mtd-utils.git/misc-utils, branch v2.1.3

misc-utils: flashcp: Add new function that copy only different blocks

2021-06-12T15:17:15+00:00

- The original flashcp process is erase, write and verify all blocks in one time from file to device. This patch will add a function that only copy different block data from file to device. The function will compare blocks by block between file and device, then erase and write block data from file to device if found different block. Signed-off-by: Harvey Wu Signed-off-by: David Oberhollenzer

mtd-utils: Add flash_otp_erase

2021-06-12T15:16:33+00:00

On some SPI NOR flashes you can actually erase the OTP region until its fully locked. Add a small utility for that. Signed-off-by: Michael Walle Signed-off-by: David Oberhollenzer

mtd-utils: flash_erase: Add flash erase chip

2021-05-05T06:29:50+00:00

Some flash types support full erase chip command which can reduce the flash erase time. Try first to erase the entire flash and fall back to the old method if the operation fails. Signed-off-by: Larisa Ileana Grigore Signed-off-by: David Oberhollenzer

Cleanup: Automake: remove single use variables

2021-01-20T10:53:58+00:00

Throughout the Automake files, there is a consistent pattern somewhat like this: FOO_BINS = .... sbin_PROGRAMS += $(FOO_BINS) This commit all such patterns whenever the variable is not used anywhere else and appends to the target directly. Signed-off-by: David Oberhollenzer

Remove headers from EXTRA_DIST

2021-01-20T10:53:51+00:00

This commit removes the C header files from the EXTRA_DIST variables and instead assigns them to the SOURCE variable of the respective components they belong to. This takes care of having them distributed in the release tar ball and helps with dependency tracking a little. Signed-off-by: David Oberhollenzer

misc-utils: Add fectest to build system

2020-09-29T12:17:49+00:00

8f627247f6("mtd-utils: move libmtd source files to lib/ subdirectory") removed fectest.c from the build system 10 years ago. Add it again. Signed-off-by: Bastian Germann Signed-off-by: David Oberhollenzer

Fix typos found by Debian's lintian tool

2020-09-11T13:40:54+00:00

Signed-off-by: Bastian Germann Signed-off-by: David Oberhollenzer

mtd-utils: Fix potentially unterminated strings

2020-02-09T21:13:18+00:00

This commit fixes some uses of strncpy that could leave the destination buffer unterminated. Signed-off-by: David Oberhollenzer

mtd-utils: Fix some simple cases of uninitialized value reads

2020-02-09T21:13:18+00:00

This patch modifies the internal helpers to read and parse integers from sysfs files by initializing them first and removes turns an obscure "a = open(...) if (a >= 0) {...} if (a == -1) {...}" inside recv_image into a more straight forward if/else branch. Signed-off-by: David Oberhollenzer

mtd-utils: Fix various TOCTOU issues

2020-02-09T21:13:18+00:00

This patch restructures various code parts that follow the pattern of "stat(x, &sb) ... makes_sense(&sb) ... open(x)". Signed-off-by: David Oberhollenzer