README.md: Document generation of SBcAP code from ASN.1 files

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 The current patch queue for osmo-cbc can be seen at
 https://gerrit.osmocom.org/#/q/project:osmo-cbc+status:open
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+Generating asn1c code
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+Upstream master as1nc from [vlm](https://github.com/vlm/asn1c) [doesn't support APER encoding](https://github.com/vlm/asn1c/issues/452). Nevertheless, the upstream fork maintained by a big contributor [mouse07410](https://github.com/mouse07410/asn1c) does support it, and it is used in osmo-cbc to generate the SBc-AP code from ASN.1 files present in src/sbcap/asn1/.
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+In order to regente the code, one shall adjust the ASN1C_SKELETON_PATH and ASN1C_BIN_PATH in configure.ac to point to the built & installed asn1c from mouse07410 (usually `vlm_master` branch). Last generated code was built using commit hash 08b293e8aa342d465d26805d1d66f3595b2ce261.
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+Then, do the usual `autoreconf -fi && ./configure`, using a buildir != srcdir (important, in order to avoid ending up with tempotary files in srcdir and making it difficult to stash the relevant changes).
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+Finally, run `make -C src/ regen`, which will regenerate the files and copy over the skeletons, with git possibily showing changes in the following paths:
+- include/osmocom/sbcap/
+- src/sbcap/gen/
+- src/sbcap/skel/
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