1libfdt is an open-source library released under the BSD license:
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3libfdt - Flat Device Tree manipulation
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31libfdt allows flattened device trees to be represented as a
32"blob", which is a compact flattened format. This is useful,
33particularly for embedded systems, such as ARM, because it
34allows many different devices to be included in a single binary
35allowing for a high level of portability.
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37The source and more information about the library can be found
38here:
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40http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/UBootFdtInfo
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421) D. Gibson, B. Herrenschmidt. Device trees everywhere. 2006.
43http://ozlabs.org/~dgibson/papers/dtc-paper.pdf
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