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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+# Copyright 2018 Google, Inc
+# Written by Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
+#
+# Holds and modifies the state information held by binman
+#
+
+import re
+from sets import Set
+
+import os
+import tools
+
+# Records the device-tree files known to binman, keyed by filename (e.g.
+# 'u-boot-spl.dtb')
+fdt_files = {}
+
+# Arguments passed to binman to provide arguments to entries
+entry_args = {}
+
+def GetFdt(fname):
+    """Get the Fdt object for a particular device-tree filename
+
+    Binman keeps track of at least one device-tree file called u-boot.dtb but
+    can also have others (e.g. for SPL). This function looks up the given
+    filename and returns the associated Fdt object.
+
+    Args:
+        fname: Filename to look up (e.g. 'u-boot.dtb').
+
+    Returns:
+        Fdt object associated with the filename
+    """
+    return fdt_files[fname]
+
+def GetFdtPath(fname):
+    """Get the full pathname of a particular Fdt object
+
+    Similar to GetFdt() but returns the pathname associated with the Fdt.
+
+    Args:
+        fname: Filename to look up (e.g. 'u-boot.dtb').
+
+    Returns:
+        Full path name to the associated Fdt
+    """
+    return fdt_files[fname]._fname
+
+def SetEntryArgs(args):
+    """Set the value of the entry args
+
+    This sets up the entry_args dict which is used to supply entry arguments to
+    entries.
+
+    Args:
+        args: List of entry arguments, each in the format "name=value"
+    """
+    global entry_args
+
+    entry_args = {}
+    if args:
+        for arg in args:
+            m = re.match('([^=]*)=(.*)', arg)
+            if not m:
+                raise ValueError("Invalid entry arguemnt '%s'" % arg)
+            entry_args[m.group(1)] = m.group(2)
+
+def GetEntryArg(name):
+    """Get the value of an entry argument
+
+    Args:
+        name: Name of argument to retrieve
+
+    Returns:
+        String value of argument
+    """
+    return entry_args.get(name)