Add bitbake-dev to allow ease of testing and development of bitbake trunk

git-svn-id: https://svn.o-hand.com/repos/poky/trunk@5337 311d38ba-8fff-0310-9ca6-ca027cbcb966

3 files changed, 896 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake-dev/bin/bbimage b/bitbake-dev/bin/bbimage
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..96b7dca32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bitbake-dev/bin/bbimage
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# ex:ts=4:sw=4:sts=4:et
+# -*- tab-width: 4; c-basic-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2003  Chris Larson
+#
+#    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.
+
+import sys, os
+sys.path.insert(0,os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])), 'lib'))
+import bb
+from bb import *
+
+__version__ = 1.1
+type = "jffs2"
+cfg_bb = data.init()
+cfg_oespawn = data.init()
+
+bb.msg.set_debug_level(0)
+
+def usage():
+    print "Usage: bbimage [options ...]"
+    print "Creates an image for a target device from a root filesystem,"
+    print "obeying configuration parameters from the BitBake"
+    print "configuration files, thereby easing handling of deviceisms."
+    print ""
+    print "  %s\t\t%s" % ("-r [arg], --root [arg]", "root directory (default=${IMAGE_ROOTFS})")
+    print "  %s\t\t%s" % ("-t [arg], --type [arg]", "image type (jffs2[default], cramfs)")
+    print "  %s\t\t%s" % ("-n [arg], --name [arg]", "image name (override IMAGE_NAME variable)")
+    print "  %s\t\t%s" % ("-v, --version", "output version information and exit")
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+def version():
+    print "BitBake Build Tool Core version %s" % bb.__version__
+    print "BBImage version %s" % __version__
+
+def emit_bb(d, base_d = {}):
+    for v in d.keys():
+        if d[v] != base_d[v]:
+            data.emit_var(v, d)
+
+def getopthash(l):
+    h = {}
+    for (opt, val) in l:
+        h[opt] = val
+    return h
+
+import getopt
+try:
+    (opts, args) = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'vr:t:e:n:', [ 'version', 'root=', 'type=', 'bbfile=', 'name=' ])
+except getopt.GetoptError:
+    usage()
+
+# handle opts
+opthash = getopthash(opts)
+
+if '--version' in opthash or '-v' in opthash:
+    version()
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+try:
+    cfg_bb = parse.handle(os.path.join('conf', 'bitbake.conf'), cfg_bb)
+except IOError:
+    fatal("Unable to open bitbake.conf")
+
+# sanity check
+if cfg_bb is None:
+    fatal("Unable to open/parse %s" % os.path.join('conf', 'bitbake.conf'))
+    usage(1)
+
+# Handle any INHERITs and inherit the base class
+inherits  = ["base"] + (bb.data.getVar('INHERIT', cfg_bb, True ) or "").split()
+for inherit in inherits:
+    cfg_bb = bb.parse.handle(os.path.join('classes', '%s.bbclass' % inherit), cfg_bb, True )
+
+rootfs = None
+extra_files = []
+
+if '--root' in opthash:
+    rootfs = opthash['--root']
+if '-r' in opthash:
+    rootfs = opthash['-r']
+
+if '--type' in opthash:
+    type = opthash['--type']
+if '-t' in opthash:
+    type = opthash['-t']
+
+if '--bbfile' in opthash:
+    extra_files.append(opthash['--bbfile'])
+if '-e' in opthash:
+    extra_files.append(opthash['-e'])
+
+for f in extra_files:
+    try:
+        cfg_bb = parse.handle(f, cfg_bb)
+    except IOError:
+        print "unable to open %s" % f
+
+if not rootfs:
+    rootfs = data.getVar('IMAGE_ROOTFS', cfg_bb, 1)
+
+if not rootfs:
+    bb.fatal("IMAGE_ROOTFS not defined")
+
+data.setVar('IMAGE_ROOTFS', rootfs, cfg_bb)
+
+from copy import copy, deepcopy
+localdata = data.createCopy(cfg_bb)
+
+overrides = data.getVar('OVERRIDES', localdata)
+if not overrides:
+    bb.fatal("OVERRIDES not defined.")
