2ba188397a691f74877a4a30aaea3f9 --
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 262a7fb..7ef7149 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -525,6 +525,7 @@ menu "external python modules"
         source "package/python-flup/Config.in"
         source "package/python-gobject/Config.in"
         source "package/python-httplib2/Config.in"
+       source "package/python-smbus/Config.in"
         source "package/python-id3/Config.in"
         source "package/python-ipaddr/Config.in"
         source "package/python-ipy/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/python-smbus/Config.in b/package/python-smbus/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d53b0af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-smbus/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_SMBUS
+       bool "python-smbus"
+       depends on BR2_PACKAGE_I2C_TOOLS
+       help
+         Python bindings to smbus from the i2c-tools package
+
+         http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/I2CTools
+
+         pyhton-smbus needs i2c-tools
diff --git a/package/python-smbus/python-smbus.mk 
b/package/python-smbus/python-smbus.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1673e6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-smbus/python-smbus.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# python-smbus (i2c-tools python bindings)
+#
+################################################################################
+
+PYTHON_SMBUS_VERSION = 3.1.1
+PYTHON_SMBUS_SOURCE = i2c-tools-$(PYTHON_SMBUS_VERSION).tar.bz2
+PYTHON_SMBUS_SITE = http://dl.lm-sensors.org/i2c-tools/releases
+PYTHON_SMBUS_SETUP_TYPE = distutils
+PYTHON_SMBUS_LICENSE = GPLv2
+PYTHON_SMBUS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+PYTHON_SMBUS_DEPENDENCIES = i2c-tools
+PYTHON_SMBUS_SUBDIR=py-smbus
+
+TARGET_CFLAGS += -I../include
+
+$(eval $(python-package))




On 16-03-15 19:43, ir. Tjeerd Pinkert wrote:
> Since I'm quite new to Buildroot, I am trying to understand how to do
> things and how this thing works by reading the manual and source code.
>
> I have been trying further on the python-smbus-cffi today, but
> python-cffi seems to be fundamentally broken according to the internet.
> Since my host machine does not yet have the python-cffi package (Debian
> Stable), I could not pursue that path further.
>
> Next I tried to get the py-smbus from the i2c-tools package compiled.
> Unfortunately unsuccessful. To compile the py-smbus package one normally
> adds the EXTRA=py-smbus to the make command. I did that by adding an
> option to the configuration menu and then trying to compile via a
> modified makefile, but that goes wrong.
>
> I figured I needed a python-package makefile. Simply adding one to the
> package directory then seems to be logical, but somehow does not work
> because
>
> 1. I need to call 'make' from the subdirectory py-smbus.
> 2. I get a funny error, probably I don't understand the make system good
> enough yet.
>
> I get the following compilation error, I attached the scripts to this
> email, but, what would be the correct approach for this type of
> (sub)package compilation? Help is highly appreciated.
>
> error:
> package/i2c-tools/i2c-tools-python.mk:17: *** "I2C_TOOLS_SETUP_TYPE must
> be set".  Stop.
>
> Best regards,
>
>
> Tjeerd Pinkert