Flattened Devicetree Format: JavaScript parsing library

Also referred to as Devicetree Blob (DTB). It is a flat binary encoding of data (primarily devicetree data, although other data is possible as well). The data is internally stored as a tree of named nodes and properties. Nodes contain properties and child nodes, while properties are name-value pairs.

The Devicetree Blobs (.dtb files) are compiled from the Devicetree Source files (.dts) through the Devicetree compiler (DTC).

On Linux systems that support this, the blobs can be accessed in /sys/firmware/fdt:

The encoding of strings used in the strings_block and structure_block is actually a subset of ASCII:

https://devicetree-specification.readthedocs.io/en/v0.3/devicetree-basics.html#node-names

Example files:

Application

["Linux", "Das U-Boot"]

File extension

dtb

KS implementation details

License: CC0-1.0
Minimal Kaitai Struct required: 0.9

References

This page hosts a formal specification of Flattened Devicetree Format using Kaitai Struct. This specification can be automatically translated into a variety of programming languages to get a parsing library.

Usage

Runtime library

All parsing code for JavaScript generated by Kaitai Struct depends on the JavaScript runtime library. You have to install it before you can parse data.

The JavaScript runtime library is available at npm:

npm install kaitai-struct

Code

See the usage examples in the JavaScript notes.

Parse structure from an ArrayBuffer:

var arrayBuffer = ...;
var data = new Dtb(new KaitaiStream(arrayBuffer));

After that, one can get various attributes from the structure by accessing fields or properties like:

data.magic // => get magic

JavaScript source code to parse Flattened Devicetree Format

Dtb.js

// This is a generated file! Please edit source .ksy file and use kaitai-struct-compiler to rebuild

(function (root, factory) {
  if (typeof define === 'function' && define.amd) {
    define(['kaitai-struct/KaitaiStream'], factory);
  } else if (typeof module === 'object' && module.exports) {
    module.exports = factory(require('kaitai-struct/KaitaiStream'));
  } else {
    root.Dtb = factory(root.KaitaiStream);
  }
}(typeof self !== 'undefined' ? self : this, function (KaitaiStream) {
/**
 * Also referred to as Devicetree Blob (DTB). It is a flat binary encoding
 * of data (primarily devicetree data, although other data is possible as well).
 * The data is internally stored as a tree of named nodes and properties. Nodes
 * contain properties and child nodes, while properties are name-value pairs.
 * 
 * The Devicetree Blobs (`.dtb` files) are compiled from the Devicetree Source
 * files (`.dts`) through the Devicetree compiler (DTC).
 * 
 * On Linux systems that support this, the blobs can be accessed in
 * `/sys/firmware/fdt`:
 * 
 * * <https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-ofw>
 * 
 * The encoding of strings used in the `strings_block` and `structure_block` is
 * actually a subset of ASCII:
 * 
 * <https://devicetree-specification.readthedocs.io/en/v0.3/devicetree-basics.html#node-names>
 * 
 * Example files:
 * 
 * * <https://github.com/qemu/qemu/tree/master/pc-bios>
 * @see {@link https://devicetree-specification.readthedocs.io/en/v0.3/flattened-format.html|Source}
 * @see {@link https://elinux.org/images/f/f4/Elc2013_Fernandes.pdf|Source}
 */

var Dtb = (function() {
  Dtb.Fdt = Object.freeze({
    BEGIN_NODE: 1,
    END_NODE: 2,
    PROP: 3,
    NOP: 4,
    END: 9,

    1: "BEGIN_NODE",
    2: "END_NODE",
    3: "PROP",
    4: "NOP",
    9: "END",
  });

  function Dtb(_io, _parent, _root) {
    this._io = _io;
    this._parent = _parent;
    this._root = _root || this;

    this._read();
  }
  Dtb.prototype._read = function() {
    this.magic = this._io.readBytes(4);
    if (!((KaitaiStream.byteArrayCompare(this.magic, [208, 13, 254, 237]) == 0))) {
      throw new KaitaiStream.ValidationNotEqualError([208, 13, 254, 237], this.magic, this._io, "/seq/0");
    }
    this.totalSize = this._io.readU4be();
    this.ofsStructureBlock = this._io.readU4be();
    this.ofsStringsBlock = this._io.readU4be();
    this.ofsMemoryReservationBlock = this._io.readU4be();
    this.version = this._io.readU4be();
    this.minCompatibleVersion = this._io.readU4be();
    if (!(this.minCompatibleVersion <= this.version)) {
      throw new KaitaiStream.ValidationGreaterThanError(this.version, this.minCompatibleVersion, this._io, "/seq/6");
    }
    this.bootCpuidPhys = this._io.readU4be();
    this.lenStringsBlock = this._io.readU4be();
    this.lenStructureBlock = this._io.readU4be();
  }

  var MemoryBlock = Dtb.MemoryBlock = (function() {
    function MemoryBlock(_io, _parent, _root) {
      this._io = _io;
      this._parent = _parent;
      this._root = _root || this;

      this._read();
    }
    MemoryBlock.prototype._read = function() {
      this.entries = [];
      var i = 0;
      while (!this._io.isEof()) {
        this.entries.push(new MemoryBlockEntry(this._io, this, this._root));
        i++;
      }
    }

    return MemoryBlock;
  })();

  var FdtBlock = Dtb.FdtBlock = (function() {
    function FdtBlock(_io, _parent, _root) {
      this._io = _io;
      this._parent = _parent;
      this._root = _root || this;

      this._read();
    }
    FdtBlock.prototype._read = function() {
      this.nodes = [];
      var i = 0;
      do {
        var _ = new FdtNode(this._io, this, this._root);
        this.nodes.push(_);
        i++;
      } while (!(_.type == Dtb.Fdt.END));
    }

    return FdtBlock;
  })();

  var MemoryBlockEntry = Dtb.MemoryBlockEntry = (function() {
    function MemoryBlockEntry(_io, _parent, _root) {
      this._io = _io;
      this._parent = _parent;
      this._root = _root || this;

      this._read();
    }
    MemoryBlockEntry.prototype._read = function() {
      this.address = this._io.readU8be();
      this.size = this._io.readU8be();
    }

