[Buildroot] [PATCH] New host package: sunxi-tools

[Buildroot] [PATCH] New host package: sunxi-tools

[Floris Bos]

Tools for Allwinner A10 (aka sun4i) and A13 (aka sun5i) based devices.
This includes fexc which can be used to compile .fex board definition files to
the binary script.bin format required by the linux-sunxi kernel.

http://linux-sunxi.org/Sunxi-tools

Signed-off-by: Floris Bos <bos@je-eigen-domein.nl>
---
 package/Config.in.host             |    1 +
 package/sunxi-tools/Config.in.host |    9 +++++++++
 package/sunxi-tools/sunxi-tools.mk |   28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 38 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 package/sunxi-tools/Config.in.host
 create mode 100644 package/sunxi-tools/sunxi-tools.mk

diff --git a/package/Config.in.host b/package/Config.in.host
index 79050f2..b2b9fbd 100644
--- a/package/Config.in.host
+++ b/package/Config.in.host
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ source "package/lpc3250loader/Config.in.host"
 source "package/omap-u-boot-utils/Config.in.host"
 source "package/openocd/Config.in.host"
 source "package/sam-ba/Config.in.host"
+source "package/sunxi-tools/Config.in.host"
 source "package/uboot-tools/Config.in.host"
 
 endmenu
diff --git a/package/sunxi-tools/Config.in.host b/package/sunxi-tools/Config.in.host
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0208adb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/sunxi-tools/Config.in.host
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_SUNXI_TOOLS
+	bool "host sunxi-tools"
+	help
+	  Tools for Allwinner A10 (aka sun4i) and A13 (aka sun5i) based devices.
+	  This includes fexc which can be used to compile .fex board definition files to
+	  the binary script.bin format required by the linux-sunxi kernel.
+
+	  http://linux-sunxi.org/Sunxi-tools
+
diff --git a/package/sunxi-tools/sunxi-tools.mk b/package/sunxi-tools/sunxi-tools.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6146d5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/sunxi-tools/sunxi-tools.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#############################################################
+#
+# sunxi-tools
+#
+#############################################################
+
+SUNXI_TOOLS_VERSION = 3a94e721dd8d1e13d0b25da0a83463891e8e9ee0
+SUNXI_TOOLS_SITE = git://github.com/linux-sunxi/sunxi-tools.git
+SUNXI_TOOLS_LICENSE = GPLv2+
+SUNXI_TOOLS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+HOST_SUNXI_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES = host-libusb
+
+define HOST_SUNXI_TOOLS_BUILD_CMDS
+	$(HOST_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) CFLAGS="$(HOST_CFLAGS) -std=c99 \
+	  -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200112L -Iinclude/" LDFLAGS="$(HOST_LDFLAGS)" -C $(@D)
+endef
+
+define HOST_SUNXI_TOOLS_INSTALL_CMDS
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/fexc $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/fexc
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/bin2fex $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/bin2fex
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/fex2bin $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/fex2bin
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/bootinfo $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/bootinfo
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/fel $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/fel
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/pio $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/pio
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/nand-part $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/nand-part
+endef
+
+$(eval $(host-generic-package))
-- 
1.7.10.4

[Buildroot] [PATCH] New host package: sunxi-tools

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Dear Floris Bos,

On Wed,  6 Feb 2013 14:45:08 +0100, Floris Bos wrote:
> Tools for Allwinner A10 (aka sun4i) and A13 (aka sun5i) based devices.
> This includes fexc which can be used to compile .fex board definition files to
> the binary script.bin format required by the linux-sunxi kernel.
> 
> http://linux-sunxi.org/Sunxi-tools
> 
> Signed-off-by: Floris Bos <bos@je-eigen-domein.nl>

I think it should be noted somewhere that those tools are needed for the
non-mainline Linux kernel for Allwinner SoCs, which has chosen to use
completely non-standard mechanisms for board definition files and
pinmuxing description. The mainline Linux effort does not require those
specific tools.

This should probably at least clearly be mentioned in the help text of
the package option.

Thanks !

Thomas
-- 
Thomas Petazzoni, Free Electrons
Kernel, drivers, real-time and embedded Linux
development, consulting, training and support.
http://free-electrons.com

[Buildroot] [PATCH] New host package: sunxi-tools

[Floris Bos]

On 02/06/2013 02:56 PM, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> I think it should be noted somewhere that those tools are needed for 
> the non-mainline Linux kernel for Allwinner SoCs, which has chosen to 
> use completely non-standard mechanisms for board definition files and 
> pinmuxing description.

The description already mentions it is for the linux-sunxi kernel.
Could add the word "non-mainline" though, to avoid confusion.

> The mainline Linux effort does not require those specific tools.

Yes, but while I applaud the mainline effort, it should be noted that 
lack of MMC/NAND/USB/framebuffer support in the mainline kernel makes it 
not useful to the average user yet at this stage.


Yours sincerely,

Floris Bos

[Buildroot] [PATCH] New host package: sunxi-tools

[Maxime Ripard]

Hi,

Le 06/02/2013 15:25, Floris Bos a ?crit :
> On 02/06/2013 02:56 PM, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
>> I think it should be noted somewhere that those tools are needed for
>> the non-mainline Linux kernel for Allwinner SoCs, which has chosen to
>> use completely non-standard mechanisms for board definition files and
>> pinmuxing description.
> 
> The description already mentions it is for the linux-sunxi kernel.
> Could add the word "non-mainline" though, to avoid confusion.

Well, linux-sunxi isn't very explicit for someone that is not very used
to the Allwinner platform. There's no way he'll get that it means "the
fork of allwinner's linux source code maintained on github by a separate
community".

Maxime

-- 
Maxime Ripard, Free Electrons
Kernel, drivers, real-time and embedded Linux
development, consulting, training and support.
http://free-electrons.com