+data.setVar('OVERRIDES', '%s:%s' % (overrides, type), localdata)
+data.update_data(localdata)
+data.setVar('OVERRIDES', overrides, localdata)
+
+if '-n' in opthash:
+    data.setVar('IMAGE_NAME', opthash['-n'], localdata)
+if '--name' in opthash:
+    data.setVar('IMAGE_NAME', opthash['--name'], localdata)
+
+topdir = data.getVar('TOPDIR', localdata, 1) or os.getcwd()
+
+cmd = data.getVar('IMAGE_CMD', localdata, 1)
+if not cmd:
+    bb.fatal("IMAGE_CMD not defined")
+
+outdir = data.getVar('DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE', localdata, 1)
+if not outdir:
+    bb.fatal('DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE not defined')
+mkdirhier(outdir)
+
+#depends = data.getVar('IMAGE_DEPENDS', localdata, 1) or ""
+#if depends:
+#       bb.note("Spawning bbmake to satisfy dependencies: %s" % depends)
+#       ret = os.system('bbmake %s' % depends)
+#       if ret != 0:
+#           bb.error("executing bbmake to satisfy dependencies")
+
+bb.note("Executing %s" % cmd)
+data.setVar('image_cmd', cmd, localdata)
+data.setVarFlag('image_cmd', 'func', 1, localdata)
+try:
+    bb.build.exec_func('image_cmd', localdata)
+except bb.build.FuncFailed:
+    sys.exit(1)
+#ret = os.system(cmd)
+#sys.exit(ret)
diff --git a/bitbake-dev/bin/bitbake b/bitbake-dev/bin/bitbake
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..067cc274f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bitbake-dev/bin/bitbake
@@ -0,0 +1,204 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# ex:ts=4:sw=4:sts=4:et
+# -*- tab-width: 4; c-basic-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2003, 2004  Chris Larson
+# Copyright (C) 2003, 2004  Phil Blundell
+# Copyright (C) 2003 - 2005 Michael 'Mickey' Lauer
+# Copyright (C) 2005        Holger Hans Peter Freyther
+# Copyright (C) 2005        ROAD GmbH
+# Copyright (C) 2006        Richard Purdie
+#
+# 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.
+
+import sys, os, getopt, re, time, optparse, xmlrpclib
+sys.path.insert(0,os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])), 'lib'))
+import bb
+from bb import cooker
+from bb import daemonize
+from bb import ui
+from bb.ui import uievent
+
+__version__ = "1.9.0"
+
+#============================================================================#
+# BBOptions
+#============================================================================#
+class BBConfiguration( object ):
+    """
+    Manages build options and configurations for one run
+    """
+    def __init__( self, options ):
+        for key, val in options.__dict__.items():
+            setattr( self, key, val )
+
+
+#============================================================================#
+# main
+#============================================================================#
+
+def main():
+    return_value = 0
+    pythonver = sys.version_info
+    if pythonver[0] < 2 or (pythonver[0] == 2 and pythonver[1] < 5):
+        print "Sorry, bitbake needs python 2.5 or later."
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    parser = optparse.OptionParser( version = "BitBake Build Tool Core version %s, %%prog version %s" % ( bb.__version__, __version__ ),
+    usage = """%prog [options] [package ...]
+
+Executes the specified task (default is 'build') for a given set of BitBake files.
+It expects that BBFILES is defined, which is a space separated list of files to
+be executed.  BBFILES does support wildcards.
