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+#
+# Copyright (C) 2012-2015 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=libugpio
+PKG_VERSION:=0.0.6
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/mhei/libugpio/releases/download/v$(PKG_VERSION)
+PKG_MD5SUM:=09c35abbc25f7ebff125bc43ff21ac35
+
+PKG_LICENSE:=LGPL-2.1+
+PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING.LESSER
+
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Michael Heimpold <mhei@heimpold.de>
+
+PKG_INSTALL:=1
+PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/libugpio
+  SECTION:=libs
+  CATEGORY:=Libraries
+  URL:=https://github.com/mhei/libugpio
+  TITLE:=Library for using sysfs gpio interface from C programs
+  DEPENDS:=@GPIO_SUPPORT
+endef
+
+define Package/libugpio/description
+  libugpio is a library to ease the use of linux kernel's sysfs
+  gpio interface from C programs and/or other libraries.
+endef
+
+define Package/gpioctl-sysfs
+  SECTION:=utils
+  CATEGORY:=Utilities
+  TITLE:=Tool for controlling gpio pins
+  DEPENDS:=+libugpio
+endef
+
+define Package/gpioctl-sysfs/description
+  Tool for controlling gpio pins using the sysfs api provided by the kernel.
+endef
+
+define Build/InstallDev
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/ugpio $(1)/usr/include/
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libugpio.{so*,a} $(1)/usr/lib/
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libugpio.pc $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/
+endef
+
+define Package/libugpio/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libugpio.so* $(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
+
+define Package/gpioctl-sysfs/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/gpioctl $(1)/usr/bin/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,libugpio))
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,gpioctl-sysfs))