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Fix #311: document how to combine device tree with conditions
Signed-off-by: Joachim Wiberg <troglobit@gmail.com>
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@@ -242,6 +242,43 @@ other init, e.g. <kbd>init 4</kbd>, but also using the more advanced
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`intictl` tool.
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**Conditions**
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As mentioned previously, Finit has an advanced dependency system to
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handle synchronization, called [conditions](doc/conditions.md). It can
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be used in many ways; depend on another service, network availability,
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etc.
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One *really cool* example useful for embedded systems is to run certain
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scripts if a board has a certain feature encoded in its device tree. At
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bootstrap we run the following `ident` script:
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```sh
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#!/bin/sh
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conddir=/var/run/finit/cond/hw/model
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dtmodel=/sys/firmware/devicetree/base/model
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if ! test -e $dtmodel; then
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exit 0
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fi
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model=$(cat $dtmodel | tr "[A-Z] " "[a-z]-")
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mkdir -p $conddir && ln -s ../../reconf $conddir/$model
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```
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Provided the device tree node exists, and is a string, we can then use
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the condition `<hw/model/foo>` when starting other scripts. Here is an
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example:
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```
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run [S] /path/to/ident --
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task [2] <hw/model/foo> /path/to/foo-init -- Initializing Foo board
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```
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> Notice the trick with an empty description to hide the call to `ident`
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> in the Finit progress output.
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**Plugins**
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Plugins can *extend* the functionality of Finit and *hook into* the
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