+Default BBFILES are the .bb files in the current directory.""" )
+
+    parser.add_option( "-b", "--buildfile", help = "execute the task against this .bb file, rather than a package from BBFILES.",
+               action = "store", dest = "buildfile", default = None )
+
+    parser.add_option( "-k", "--continue", help = "continue as much as possible after an error. While the target that failed, and those that depend on it, cannot be remade, the other dependencies of these targets can be processed all the same.",
+               action = "store_false", dest = "abort", default = True )
+
+    parser.add_option( "-f", "--force", help = "force run of specified cmd, regardless of stamp status",
+               action = "store_true", dest = "force", default = False )
+
+    parser.add_option( "-i", "--interactive", help = "drop into the interactive mode also called the BitBake shell.",
+               action = "store_true", dest = "interactive", default = False )
+
+    parser.add_option( "-c", "--cmd", help = "Specify task to execute. Note that this only executes the specified task for the providee and the packages it depends on, i.e. 'compile' does not implicitly call stage for the dependencies (IOW: use only if you know what you are doing). Depending on the base.bbclass a listtasks tasks is defined and will show available tasks",
+               action = "store", dest = "cmd" )
+
+    parser.add_option( "-r", "--read", help = "read the specified file before bitbake.conf",
+               action = "append", dest = "file", default = [] )
+
+    parser.add_option( "-v", "--verbose", help = "output more chit-chat to the terminal",
+               action = "store_true", dest = "verbose", default = False )
+
+    parser.add_option( "-D", "--debug", help = "Increase the debug level. You can specify this more than once.",
+               action = "count", dest="debug", default = 0)
+
+    parser.add_option( "-n", "--dry-run", help = "don't execute, just go through the motions",
+               action = "store_true", dest = "dry_run", default = False )
+
+    parser.add_option( "-p", "--parse-only", help = "quit after parsing the BB files (developers only)",
+               action = "store_true", dest = "parse_only", default = False )
+
+    parser.add_option( "-d", "--disable-psyco", help = "disable using the psyco just-in-time compiler (not recommended)",
+               action = "store_true", dest = "disable_psyco", default = False )
+
+    parser.add_option( "-s", "--show-versions", help = "show current and preferred versions of all packages",
+               action = "store_true", dest = "show_versions", default = False )
+
+    parser.add_option( "-e", "--environment", help = "show the global or per-package environment (this is what used to be bbread)",
+               action = "store_true", dest = "show_environment", default = False )
+
+    parser.add_option( "-g", "--graphviz", help = "emit the dependency trees of the specified packages in the dot syntax",
+                action = "store_true", dest = "dot_graph", default = False )
+
+    parser.add_option( "-I", "--ignore-deps", help = """Assume these dependencies don't exist and are already provided (equivalent to ASSUME_PROVIDED). Useful to make dependency graphs more appealing""",
+                action = "append", dest = "extra_assume_provided", default = [] )
+
+    parser.add_option( "-l", "--log-domains", help = """Show debug logging for the specified logging domains""",
+                action = "append", dest = "debug_domains", default = [] )
+
+    parser.add_option( "-P", "--profile", help = "profile the command and print a report",
+               action = "store_true", dest = "profile", default = False )
+
+    parser.add_option( "-u", "--ui", help = "userinterface to use",
+               action = "store", dest = "ui")
+
+    options, args = parser.parse_args(sys.argv)
+
+    configuration = BBConfiguration(options)
+    configuration.pkgs_to_build = []
+    configuration.pkgs_to_build.extend(args[1:])
+
+
+    # Work out which UI(s) to use
+    curseUI = False
+    depexplorerUI = False
+    if configuration.ui:
+        if configuration.ui == "ncurses":
+            curseUI = True
+        elif configuration.ui == "knotty" or configuration.ui == "tty" or configuration.ui == "file":
+            curseUI = False
+        elif configuration.ui == "depexp":
+            depexplorerUI = True
+        else:
+            print "FATAL: Invalid user interface '%s' specified.\nValid interfaces are 'ncurses', 'depexp' or the default, 'knotty'." % configuration.ui
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+
+    cooker = bb.cooker.BBCooker(configuration)
+    host = cooker.server.host
+    port = cooker.server.port
+
+    # Save a logfile for cooker somewhere
+    t = bb.data.getVar('TMPDIR', cooker.configuration.data, True)
+    if not t:
+       bb.msg.fatal(bb.msg.domain.Build, "TMPDIR not set")
+    t = os.path.join(t, "cooker")
+    bb.mkdirhier(t)
+    cooker_logfile = "%s/log.cooker.%s" % (t, str(os.getpid()))
+
+    daemonize.createDaemon(cooker.serve, cooker_logfile)
+    del cooker
+
+    # Setup a connection to the server (cooker)
+    server = xmlrpclib.Server("http://%s:%s" % (host, port),  allow_none=True)
+    # Setup an event receiving queue
+    eventHandler = uievent.BBUIEventQueue(server)
+
+    # Launch the UI
+    try:
+        # Disable UIs that need a terminal
+        if not os.isatty(sys.stdout.fileno()):
+            curseUI = False
+
+        if curseUI:
+            try:
+                import curses
+            except ImportError, details:
+                curseUI = False
+
+        if curseUI:
+            from bb.ui import ncurses
+            ncurses.init(server, eventHandler)
+        elif depexplorerUI:
+            from bb.ui import depexplorer
+            depexplorer.init(server, eventHandler)
+        else:
+            from bb.ui import knotty
+            return_value = knotty.init(server, eventHandler)
+
+    finally:
+        # Don't wait for server indefinitely
+        import socket
+        socket.setdefaulttimeout(2) 
+        try:
+            eventHandler.system_quit()
+        except:
+            pass
+        try:
+            server.terminateServer()
+        except:
+            pass
+        return return_value
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    print """WARNING, WARNING, WARNING
+This is a Bitbake from the Unstable/Development 1.9 Branch. This software is a work in progress and should only be used by Bitbake developers/testers"""
+
+    ret = main()
+    sys.exit(ret)
+
diff --git a/bitbake-dev/bin/bitdoc b/bitbake-dev/bin/bitdoc
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3bcc9b344
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bitbake-dev/bin/bitdoc
@@ -0,0 +1,532 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# ex:ts=4:sw=4:sts=4:et
+# -*- tab-width: 4; c-basic-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2005 Holger Hans Peter Freyther
+#
+# 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.
