1 files changed, 79 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/buildman/toolchain.py b/tools/buildman/toolchain.py
index dfa1d00ce2..a292338b6d 100644
--- a/tools/buildman/toolchain.py
+++ b/tools/buildman/toolchain.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
 #
 
+import re
 import glob
 import os
 
@@ -97,12 +98,18 @@ class Toolchains:
     def __init__(self):
         self.toolchains = {}
         self.paths = []
-        for name, value in bsettings.GetItems('toolchain'):
+        toolchains = bsettings.GetItems('toolchain')
+        if not toolchains:
+            print ("Warning: No tool chains - please add a [toolchain] section"
+                 " to your buildman config file %s. See README for details" %
+                 config_fname)
+
+        for name, value in toolchains:
             if '*' in value:
                 self.paths += glob.glob(value)
             else:
                 self.paths.append(value)
-
+        self._make_flags = dict(bsettings.GetItems('make-flags'))
 
     def Add(self, fname, test=True, verbose=False):
         """Add a toolchain to our list
@@ -167,3 +174,73 @@ class Toolchains:
         if not arch in self.toolchains:
             raise ValueError, ("No tool chain found for arch '%s'" % arch)
         return self.toolchains[arch]
+
+    def ResolveReferences(self, var_dict, args):
+        """Resolve variable references in a string
+
+        This converts ${blah} within the string to the value of blah.
+        This function works recursively.
+
+        Args:
+            var_dict: Dictionary containing variables and their values
+            args: String containing make arguments
+        Returns:
+            Resolved string
+
+        >>> bsettings.Setup()
+        >>> tcs = Toolchains()
+        >>> tcs.Add('fred', False)
+        >>> var_dict = {'oblique' : 'OBLIQUE', 'first' : 'fi${second}rst', \
+                        'second' : '2nd'}
+        >>> tcs.ResolveReferences(var_dict, 'this=${oblique}_set')
+        'this=OBLIQUE_set'
+        >>> tcs.ResolveReferences(var_dict, 'this=${oblique}_set${first}nd')
+        'this=OBLIQUE_setfi2ndrstnd'
+        """
+        re_var = re.compile('(\$\{[a-z0-9A-Z]{1,}\})')
+
+        while True:
+            m = re_var.search(args)
+            if not m:
+                break
+            lookup = m.group(0)[2:-1]
+            value = var_dict.get(lookup, '')
+            args = args[:m.start(0)] + value + args[m.end(0):]
+        return args
+
+    def GetMakeArguments(self, board):
+        """Returns 'make' arguments for a given board
+
+        The flags are in a section called 'make-flags'. Flags are named
+        after the target they represent, for example snapper9260=TESTING=1
+        will pass TESTING=1 to make when building the snapper9260 board.
+
+        References to other boards can be added in the string also. For
+        example:
+
+        [make-flags]
+        at91-boards=ENABLE_AT91_TEST=1
+        snapper9260=${at91-boards} BUILD_TAG=442
+        snapper9g45=${at91-boards} BUILD_TAG=443
+
+        This will return 'ENABLE_AT91_TEST=1 BUILD_TAG=442' for snapper9260
+        and 'ENABLE_AT91_TEST=1 BUILD_TAG=443' for snapper9g45.
+
+        A special 'target' variable is set to the board target.
+
+        Args:
+            board: Board object for the board to check.
+        Returns:
+            'make' flags for that board, or '' if none
+        """
+        self._make_flags['target'] = board.target
+        arg_str = self.ResolveReferences(self._make_flags,
+                           self._make_flags.get(board.target, ''))
+        args = arg_str.split(' ')
+        i = 0
+        while i < len(args):
+            if not args[i]:
+                del args[i]
+            else:
+                i += 1
+        return args