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1955SN/Alibfdt is an open-source library released under the BSD license:
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31762SN/Alibfdt - Flat Device Tree manipulation
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315522Snate@binkert.orglibfdt allows flattened device trees to be represented as a
326143Snate@binkert.org"blob", which is a compact flattened format. This is useful,
334762Snate@binkert.orgparticularly for embedded systems, such as ARM, because it
345522Snate@binkert.orgallows many different devices to be included in a single binary
35955SN/Aallowing for a high level of portability.
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37955SN/AThe source and more information about the library can be found
385522Snate@binkert.orghere:
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405742Snate@binkert.orghttp://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/UBootFdtInfo
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424381Sbinkertn@umich.edu1) D. Gibson, B. Herrenschmidt. Device trees everywhere. 2006.
434381Sbinkertn@umich.eduhttp://ozlabs.org/~dgibson/papers/dtc-paper.pdf
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