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+################################################################################
+#
+# i2c-tools
+#
+################################################################################
+
+I2C_TOOLS_VERSION = 3.1.1
+I2C_TOOLS_SOURCE = i2c-tools-$(I2C_TOOLS_VERSION).tar.bz2
+I2C_TOOLS_SITE = http://dl.lm-sensors.org/i2c-tools/releases
+I2C_TOOLS_LICENSE = GPLv2+, GPLv2 (py-smbus)
+I2C_TOOLS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+
+# Build/install steps mirror the distutil python package type in the python package
+# infrastructure
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON),y)
+I2C_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES += python
+# BASE_ENV taken from PKG_PYTHON_DISTUTILS_ENV in package/pkg-python.mk
+I2C_TOOLS_PYTHON_BASE_ENV = \
+ $(PKG_PYTHON_DISTUTILS_ENV) \
+ CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) -I../include"
+
+define I2C_TOOLS_BUILD_PYSMBUS
+ (cd $(@D)/py-smbus; \
+ $(I2C_TOOLS_PYTHON_BASE_ENV) \
+ $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/python setup.py build \
+ $(PKG_PYTHON_DISTUTILS_BUILD_OPTS))
+endef
+
+define I2C_TOOLS_INSTALL_PYSMBUS
+ (cd $(@D)/py-smbus; \
+ $(I2C_TOOLS_PYTHON_BASE_ENV) \
+ $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/python setup.py install \
+ $(PKG_PYTHON_DISTUTILS_INSTALL_TARGET_OPTS))
+endef
+
+endif # BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON
+
+define I2C_TOOLS_BUILD_CMDS
+ $(MAKE) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) -C $(@D)
+ $(I2C_TOOLS_BUILD_PYSMBUS)
+endef
+
+define I2C_TOOLS_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
+ for i in i2cdump i2cget i2cset i2cdetect; \
+ do \
+ $(INSTALL) -m 755 -D $(@D)/tools/$$i $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/$$i; \
+ done
+ $(I2C_TOOLS_INSTALL_PYSMBUS)
+endef
+
+$(eval $(generic-package))