Merge pull request #607 from Dolu1990/vexriscv_smp

[litex.git] / litex / __init__.py

diff --git a/litex/__init__.py b/litex/__init__.py
index 2454c0e796903000ed4b649386925770139b5baf..5f37b49da6fbecaf3117447682aed22e49fab764 100644 (file)
--- a/litex/__init__.py
+++ b/litex/__init__.py
@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
-# https://packaging.python.org/guides/packaging-namespace-packages/#pkgutil-style-namespace-packages
-__path__ = __import__('pkgutil').extend_path(__path__, __name__)
-
 import sys
 
-# retro-compat 2019-09-30
-from litex.soc.interconnect import packet
-sys.modules["litex.soc.interconnect.stream_packet"] = packet
+from litex.tools.litex_client import RemoteClient
 
-# retro-compat 2019-09-29
-from litex.soc.integration import export
-sys.modules["litex.soc.integration.cpu_interface"] = export
+def get_data_mod(data_type, data_name):
+    """Get the pythondata-{}-{} module or raise a useful error message."""
+    imp = "import pythondata_{}_{} as dm".format(data_type, data_name)
+    try:
+        l = {}
+        exec(imp, {}, l)
+        dm = l['dm']
+        return dm
+    except ImportError as e:
+        raise ImportError("""\
+pythondata-{dt}-{dn} module not installed! Unable to use {dn} {dt}.
+{e}
 
-from litex.tools.litex_client import RemoteClient
+You can install this by running;
+ pip install git+https://github.com/litex-hub/pythondata-{dt}-{dn}.git
+""".format(dt=data_type, dn=data_name, e=e))