Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] README: Explain how to add a new API function

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

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On Sun, Nov 07, 2021 at 03:43:43PM -0700, Simon Glass wrote:
> This is not obvious so add a little note about it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg-F7+t8E8rja9g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>

This is a good change, regardless of anything else; merged.

> ---
> 
> (no changes since v1)
> 
>  README | 9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/README b/README
> index d9bf850..bac1714 100644
> --- a/README
> +++ b/README
> @@ -71,6 +71,15 @@ More work remains to support all of libfdt, including access to numeric
>  values.
>  
>  
> +Adding a new function to libfdt.h
> +---------------------------------
> +
> +The shared library uses libfdt/version.lds to list the exported functions, so
> +add your new function there. Check that your function works with pylibfdt. If
> +it cannot be supported, put the declaration in libfdt.h behind #ifndef SWIG so
> +that swig ignores it.
> +
> +
>  Tests
>  -----
>  

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