Folks, If this query more correctly belongs on ChromiumOS list, I will re-post.
This utility appears to be the safe/practical way to interact with the coreboot firmware on an actual chromebook device. The factory image for kevin has this located at /usr/sbin/chromeos-firmwareupdate.
I have locally built three "flavors" of kevin: "normal" dev and test. I can boot all three of these images in Developer-Mode and none of them have /usr/sbin/chromeos-firmwareupdate present.
Q.1) How do I get chromeos-firmwareupdate populated on a local build? Do I have to generate a recovery image from my test image?
Cheers, T.mike