scripts/extract-fwblobs

Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/scripts/extract-fwblobs

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System
Linux kernel
Corpus path
scripts/extract-fwblobs
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[no extension]
Size
1088 bytes
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31
Domain
Support Tooling And Documentation
Bucket
scripts
Inferred role
Support Tooling And Documentation: scripts
Status
atlas-only

Why This File Exists

Repository support layer: documentation, build tooling, samples, user-space helper tools, generated initramfs support, licenses, and validation utilities.

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#!/bin/bash
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Extracts the vmlinux built-in firmware blobs - requires a non-stripped image
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

if [ -z "$1" ]; then
	echo "Must provide a non-stripped vmlinux as argument"
	exit 1
fi

read -r RD_ADDR_HEX RD_OFF_HEX <<< "$( readelf -SW "$1" |\
grep -w rodata | awk '{print "0x"$5" 0x"$6}' )"

FW_SYMS="$(readelf -sW "$1" |\
awk -n '/fw_end/ { end=$2 ; print name " 0x" start " 0x" end; } { start=$2; name=$8; }')"

while IFS= read -r entry; do
	read -r FW_NAME FW_ADDR_ST_HEX FW_ADDR_END_HEX <<< "$entry"

	# Notice kernel prepends _fw_ and appends _bin to the FW name
	# in rodata; hence we hereby filter that out.
	FW_NAME=${FW_NAME:4:-4}

	FW_OFFSET="$(printf "%d" $((FW_ADDR_ST_HEX - RD_ADDR_HEX + RD_OFF_HEX)))"
	FW_SIZE="$(printf "%d" $((FW_ADDR_END_HEX - FW_ADDR_ST_HEX)))"

	dd if="$1" of="./${FW_NAME}" bs="${FW_SIZE}" count=1 iflag=skip_bytes skip="${FW_OFFSET}"
done <<< "${FW_SYMS}"

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