+
+import optparse, os, sys
+
+# bitbake
+sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])), 'lib'))
+import bb
+import bb.parse
+from   string import split, join
+
+__version__ = "0.0.2"
+
+class HTMLFormatter:
+    """
+    Simple class to help to generate some sort of HTML files. It is
+    quite inferior solution compared to docbook, gtkdoc, doxygen but it
+    should work for now.
+    We've a global introduction site (index.html) and then one site for
+    the list of keys (alphabetical sorted) and one for the list of groups,
+    one site for each key with links to the relations and groups.
+
+        index.html
+        all_keys.html
+        all_groups.html
+        groupNAME.html
+        keyNAME.html
+    """
+
+    def replace(self, text, *pairs):
+        """
+        From pydoc... almost identical at least
+        """
+        while pairs:
+            (a,b) = pairs[0]
+            text = join(split(text, a), b)
+            pairs = pairs[1:]
+        return text
+    def escape(self, text):
+        """
+        Escape string to be conform HTML
+        """
+        return self.replace(text, 
+                            ('&', '&amp;'), 
+                            ('<', '&lt;' ),
+                            ('>', '&gt;' ) )
+    def createNavigator(self):
+        """
+        Create the navgiator
+        """
+        return """<table class="navigation" width="100%" summary="Navigation header" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2">
+<tr valign="middle">
+<td><a accesskey="g" href="index.html">Home</a></td>
+<td><a accesskey="n" href="all_groups.html">Groups</a></td>
+<td><a accesskey="u" href="all_keys.html">Keys</a></td>
+</tr></table>
+"""
+
+    def relatedKeys(self, item):
+        """
+        Create HTML to link to foreign keys
+        """
+
+        if len(item.related()) == 0:
+            return ""
+
+        txt = "<p><b>See also:</b><br>"
+        txts = []
+        for it in item.related():
+            txts.append("""<a href="key%(it)s.html">%(it)s</a>""" % vars() )
+
+        return txt + ",".join(txts)
+
+    def groups(self,item):
+        """
+        Create HTML to link to related groups
+        """
+
+        if len(item.groups()) == 0:
+            return ""
+
+
+        txt = "<p><b>See also:</b><br>"
+        txts = []
+        for group in item.groups():
+            txts.append( """<a href="group%s.html">%s</a> """ % (group,group) )
+
+        return txt + ",".join(txts)
+
+
+    def createKeySite(self,item):
+        """
+        Create a site for a key. It contains the header/navigator, a heading,
+        the description, links to related keys and to the groups.
