[Buildroot] [PATCH v1] bcm2835: new package

Peter Seiderer ps.report at gmx.net
Thu Dec 17 21:20:32 UTC 2015


Hello Yann,

On Sun, 13 Dec 2015 22:19:29 +0100, "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr> wrote:

> Peter, All,
> 
> On 2015-12-08 22:23 +0100, Peter Seiderer spake thusly:
> > Signed-off-by: Peter Seiderer <ps.report at gmx.net>
> > ---
> >  package/Config.in            |  1 +
> >  package/bcm2835/Config.in    | 10 ++++++++++
> >  package/bcm2835/bcm2835.hash |  2 ++
> >  package/bcm2835/bcm2835.mk   | 13 +++++++++++++
> >  4 files changed, 26 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 package/bcm2835/Config.in
> >  create mode 100644 package/bcm2835/bcm2835.hash
> >  create mode 100644 package/bcm2835/bcm2835.mk
> > 
> > diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
> > index bdc3063..8bf4048 100644
> > --- a/package/Config.in
> > +++ b/package/Config.in
> > @@ -860,6 +860,7 @@ menu "Graphics"
> >  endmenu
> >  
> >  menu "Hardware handling"
> > +	source "package/bcm2835/Config.in"
> >  	source "package/c-periphery/Config.in"
> >  	source "package/ccid/Config.in"
> >  	source "package/dtc/Config.in"
> > diff --git a/package/bcm2835/Config.in b/package/bcm2835/Config.in
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..50ec3dd
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/package/bcm2835/Config.in
> > @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
> > +config BR2_PACKAGE_BCM2835
> > +	bool "bcm2835"
> 
> Even though there is not much ARM specific in this package (I checked,
> it builds fine on x86_64 at least), I still believe this package should
> be available only for ARM, so maybe add;
> 
>     depends on BR2_arm

O.k., will do... (best would be a depend on RPi..., but I would like
to group wiringpi, bcm2835 (and maybe pigpio (still unfinished patch
pending)) under a common heading/subsection)

> 
> Otherwise, I still amazed at how much length RPi people ar eready to go
> to make things totally different from what is traditionally done.
> 
> bcm2835 is directly poking in the memory/regiters to toggle/read GPIOs,
> when there is a prefectly working kernel driver that abstracts all of
> that...
> 
> Sigh...

I agree completely ;-), maybe I should put a big fat warning too the
help text....

Regards,
Peter

> 
> Regards,
> Yann E. MORIN.
> 
> > +	help
> > +	  C library for Broadcom BCM 2835 as used in Raspberry Pi.
> > +	  It provides access to GPIO and other IO functions on the
> > +	  Broadcom BCM 2835 chip, allowing access to the GPIO pins
> > +	  on the 26 pin IDE plug on the RPi board so you can control
> > +	  and interface with various external devices.
> > +
> > +	  http://www.airspayce.com/mikem/bcm2835
> > diff --git a/package/bcm2835/bcm2835.hash b/package/bcm2835/bcm2835.hash
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..8b725f5
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/package/bcm2835/bcm2835.hash
> > @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
> > +# Locally computed:
> > +sha256 0317e23a29b4a9923c57c1b0fb7403adce10aa05e263af0bc20ffe026f78767c bcm2835-1.48.tar.gz
> > diff --git a/package/bcm2835/bcm2835.mk b/package/bcm2835/bcm2835.mk
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..28755c3
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/package/bcm2835/bcm2835.mk
> > @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
> > +################################################################################
> > +#
> > +# bcm2835
> > +#
> > +################################################################################
> > +
> > +BCM2835_VERSION = 1.48
> > +BCM2835_SITE = http://www.airspayce.com/mikem/bcm2835
> > +BCM2835_LICENSE = GPLv2+
> > +BCM2835_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
> > +BCM2835_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
> > +
> > +$(eval $(autotools-package))
> > -- 
> > 2.1.4
> > 
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