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diff --git a/src/mem/gems_common/ioutil/embedtext.py b/src/mem/gems_common/ioutil/embedtext.py
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+
+import sys
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class embedText:
+    """
+    embedText converts a text file into a file that can be embedded in C
+    using an #include statement, that defines a \"const char *\" pointing
+    to the same text.
+
+    This is useful to embed scripts and configuration files in object files.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, filename):
+        self.filename = filename
+        self.escape        = [ "\'", "\"", "\\", "\?" ]
+
+    def write(self, outputfile, varname):
+        # reads the text file in, line by line, converting it to a C string
+        fin = open( self.filename, 'r' )
+        fout= open( outputfile, 'w' )
+        fout.write("static const char *%s =\n" % varname);
+        l = " "
+        while l != "":
+            l = fin.readline()
+
+            # add escape sequences for the characters in escape
+            fout.write("\"")
+            for char in l:
+                if char == "\n":
+                    break
+                if char in self.escape:
+                    fout.write( "\\" )
+                    fout.write( char )
+                else:
+                    fout.write( char )
+            fout.write("\\n\"\n");
+        fout.write(";\n");
+        fin.close()
+        fout.close()
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    if len(sys.argv) != 4:
+        print len(sys.argv)
+        print "usage:", sys.argv[0], " input-file output-file varname"
+        sys.exit(1)
+    inputfile = sys.argv[1]
+    outputfile = sys.argv[2]
+    varname   = sys.argv[3]
+    print "generating embedded text file: %s from %s\n" % (outputfile, inputfile)
+    inc = embedText( inputfile )
+    inc.write( outputfile, varname )