system76-coreboot/Documentation/util.md

Utilities

List of utils

Scripts and programs found in the ./util directory

• abuild - coreboot autobuild script builds coreboot images for all available targets. bash
• acpi - Walk through all ACPI tables with their addresses. bash
• amdfwtool - Create AMD Firmware combination C
• amdtools - A set of tools to compare extended) K8 memory settings. Perl
• archive - Concatenate files and create an archive C
• autoport - Automated porting coreboot to Sandy Bridge/Ivy Bridge platforms Go
• bincfg - Compiler/Decompiler for data blobs with specs Lex Yacc
• board_status - Tools to collect logs and upload them to the board status repository Bash Go
• bucts - A tool to manipulate the BUC.TS bit on Intel targets. C
• cavium - Devicetree_convert Tool to convert a DTB to a static C file Python
• cbfstool
  • cbfstool - For manipulating CBFS file C
  • fmaptool - Converts plaintext fmd files into fmap blobs C
  • rmodtool - Creates rmodules C
  • ifwitool - For manipulating IFWI 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, coreboot.org-status and docs.coreboot.org
• dtd_parser - DTD structure parser Python2
• ectool - Dumps the RAM of a laptop's Embedded/Environmental Controller (EC). C
• exynos - Computes and fills Exynos ROM checksum (for BL1 or BL2). Python2
• find_usbdebug - Help find USB debug ports
• futility - Firmware utility for signing ChromeOS images Make
• fuzz-tests - Create test cases that crash the jpeg code. C
• genbuild_h - Generate build system definitions Shell
• genprof - Format function tracing logs Bash C
• gitconfig - Initialize git repository submodules install git hooks Bash
• ifdtool - Extract and dump Intel Firmware Descriptor information C
• intelmetool - Dump interesting things about Management Engine even if hidden C
• inteltool - Provides information about the Intel CPU/chipset hardware configuration (register contents, MSRs, etc). C
• intelvbttool - Parse VBT from VGA BIOS C
• ipqheader
  • createxbl.py - Concatentates XBL segments into one ELF image Python
  • ipqheader.py - Returns a packed MBN header image with the specified base and size Python
  • mbncat.py - Generate ipq8064 uber SBL Python
  • mbn_tools.py - Contains all MBN Utilities for image generation Python
• 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
• kconfig - Build system Make
• lint - Source linter and linting rules Shell
• marvell - Add U-Boot boot loader for Marvell ARMADA38X C
• me_cleaner - Tool for partial deblobbing of Intel ME/TXE firmware images Python
• mma - Memory Margin Analysis automation tests Bash
• msrtool - Dumps chipset-specific MSR registers. C
• mtkheader - Generate MediaTek bootload header. Python2
• 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
• post - Userspace utility that can be used to test POST cards. C
• qualcomm - CMM script to debug Qualcomm coreboot environments. CMM
• release - Generate coreboot release Bash
• riscv
  • make-spike-elf.sh - Converts a flat file into an ELF, that can be passed to SPIKE, the RISC-V reference emulator.Bash
  • sifive-gpt.py - Wraps the bootblock in a GPT partition for SiFive's bootrom. Python3
• rockchip - Generate Rockchip idblock bootloader. Python2
• sconfig - coreboot device tree compiler Lex Yacc
• scripts
  • config - Manipulate options in a .config file from the 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 variables that may be unused. There are some false positives, but it serves as a starting point Shell
  • gerrit-rebase - Applies all commits that from-branch has over to-branch, based on a common ancestor and gerrit meta-data Bash
  • get_maintainer.pl - Print selected MAINTAINERS information for the files modified in a patch or for a file Perl
  • maintainers.go - Build subsystem Maintainers Go
  • no-fsf-addresses.sh - Removes various FSF addresses from license headers Shell
  • parse-maintainers.pl - Script to alphabetize MAINTAINERS 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
• xcompile - Cross compile setup Bash

In depth documentation

• ifdtool