[dpdk-dev] [RFC 0/6] Flattened Device Tree access from DPDK

[Jianbo Liu]

On 26 March 2016 at 09:12, Jan Viktorin <viktorin at rehivetech.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> while extending the DPDK by a kind of platform devices (for the 16.07), an
> access to the FDT might be necessary (or at least very helpful). This patch
> series for 16.07 introduces an approach to solve this topic.
>
> The API is designed from scratch and there is only the Linux backend for it.
> The Linux backend can read and traverse the /proc/device-tree structure. The
> API, however, stays as independent as possible. It is possible to:
>
> * open the FDT in a platform independent way (rte_fdt_open/close)
> * define a path in the FDT in an abstract way (rte_fdt_path)
> * read strings, 32 and 64 bit values, a binary content (rte_fdt_path_readX)
> * walk the FDT structure from a selected point (rte_fdt_path_walk)
>
> I've included unit tests of the API and of the Linux implemention. Some basic
> API tests are introduced in the patch 3. Then a simplified device-tree file
> structure is added together with more tests testing the Linux backend (4,5).
> I've left those 3 patches separated for now but I think they can be aggregated
> into a single patch later.
>
> Here, I've encounter an issue. The testing FDT files (app/test/linux-fdt) need
> to be copied (or linked) to the working directory of the _test_ executable. I
> have no idea, how to integrate such logic into the build system.
>
Why not store FDT files in the code, for example, as a group of binary arrays?
When test is executed, it firstly creates the files in the working
directory from those arrays.

Jianbo