[flashrom] [PATCH 0/7] every layout handling feature you ever wanted to see but never cared to implement

[Stefan Tauner]

well the subject is a bit exaggerated and kinky, but i think layouts (not the
write/read protection thingy carl-daniel wrote about lately, but the -l
option) could be much more useful. especially for systems that are quite
locked down (ICH/PCH...).

with this patch set it is possible to
- use -i and -l parameters in any order
- specify a file for each image (so there is no need to create a full image
  beforehand)
- use layout files for reading
- use layout files for verifying

some may need some refinements, and man page entries of course, but i wanted to
post this now. first for thomas from GE because he asked for it and secondly
to discuss if it is the right way to do this at all :)

things to improve (either in the future or in a refined form of this patches):
 - reduce the footprint of the romlayout_t struct by not holding the whole
   strings but only references to strduped strings.
 - make the file parameter for -w, -r, -v optional if there are -i file names
   specified.
 - see 4/7 comments.

Stefan Tauner (7):
  layout: change return type and name of find_next_included_romentry
  Add deferred -i processing
  layout: Add -i <image>[:<file>] support
  Make read before write configurable (infrastructure part)
  Use layout for read operations too
  Use layout for verify operations too
  (not for merge) Fix the "Use layout for verify operations too" patch
    in a hacky way

 cli_classic.c |   10 +--
 flash.h       |   13 +++-
 flashrom.c    |  149 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 layout.c      |  193 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 4 files changed, 279 insertions(+), 86 deletions(-)