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authorJacob Garber <jgarber1@ualberta.ca>2020-04-18 13:46:12 -0600
committerPatrick Georgi <pgeorgi@google.com>2020-04-20 06:55:49 +0000
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downloadcoreboot-2246216971793ff918ccdf22675ca45bc5d79098.tar.xz
Doc,util: Update list of utilities
Remove entries for old utilities and add entries for new ones. Generated using util/util_readme, with some tweaks to preserve the markdown. Change-Id: I3a4d8a6bf15a677aa07aa72b8809328110fb72da Signed-off-by: Jacob Garber <jgarber1@ualberta.ca> Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/40504 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org> Reviewed-by: Paul Menzel <paulepanter@users.sourceforge.net> Reviewed-by: Angel Pons <th3fanbus@gmail.com>
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@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ available targets. `bash`
* __amdtools__ - A set of tools to compare extended) K8 memory
settings. `Perl`
* __archive__ - Concatenate files and create an archive `C`
-* __mksunxiboot__ - A simple tool to generate bootable image for sunxi
-platform. `C`
* __autoport__ - Automated porting coreboot to Sandy Bridge/Ivy Bridge
platforms `Go`
* __bincfg__ - Compiler/Decompiler for data blobs with specs `Lex`
@@ -21,11 +19,11 @@ file `Python`
* _fmaptool_ - Converts plaintext fmd files into fmap blobs `C`
* _rmodtool_ - Creates rmodules `C`
* _ifwitool_ - For manipulating IFWI `C`
-* __cbmem__ - Cbmem console log reader `C`
-* __checklist__ - Board implementation checklist generator `Make`
-* __chromeos__ - These scripts can be used to extract System Agent
-reference code and other blobs (e.g. mrc.bin, refcode, VGA option roms)
-from a Chrome OS recovery image. `C`
+* __cbmem__ - CBMEM parser to read e.g. timestamps and console log `C`
+* __chromeos__ - These scripts can be used to access Chrome OS
+resources, for example to extract System Agent reference code and other
+blobs (e.g. mrc.bin, refcode, VGA option roms) from a Chrome OS
+recovery image. `C`
* __crossgcc__ - A cross toolchain builder for -elf toolchains (ie. no
libc support)
* __docker__ - Dockerfiles for _coreboot-sdk_, _coreboot-jenkins-node_,
@@ -57,8 +55,6 @@ specified base and size `Python`
* _mbncat.py_ - Generate ipq8064 uber SBL `Python`
* *mbn_tools.py* - Contains all MBN Utilities for image
generation `Python`
-* __k8resdump__ - This program will dump the IO/memory/PCI resources
-from the K8 memory controller `C`
* __kbc1126__ - Tools used to dump the two blobs from the factory
firmware of many HP laptops with 8051-based SMSC KBC1098/KBC1126
embedded controller and insert them to the firmware image. `C`
@@ -73,6 +69,8 @@ partial deblobbing of Intel ME/TXE firmware images `Python`
* __nvidia__ - nvidia blob parsers
* __nvramtool__ - Reads and writes coreboot parameters and displaying
information from the coreboot table in CMOS/NVRAM. `C`
+* __pgtblgen__ - Generates page tables based on fixed physical address.
+`C`
* __pmh7tool__ - Dumps, reads and writes PMH7 registers on Lenovo
ThinkPads. PMH7 is used for switching on and off the power of some
devices on the board such as dGPU. `C`
@@ -92,6 +90,8 @@ SiFive's bootrom. `Python3`
command line `Bash`
* _cross-repo-cherrypick_ - Pull in patches from another tree
from a gerrit repository. `Shell`
+ * _decode_spd.sh_ - Decodes Serial Presence Detect (SPD) files
+into various human readable formats.
* _dts-to-fmd.sh_ -Converts a depthcharge fmap.dts into an
fmaptool compatible .fmd format `Bash`
* _find-unused-kconfig-symbols.sh_ - Points out Kconfig
@@ -109,15 +109,21 @@ file `Perl`
* _ucode_h_to_bin.sh_ - Microcode conversion tool `Bash`
* _update_submodules_ - Check all submodules for updates `Bash`
* __showdevicetree__ - Compile and dump the device tree `C`
+* __spdtool__ - Dumps SPD ROMs from a given blob to separate files
+using known patterns and reserved bits. Useful for analysing firmware
+that holds SPDs on boards that have soldered down DRAM. `python`
* __spkmodem_recv__ - Decode spkmodem signals `C`
* __superiotool__ - A user-space utility to detect Super I/O of a
mainboard and provide detailed information about the register contents
of the Super I/O. `C`
+* __smcbiosinfo__ - Generates SMC biosinfo for BMC BIOS updates `C`
* __testing__ - coreboot test targets `Make`
* __uio_usbdebug__ - Debug coreboot's usbdebug driver inside a running
operating system (only Linux at this time). `C`
* __util_readme__ - Creates README.md of description files in `./util`
subdirectories `Bash`
+* __vboot_list__ - Tools to generate a list of vboot enabled devices to
+the documentation `Bash`
* __vgabios__ - emulated vga driver for qemu `C`
* __x86__ - Generates 32-bit PAE page tables based on a CSV input file.
`Go`