[OE-core] [PATCH] recipes-support: Add recipe for libgpiod

[Denys Dmytriyenko]

On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 08:50:09PM +0200, Belisko Marek wrote:
> On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 8:19 PM, Denys Dmytriyenko <denis at denix.org> wrote:
> > Not to derail your enthusiasm, but since this is being proposed for OE-Core,
> > how is it better than libsoc by Jack Mitchell?
> libsoc is fine but libgpiod will implement correctly gpio handling in
> userspace as gpio sysfs is deprecated.
> What is the problem to have libgpiod available for other potential
> users? Thanks.

As far as I know, libsoc is still being actively supported and if there's an 
API change, it should be fixed in no time. That's why I'm copying Jack here, 
who is an active OE developer here.

As of having an alternative for other potential users - there's nothing wrong 
with it. But, acceptance criteria into OE-Core is quite high, especially when 
there are alternative solutions already available. That's why I'm asking if 
it's any better than the other solution. In other words, why libgpiod should 
be accepted to OE-Core, but not libsoc? Maybe it should be submitted to 
meta-openembedded layer instead?


> More here: https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg1392949.html
> >
> >
> > On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 07:43:00PM +0200, Marek Belisko wrote:
> >> libgpiod - C library and tools for interacting with the linux GPIO
> >> character device
> >>
> >> Since linux 4.8 the GPIO sysfs interface is deprecated.
> >> User space should use the character device instead.
> >> This library encapsulates the ioctl calls and data structures behind a
> >> straightforward API.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Marek Belisko <marek.belisko at open-nandra.com>
> >> ---
> >>  meta/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod_0.2.bb | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>  1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)
> >>  create mode 100644 meta/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod_0.2.bb
> >>
> >> diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod_0.2.bb b/meta/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod_0.2.bb
> >> new file mode 100644
> >> index 0000000..fe2cd80
> >> --- /dev/null
> >> +++ b/meta/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod_0.2.bb
> >> @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
> >> +SUMMARY = "C library and tools for interacting with the linux GPIO character device"
> >> +HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/brgl/libgpiod"
> >> +
> >> +LICENSE = "LGPLv2.1+"
> >> +LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=2caced0b25dfefd4c601d92bd15116de"
> >> +
> >> +UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "https://github.com/brgl/libgpiod/releases"
> >> +
> >> +SRC_URI = "https://github.com/brgl/libgpiod/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz"
> >> +
> >> +SRC_URI[md5sum] = "e3430f35b6efa842693d659c0bfb7ad5"
> >> +SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "de1947f3cb2cc4174364af430309fe6238976658575655bdbd76c60cffa7df92"
> >> +
> >> +inherit autotools pkgconfig
> >> +
> >> +# enable tools
> >> +PACKAGECONFIG ?= "tools"
> >> +
> >> +PACKAGECONFIG[tests] = "--enable-tests,--disable-tests,kmod udev"
> >> +PACKAGECONFIG[tools] = "--enable-tools,--disable-tools,"
> >> +
> >> +PACKAGES += " ${PN}-tools"
> >> +
> >> +FILES_${PN} = "${libdir}/*"
> >> +FILES_${PN}-tools = "${bindir}/*"
> >> --
> >> 2.7.4
> >>
> >> --
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> 
> BR,
> 
> marek
> 
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