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+#
+# Copyright (C) 2017 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/kernel.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=python-evdev
+PKG_VERSION:=0.7.0
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_LICENSE:=BSD-3-Clause
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Paulo Costa <me@paulo.costa.nom.br>, Alexandru Ardelean <ardeleanalex@gmail.com>
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=evdev-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://pypi.python.org/packages/67/15/eac376f3e1fc1960a54439c21459b2582e68340001aff83b4ace9e5bd110
+PKG_HASH:=57edafc469a414f58b51af1bfb9ee2babb9f626dd2df530d71c1176871850aa1
+
+PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(BUILD_VARIANT)-evdev-$(PKG_VERSION)
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+$(call include_mk, python-package.mk)
+$(call include_mk, python3-package.mk)
+
+PKG_UNPACK:=$(HOST_TAR) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) --strip-components=1 -xzf $(DL_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE)
+
+define Package/python-evdev/Default
+  SUBMENU:=Python
+  SECTION:=lang
+  CATEGORY:=Languages
+  URL:=https://github.com/gvalkov/python-evdev
+endef
+
+define Package/python-evdev
+$(call Package/python-evdev/Default)
+  TITLE:=python-evdev
+  DEPENDS:= \
+     +PACKAGE_python-evdev:python-light \
+     +PACKAGE_python-evdev:python-ctypes
+  VARIANT:=python
+endef
+
+define Package/python3-evdev
+$(call Package/python-evdev/Default)
+  TITLE:=python3-evdev
+  DEPENDS:= \
+      +PACKAGE_python3-evdev:python3-light \
+      +PACKAGE_python3-evdev:python3-ctypes
+  VARIANT:=python3
+endef
+
+
+define Package/python-evdev/description
+	Bindings to the Linux input handling subsystem
+endef
+
+define Package/python3-evdev/description
+$(call Package/python-evdev/description)
+.
+(Variant for Python3)
+endef
+
+define PyBuild/Compile
+	$(call Build/Compile/PyMod,, build \
+		build_ecodes  --evdev-headers="$(LINUX_DIR)/include/uapi/linux/input.h:$(LINUX_DIR)/include/uapi/linux/input-event-codes.h" \
+		build_ext \
+		install --root="$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)" --prefix="/usr")
+endef
+
+define Py3Build/Compile
+	$(call Build/Compile/Py3Mod,, build \
+		build_ecodes  --evdev-headers="$(LINUX_DIR)/include/uapi/linux/input.h:$(LINUX_DIR)/include/uapi/linux/input-event-codes.h" \
+		build_ext \
+		install --root="$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)" --prefix="/usr")
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call PyPackage,python-evdev))
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,python-evdev))
+$(eval $(call Py3Package,python3-evdev))
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,python3-evdev))