+        """
+
+        return """<!doctype html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
+<html><head><title>Key %s</title></head>
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css">
+<body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF">
+%s
+<h2><span class="refentrytitle">%s</span></h2>
+
+<div class="refsynopsisdiv">
+<h2>Synopsis</h2>
+<p>
+%s
+</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="refsynopsisdiv">
+<h2>Related Keys</h2>
+<p>
+%s
+</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="refsynopsisdiv">
+<h2>Groups</h2>
+<p>
+%s
+</p>
+</div>
+
+
+</body>
+"""     % (item.name(), self.createNavigator(), item.name(), 
+           self.escape(item.description()), self.relatedKeys(item), self.groups(item))
+
+    def createGroupsSite(self, doc):
+        """
+        Create the Group Overview site
+        """
+
+        groups = ""
+        sorted_groups = doc.groups()
+        sorted_groups.sort()
+        for group in sorted_groups:
+            groups += """<a href="group%s.html">%s</a><br>""" % (group, group)
+
+        return """<!doctype html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
+<html><head><title>Group overview</title></head>
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css">
+<body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF">
+%s
+<h2>Available Groups</h2>
+%s
+</body>
+""" % (self.createNavigator(), groups)
+
+    def createIndex(self):
+        """
+        Create the index file
+        """
+
+        return """<!doctype html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
+<html><head><title>Bitbake Documentation</title></head>
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css">
+<body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF">
+%s
+<h2>Documentation Entrance</h2>
+<a href="all_groups.html">All available groups</a><br>
+<a href="all_keys.html">All available keys</a><br>
+</body>
+""" % self.createNavigator()
+
+    def createKeysSite(self, doc):
+        """
+        Create Overview of all avilable keys
+        """
+        keys = ""
+        sorted_keys = doc.doc_keys()
+        sorted_keys.sort()
+        for key in sorted_keys:
+            keys += """<a href="key%s.html">%s</a><br>""" % (key, key)
+
+        return """<!doctype html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
+<html><head><title>Key overview</title></head>
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css">
+<body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF">
+%s
+<h2>Available Keys</h2>
+%s
+</body>
+""" % (self.createNavigator(), keys)
+
+    def createGroupSite(self, gr, items, _description = None):
+        """
+        Create a site for a group:
+        Group the name of the group, items contain the name of the keys
+        inside this group
+        """
+        groups = ""
+        description = ""
+
+        # create a section with the group descriptions
+        if _description:
+            description  += "<h2 Description of Grozp %s</h2>" % gr
+            description  += _description
+
+        items.sort(lambda x,y:cmp(x.name(),y.name()))
+        for group in items:
+            groups += """<a href="key%s.html">%s</a><br>""" % (group.name(), group.name())
+
+        return """<!doctype html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
+<html><head><title>Group %s</title></head>
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css">
+<body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF">
+%s
+%s
+<div class="refsynopsisdiv">
+<h2>Keys in Group %s</h2>
+<pre class="synopsis">
+%s
+</pre>
+</div>
+</body>
+""" % (gr, self.createNavigator(), description, gr, groups)
+
+
+
+    def createCSS(self):
+        """
+        Create the CSS file
+        """
+        return """.synopsis, .classsynopsis
+{
+  background: #eeeeee;
+  border: solid 1px #aaaaaa;
+  padding: 0.5em;
+}
+.programlisting
+{
+  background: #eeeeff;
+  border: solid 1px #aaaaff;
+  padding: 0.5em;
+}
+.variablelist
+{
+  padding: 4px;
+  margin-left: 3em;
+}
+.variablelist td:first-child
+{
+  vertical-align: top;
+}
+table.navigation
+{
+  background: #ffeeee;
+  border: solid 1px #ffaaaa;
+  margin-top: 0.5em;
+  margin-bottom: 0.5em;
+}
+.navigation a
+{
+  color: #770000;
+}
+.navigation a:visited
+{
+  color: #550000;
+}
+.navigation .title
+{
+  font-size: 200%;
+}
+div.refnamediv
+{
+  margin-top: 2em;
+}
+div.gallery-float
+{
+  float: left;
+  padding: 10px;
+}
+div.gallery-float img
+{
+  border-style: none;
+}
+div.gallery-spacer
+{
+  clear: both;
+}
+a
+{
+  text-decoration: none;
+}
+a:hover
+{
+  text-decoration: underline;
+  color: #FF0000;
+}
+"""
+
+
+
+class DocumentationItem:
+    """
+    A class to hold information about a configuration
+    item. It contains the key name, description, a list of related names,
+    and the group this item is contained in.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._groups  = []
+        self._related = []
+        self._name    = ""
+        self._desc    = ""
+
+    def groups(self):
+        return self._groups
+
+    def name(self):
+        return self._name
+
+    def description(self):
+        return self._desc
+
+    def related(self):
+        return self._related
+
+    def setName(self, name):
+        self._name = name
+
+    def setDescription(self, desc):
+        self._desc = desc
+
+    def addGroup(self, group):
+        self._groups.append(group)
+
+    def addRelation(self,relation):
+        self._related.append(relation)
+
+    def sort(self):
+        self._related.sort()
+        self._groups.sort()
+
+
+class Documentation:
+    """
+    Holds the documentation... with mappings from key to items...
