Brennan,

All the files in this repo are Apache 2.0 licensed:

https://github.com/posborne/cmsis-svd/blob/master/LICENSE-APACHE

Doesn't that cover the license issue? The header is only a liability
disclaimer.

-adam



On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 2:25 PM Brennan Ashton <bash...@brennanashton.com>
wrote:

> Just a warning on generating code from these files. Many of the have
> explicit restrictions on using them which may not be compatible with BSD or
> Apache.  For example NXP
> https://github.com/posborne/cmsis-svd/blob/master/data/NXP/LPC1102_4_v4.svd
>
> I'm not sure on the legal side about this but it is why I have avoiding
> using them to generate headers. Maybe Apache Legal could give us guidance.
>
> --Brennan
>
> On Fri, Jul 3, 2020, 1:45 PM Matias N. <mat...@imap.cc> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I thought about doing this for a long time and I just did it, wasn't
> > really hard.
> > If you're not aware, CMSIS-SVD file format is an XML based definitions of
> > peripherals and registers available in a given MCU. This is typically
> used
> > for debugging but it is quite useful for generating header definitions. I
> > wrote a quick python script that is able to generate register definitions
> > and base addresses of peripherals. It is based on
> > https://github.com/posborne/cmsis-svd which includes both the SVD python
> > parser and a really complete database of SVD files.
> > The tool is available here: https://gitlab.com/nuttx_projects/svdgen (be
> > sure to check the README on how to use)
> >
> > Example output (the console output properly tabulates data, format may
> > look broken in the email):
> >
> > Generate memory map:
> > $ ./gen.py -v Nordic -d nrf51 -p map -x NRF51
> >
> > #define NRF51_POWER_BASE 0x40000000 /* Power Control.*/
> > #define NRF51_CLOCK_BASE 0x40000000 /* Clock control.*/
> > #define NRF51_MPU_BASE 0x40000000 /* Memory Protection Unit.*/
> > #define NRF51_AMLI_BASE 0x40000000 /* AHB Multi-Layer Interface.*/
> > ... etc
> >
> > Register definitions:
> > $ ./gen.py -v Nordic -d nrf51 -p RADIO -x NRF51
> >
> > /* Register offsets
> > *********************************************************/
> >
> > #define NRF51_RADIO_TASKS_TXEN_OFFSET 0x000000 /* Enable radio in TX
> > mode.*/
> > #define NRF51_RADIO_TASKS_RXEN_OFFSET 0x000004 /* Enable radio in RX
> > mode.*/
> > #define NRF51_RADIO_TASKS_START_OFFSET 0x000008 /* Start radio.*/
> > #define NRF51_RADIO_TASKS_STOP_OFFSET 0x00000c /* Stop radio.*/
> > #define NRF51_RADIO_TASKS_DISABLE_OFFSET 0x000010 /* Disable radio.*/
> > ... etc
> >
> > /* Register definitions
> > *****************************************************/
> >
> > #define NRF51_RADIO_TASKS_TXEN (NRF51_RADIO_BASE +
> > NRF51_RADIO_TASKS_TXEN_OFFSET)
> > #define NRF51_RADIO_TASKS_RXEN (NRF51_RADIO_BASE +
> > NRF51_RADIO_TASKS_RXEN_OFFSET)
> > #define NRF51_RADIO_TASKS_START (NRF51_RADIO_BASE +
> > NRF51_RADIO_TASKS_START_OFFSET)
> > #define NRF51_RADIO_TASKS_STOP (NRF51_RADIO_BASE +
> > NRF51_RADIO_TASKS_STOP_OFFSET)
> > #define NRF51_RADIO_TASKS_DISABLE (NRF51_RADIO_BASE +
> > NRF51_RADIO_TASKS_DISABLE_OFFSET)
> > #define NRF51_RADIO_TASKS_RSSISTART (NRF51_RADIO_BASE +
> > NRF51_RADIO_TASKS_RSSISTART_OFFSET)
> > #define NRF51_RADIO_TASKS_RSSISTOP (NRF51_RADIO_BASE +
> > NRF51_RADIO_TASKS_RSSISTOP_OFFSET)
> > ... etc
> >
> > Best,
> > Matias
>


-- 
Adam Feuer <a...@starcat.io>

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