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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/binman/entry.py | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/binman/etype/section.py | 6 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/tools/binman/entry.py b/tools/binman/entry.py index d58a730f3d..507760e2a8 100644 --- a/tools/binman/entry.py +++ b/tools/binman/entry.py @@ -211,6 +211,17 @@ class Entry(object): return {} def ExpandEntries(self): + """Expand out entries which produce other entries + + Some entries generate subnodes automatically, from which sub-entries + are then created. This method allows those to be added to the binman + definition for the current image. An entry which implements this method + should call state.AddSubnode() to add a subnode and can add properties + with state.AddString(), etc. + + An example is 'files', which produces a section containing a list of + files. + """ pass def AddMissingProperties(self, have_image_pos): diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/section.py b/tools/binman/etype/section.py index 1ceadef13f..2103919b0c 100644 --- a/tools/binman/etype/section.py +++ b/tools/binman/etype/section.py @@ -126,12 +126,6 @@ class Entry_section(Entry): return True def ExpandEntries(self): - """Expand out any entries which have calculated sub-entries - - Some entries are expanded out at runtime, e.g. 'files', which produces - a section containing a list of files. Process these entries so that - this information is added to the device tree. - """ super().ExpandEntries() for entry in self._entries.values(): entry.ExpandEntries() |