arm: DT autogeneration - Device Tree generation methods

This patch adds an extra layer to the pyfdt library such that usage
gets easier and device tree nodes can be specified in less code,
without limiting original usage. Note to not import both the pyfdt
and fdthelper in the same namespace (but generally fdthelper is all
you need, because it supplies the same classes even when they are not
extended in any way)

Also, this patch lays out the primary functionality for generating a
device tree, where every SimObject gets an empty generateDeviceTree
method and ArmSystems loop over their children in an effort to merge
all the nodes. Devices are implemented in other patches.

Change-Id: I4d0a0666827287fe42e18447f19acab4dc80cc49
Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Curtis Dunham <curtis.dunham@arm.com>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/5962
Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/arch/arm/ArmSystem.py b/src/arch/arm/ArmSystem.py
index b42f219ef..245ac55df 100644
--- a/src/arch/arm/ArmSystem.py
+++ b/src/arch/arm/ArmSystem.py
@@ -34,9 +34,11 @@
 # OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 #
 # Authors: Ali Saidi
+#          Glenn Bergmans
 
 from m5.params import *
 from m5.SimObject import *
+from m5.util.fdthelper import *
 
 from System import System
 
@@ -79,6 +81,27 @@ class ArmSystem(System):
         "Base of the 64KiB PA range used for memory-mapped m5ops. Set to 0 "
         "to disable.")
 
+    def generateDeviceTree(self, state):
+        # Generate a device tree root node for the system by creating the root
+        # node and adding the generated subnodes of all children.
+        # When a child needs to add multiple nodes, this is done by also
+        # creating a node called '/' which will then be merged with the
+        # root instead of appended.
+
+        root = FdtNode('/')
+        root.append(state.addrCellsProperty())
+        root.append(state.sizeCellsProperty())
+
+        for node in self.recurseDeviceTree(state):
+            # Merge root nodes instead of adding them (for children
+            # that need to add multiple root level nodes)
+            if node.get_name() == root.get_name():
+                root.merge(node)
+            else:
+                root.append(node)
+
+        return root
+
 class GenericArmSystem(ArmSystem):
     type = 'GenericArmSystem'
     cxx_header = "arch/arm/system.hh"