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.__keys   = {}
+        self.__groups = {}
+
+    def insert_doc_item(self, item):
+        """
+        Insert the Doc Item into the internal list
+        of representation
+        """
+        item.sort()
+        self.__keys[item.name()] = item
+
+        for group in item.groups():
+            if not group in self.__groups:
+                self.__groups[group] = []
+            self.__groups[group].append(item)
+            self.__groups[group].sort()
+
+
+    def doc_item(self, key):
+        """
+        Return the DocumentationInstance describing the key
+        """
+        try:
+            return self.__keys[key]
+        except KeyError:
+            return None
+
+    def doc_keys(self):
+        """
+        Return the documented KEYS (names)
+        """
+        return self.__keys.keys()
+
+    def groups(self):
+        """
+        Return the names of available groups
+        """
+        return self.__groups.keys()
+
+    def group_content(self,group_name):
+        """
+        Return a list of keys/names that are in a specefic
+        group or the empty list
+        """
+        try:
+            return self.__groups[group_name]
+        except KeyError:
+            return []
+
+
+def parse_cmdline(args):
+    """
+    Parse the CMD line and return the result as a n-tuple
+    """
+
+    parser = optparse.OptionParser( version = "Bitbake Documentation Tool Core version %s, %%prog version %s" % (bb.__version__,__version__))
+    usage  = """%prog [options]
+
+Create a set of html pages (documentation) for a bitbake.conf....
+"""
+
+    # Add the needed options
+    parser.add_option( "-c", "--config", help = "Use the specified configuration file as source",
+                       action = "store", dest = "config", default = os.path.join("conf", "documentation.conf") )
+
+    parser.add_option( "-o", "--output", help = "Output directory for html files",
+                       action = "store", dest = "output", default = "html/" )
+
+    parser.add_option( "-D",  "--debug", help = "Increase the debug level",
+                       action = "count", dest = "debug", default = 0 )
+
+    parser.add_option( "-v","--verbose", help = "output more chit-char to the terminal",
+                       action = "store_true", dest = "verbose", default = False )
+
+    options, args = parser.parse_args( sys.argv )
+
+    if options.debug:
+        bb.msg.set_debug_level(options.debug)
+
+    return options.config, options.output
+
+def main():
+    """
+    The main Method
+    """
+
+    (config_file,output_dir) = parse_cmdline( sys.argv )
+
+    # right to let us load the file now
+    try:
+        documentation = bb.parse.handle( config_file, bb.data.init() )
+    except IOError:
+        bb.fatal( "Unable to open %s" % config_file )
+    except bb.parse.ParseError:
+        bb.fatal( "Unable to parse %s" % config_file )
+
+
+    # Assuming we've the file loaded now, we will initialize the 'tree'
+    doc = Documentation()
+
+    # defined states
+    state_begin = 0
+    state_see   = 1
+    state_group = 2
+
+    for key in bb.data.keys(documentation):
+        data   = bb.data.getVarFlag(key, "doc", documentation)
+        if not data:
+            continue
+
+        # The Documentation now starts
+        doc_ins = DocumentationItem()
+        doc_ins.setName(key)
+
+
+        tokens = data.split(' ')
+        state = state_begin
+        string= ""
+        for token in tokens:
+            token = token.strip(',')
+
+            if not state == state_see and token == "@see":
+                state = state_see
+                continue
+            elif not state == state_group and token  == "@group":
+                state = state_group
+                continue
+
+            if state == state_begin:
+                string += " %s" % token
+            elif state == state_see:
+                doc_ins.addRelation(token)
+            elif state == state_group:
+                doc_ins.addGroup(token)
+
+        # set the description
+        doc_ins.setDescription(string)
+        doc.insert_doc_item(doc_ins)
+
+    # let us create the HTML now
+    bb.mkdirhier(output_dir)
+    os.chdir(output_dir)
+
+    # Let us create the sites now. We do it in the following order
+    # Start with the index.html. It will point to sites explaining all
+    # keys and groups
+    html_slave = HTMLFormatter()
+
+    f = file('style.css', 'w')
+    print >> f, html_slave.createCSS()
+
+    f = file('index.html', 'w')
+    print >> f, html_slave.createIndex()
+
+    f = file('all_groups.html', 'w')
+    print >> f, html_slave.createGroupsSite(doc)
+
+    f = file('all_keys.html', 'w')
+    print >> f, html_slave.createKeysSite(doc)
+
+    # now for each group create the site
+    for group in doc.groups():
+        f = file('group%s.html' % group, 'w')
+        print >> f, html_slave.createGroupSite(group, doc.group_content(group))
+
+    # now for the keys
+    for key in doc.doc_keys():
+        f = file('key%s.html' % doc.doc_item(key).name(), 'w')
+        print >> f, html_slave.createKeySite(doc.doc_item(key))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()