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| author | Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org> | 2019-07-20 12:24:15 -0600 |
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| committer | Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org> | 2019-07-29 09:38:06 -0600 |
| commit | a6cb995096c40ecd6597e20d792851ac7f80004e (patch) | |
| tree | 53c627ff17381b4eceeb0156e226c4602ed07b2c /tools/binman/README | |
| parent | bb5edc1d3c0ebc989dfaa7d1e57cdde15d61f2e0 (diff) | |
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binman: Add command-line support for replacing entries
Add a 'replace' command to binman to permit entries to be replaced, either
individually or all at once (using a filter).
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/binman/README')
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1 files changed, 18 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/tools/binman/README b/tools/binman/README index 5e8f9fd480..b4f6392ab7 100644 --- a/tools/binman/README +++ b/tools/binman/README @@ -589,9 +589,24 @@ that there is an 'fdtmap' entry in the image. For example: $ binman replace -i image.bin section/cbfs/u-boot which will write the contents of the file 'u-boot' from the current directory -to the that entry. If the entry size changes, you must add the 'allow-repack' -property to the original image before generating it (see above), otherwise you -will get an error. +to the that entry, compressing if necessary. If the entry size changes, you must +add the 'allow-repack' property to the original image before generating it (see +above), otherwise you will get an error. + +You can also use a particular file, in this case u-boot.bin: + + $ binman replace -i image.bin section/cbfs/u-boot -f u-boot.bin + +It is possible to replace all files from a source directory which uses the same +hierarchy as the entries: + + $ binman replace -i image.bin -I indir + +Files that are missing will generate a warning. + +You can also replace just a selection of entries: + + $ binman replace -i image.bin "*u-boot*" -I indir Logging @@ -959,7 +974,6 @@ Some ideas: - Allow easy building of images by specifying just the board name - Support building an image for a board (-b) more completely, with a configurable build directory -- Support updating binaries in an image (with repacking) - Support adding FITs to an image - Support for ARM Trusted Firmware (ATF) - Detect invalid properties in nodes |