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+# ex:ts=4:sw=4:sts=4:et
+# -*- tab-width: 4; c-basic-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2013, Intel Corporation.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+#
+# DESCRIPTION
+
+# This module implements the image creation engine used by 'wic' to
+# create images.  The engine parses through the OpenEmbedded kickstart
+# (wks) file specified and generates images that can then be directly
+# written onto media.
+#
+# AUTHORS
+# Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi (at] linux.intel.com>
+#
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+from wic import msger, creator
+from wic.utils import misc
+from wic.plugin import pluginmgr
+from wic.utils.oe import misc
+
+
+def verify_build_env():
+    """
+    Verify that the build environment is sane.
+
+    Returns True if it is, false otherwise
+    """
+    if not os.environ.get("BUILDDIR"):
+        print "BUILDDIR not found, exiting. (Did you forget to source oe-init-build-env?)"
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    return True
+
+
+CANNED_IMAGE_DIR = "lib/wic/canned-wks" # relative to scripts
+SCRIPTS_CANNED_IMAGE_DIR = "scripts/" + CANNED_IMAGE_DIR
+
+def build_canned_image_list(path):
+    layers_path = misc.get_bitbake_var("BBLAYERS")
+    canned_wks_layer_dirs = []
+
+    if layers_path is not None:
+        for layer_path in layers_path.split():
+            cpath = os.path.join(layer_path, SCRIPTS_CANNED_IMAGE_DIR)
+            canned_wks_layer_dirs.append(cpath)
+
+    cpath = os.path.join(path, CANNED_IMAGE_DIR)
+    canned_wks_layer_dirs.append(cpath)
+
+    return canned_wks_layer_dirs
+
+def find_canned_image(scripts_path, wks_file):
+    """
+    Find a .wks file with the given name in the canned files dir.
+
+    Return False if not found
+    """
+    layers_canned_wks_dir = build_canned_image_list(scripts_path)
+
+    for canned_wks_dir in layers_canned_wks_dir:
+        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(canned_wks_dir):
+            for fname in files:
+                if fname.endswith("~") or fname.endswith("#"):
+                    continue
+                if fname.endswith(".wks") and wks_file + ".wks" == fname:
+                    fullpath = os.path.join(canned_wks_dir, fname)
+                    return fullpath
+    return None
+
+
+def list_canned_images(scripts_path):
+    """
+    List the .wks files in the canned image dir, minus the extension.
+    """
+    layers_canned_wks_dir = build_canned_image_list(scripts_path)
+
+    for canned_wks_dir in layers_canned_wks_dir:
+        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(canned_wks_dir):
+            for fname in files:
+                if fname.endswith("~") or fname.endswith("#"):
+                    continue
+                if fname.endswith(".wks"):
+                    fullpath = os.path.join(canned_wks_dir, fname)
+                    with open(fullpath) as wks:
+                        for line in wks:
+                            desc = ""
+                            idx = line.find("short-description:")
+                            if idx != -1:
+                                desc = line[idx + len("short-description:"):].strip()
+                                break
+                    basename = os.path.splitext(fname)[0]
+                    print "  %s\t\t%s" % (basename.ljust(30), desc)
+
+
+def list_canned_image_help(scripts_path, fullpath):
+    """
+    List the help and params in the specified canned image.
+    """
+    found = False
+    with open(fullpath) as wks:
+        for line in wks:
+            if not found:
+                idx = line.find("long-description:")
+                if idx != -1:
+                    print
+                    print line[idx + len("long-description:"):].strip()
+                    found = True
+                continue
+            if not line.strip():
+                break
+            idx = line.find("#")
+            if idx != -1:
+                print line[idx + len("#:"):].rstrip()
+            else:
+                break
+
+
+def list_source_plugins():
+    """
+    List the available source plugins i.e. plugins available for --source.
+    """
+    plugins = pluginmgr.get_source_plugins()
+
+    for plugin in plugins:
+        print "  %s" % plugin
+
+
+def wic_create(wks_file, rootfs_dir, bootimg_dir, kernel_dir,
+               native_sysroot, scripts_path, image_output_dir,
+               compressor, debug):
+    """Create image
+
+    wks_file - user-defined OE kickstart file
+    rootfs_dir - absolute path to the build's /rootfs dir
+    bootimg_dir - absolute path to the build's boot artifacts directory
+    kernel_dir - absolute path to the build's kernel directory
+    native_sysroot - absolute path to the build's native sysroots dir
+    scripts_path - absolute path to /scripts dir
+    image_output_dir - dirname to create for image
+    compressor - compressor utility to compress the image
+
+    Normally, the values for the build artifacts values are determined
+    by 'wic -e' from the output of the 'bitbake -e' command given an
+    image name e.g. 'core-image-minimal' and a given machine set in
+    local.conf.  If that's the case, the variables get the following
+    values from the output of 'bitbake -e':
+
+    rootfs_dir:        IMAGE_ROOTFS
+    kernel_dir:        DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE
+    native_sysroot:    STAGING_DIR_NATIVE
+
+    In the above case, bootimg_dir remains unset and the
+    plugin-specific image creation code is responsible for finding the
+    bootimg artifacts.
+
+    In the case where the values are passed in explicitly i.e 'wic -e'
+    is not used but rather the individual 'wic' options are used to
+    explicitly specify these values.
+    """
+    try:
+        oe_builddir = os.environ["BUILDDIR"]
+    except KeyError:
+        print "BUILDDIR not found, exiting. (Did you forget to source oe-init-build-env?)"
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    if debug:
+        msger.set_loglevel('debug')
+
+    crobj = creator.Creator()
+
+    crobj.main(["direct", native_sysroot, kernel_dir, bootimg_dir, rootfs_dir,
+                wks_file, image_output_dir, oe_builddir, compressor or ""])
+
+    print "\nThe image(s) were created using OE kickstart file:\n  %s" % wks_file
+
+
+def wic_list(args, scripts_path):
+    """
+    Print the list of images or source plugins.
+    """
+    if len(args) < 1:
+        return False
+
+    if args == ["images"]:
+        list_canned_images(scripts_path)
+        return True
+    elif args == ["source-plugins"]:
+        list_source_plugins()
+        return True
+    elif len(args) == 2 and args[1] == "help":
+        wks_file = args[0]
+        fullpath = find_canned_image(scripts_path, wks_file)
+        if not fullpath:
+            print "No image named %s found, exiting. "\
+                  "(Use 'wic list images' to list available images, or "\
+                  "specify a fully-qualified OE kickstart (.wks) "\
+                  "filename)\n" % wks_file
+            sys.exit(1)
+        list_canned_image_help(scripts_path, fullpath)
+        return True
+
+    return False