    /**
     * physical address of a reserved memory region
     */

    /**
     * size of a reserved memory region
     */

    return MemoryBlockEntry;
  })();

  var Strings = Dtb.Strings = (function() {
    function Strings(_io, _parent, _root) {
      this._io = _io;
      this._parent = _parent;
      this._root = _root || this;

      this._read();
    }
    Strings.prototype._read = function() {
      this.strings = [];
      var i = 0;
      while (!this._io.isEof()) {
        this.strings.push(KaitaiStream.bytesToStr(this._io.readBytesTerm(0, false, true, true), "ASCII"));
        i++;
      }
    }

    return Strings;
  })();

  var FdtProp = Dtb.FdtProp = (function() {
    function FdtProp(_io, _parent, _root) {
      this._io = _io;
      this._parent = _parent;
      this._root = _root || this;

      this._read();
    }
    FdtProp.prototype._read = function() {
      this.lenProperty = this._io.readU4be();
      this.ofsName = this._io.readU4be();
      this.property = this._io.readBytes(this.lenProperty);
      this.padding = this._io.readBytes(KaitaiStream.mod(-(this._io.pos), 4));
    }
    Object.defineProperty(FdtProp.prototype, 'name', {
      get: function() {
        if (this._m_name !== undefined)
          return this._m_name;
        var io = this._root.stringsBlock._io;
        var _pos = io.pos;
        io.seek(this.ofsName);
        this._m_name = KaitaiStream.bytesToStr(io.readBytesTerm(0, false, true, true), "ASCII");
        io.seek(_pos);
        return this._m_name;
      }
    });

    return FdtProp;
  })();

  var FdtNode = Dtb.FdtNode = (function() {
    function FdtNode(_io, _parent, _root) {
      this._io = _io;
      this._parent = _parent;
      this._root = _root || this;

      this._read();
    }
    FdtNode.prototype._read = function() {
      this.type = this._io.readU4be();
      switch (this.type) {
      case Dtb.Fdt.BEGIN_NODE:
        this.body = new FdtBeginNode(this._io, this, this._root);
        break;
      case Dtb.Fdt.PROP:
        this.body = new FdtProp(this._io, this, this._root);
        break;
      }
    }

    return FdtNode;
  })();

  var FdtBeginNode = Dtb.FdtBeginNode = (function() {
    function FdtBeginNode(_io, _parent, _root) {
      this._io = _io;
      this._parent = _parent;
      this._root = _root || this;

      this._read();
    }
    FdtBeginNode.prototype._read = function() {
      this.name = KaitaiStream.bytesToStr(this._io.readBytesTerm(0, false, true, true), "ASCII");
      this.padding = this._io.readBytes(KaitaiStream.mod(-(this._io.pos), 4));
    }

    return FdtBeginNode;
  })();
  Object.defineProperty(Dtb.prototype, 'memoryReservationBlock', {
    get: function() {
      if (this._m_memoryReservationBlock !== undefined)
        return this._m_memoryReservationBlock;
      var _pos = this._io.pos;
      this._io.seek(this.ofsMemoryReservationBlock);
      this._raw__m_memoryReservationBlock = this._io.readBytes((this.ofsStructureBlock - this.ofsMemoryReservationBlock));
      var _io__raw__m_memoryReservationBlock = new KaitaiStream(this._raw__m_memoryReservationBlock);
      this._m_memoryReservationBlock = new MemoryBlock(_io__raw__m_memoryReservationBlock, this, this._root);
      this._io.seek(_pos);
      return this._m_memoryReservationBlock;
    }
  });
  Object.defineProperty(Dtb.prototype, 'structureBlock', {
    get: function() {
      if (this._m_structureBlock !== undefined)
        return this._m_structureBlock;
      var _pos = this._io.pos;
      this._io.seek(this.ofsStructureBlock);
      this._raw__m_structureBlock = this._io.readBytes(this.lenStructureBlock);
      var _io__raw__m_structureBlock = new KaitaiStream(this._raw__m_structureBlock);
      this._m_structureBlock = new FdtBlock(_io__raw__m_structureBlock, this, this._root);
      this._io.seek(_pos);
      return this._m_structureBlock;
    }
  });
  Object.defineProperty(Dtb.prototype, 'stringsBlock', {
    get: function() {
      if (this._m_stringsBlock !== undefined)
        return this._m_stringsBlock;
      var _pos = this._io.pos;
      this._io.seek(this.ofsStringsBlock);
      this._raw__m_stringsBlock = this._io.readBytes(this.lenStringsBlock);
      var _io__raw__m_stringsBlock = new KaitaiStream(this._raw__m_stringsBlock);
      this._m_stringsBlock = new Strings(_io__raw__m_stringsBlock, this, this._root);
      this._io.seek(_pos);
      return this._m_stringsBlock;
    }
  });

  return Dtb;
})();
return Dtb;
}));