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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2010 Google Inc.
+# Written by David Hendricks for Google Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
+#
+# This script attempts to test Flashrom partial write capability by writing
+# patterns of 0xff and 0x00 bytes to the lowest 128KB of flash. 128KB is chosen
+# since 64KB is usually the largest possible block size, so we will try to
+# cover at least two blocks with this test.
+
+EXIT_SUCCESS=0
+EXIT_FAILURE=1
+
+# The copy of flashrom to test. If unset, we'll assume the user wants to test
+# a newly built flashrom binary in the parent directory (this script should
+# reside in flashrom/util).
+if [ -z "$FLASHROM" ] ; then
+	FLASHROM="../flashrom"
+fi
+echo "testing flashrom binary: ${FLASHROM}"
+
+OLDDIR=$(pwd)
+if [ -z "$TMPDIR" ]; then
+	TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)	# test data location
+fi
+
+ZERO_4K="00_4k.bin"
+FF_4K="ff_4k.bin"
+FF_4K_TEXT="ff_4k.txt"
+
+TESTFILE="test.bin"
+
+which uuencode > /dev/null
+if [ "$?" != "0" ] ; then
+	echo "uuencode is required to use this script"
+	exit $EXIT_FAILURE
+fi
+
+which flashrom > /dev/null
+if [ "$?" != "0" ] ; then
+	echo "Please install a stable version of flashrom in your path."
+	echo "This will be used to compare the test flashrom binary and "
+	echo "restore your firmware image at the end of the test."
+	exit $EXIT_FAILURE
+fi
+
+# Keep a copy of flashrom with the test data
+cp "$FLASHROM" "${TMPDIR}/"
+cd "$TMPDIR"
+echo "Running test in ${TMPDIR}"
+
+# Make 4k worth of 0xff bytes
+echo "begin 640 $FF_4K" > "$FF_4K_TEXT"
+for i in `seq 0 90` ; do
+	echo "M____________________________________________________________" >> "$FF_4K_TEXT"
+done
+echo "!_P``" >> "$FF_4K_TEXT"
+echo "\`" >> "$FF_4K_TEXT"
+echo "end" >> "$FF_4K_TEXT"
+uudecode -o "$FF_4K" "$FF_4K_TEXT"
+rm -f "$FF_4K_TEXT"
+
+# Make 4k worth of 0x00 bytes
+dd if=/dev/zero of="$ZERO_4K" bs=1 count=4096 2> /dev/null
+echo "ffh pattern written in ${FF_4K}"
+echo "00h pattern written in ${ZERO_4K}"
+
+echo "Reading BIOS image"
+BIOS="bios.bin"
+flashrom "$FLASHROM_PARAM" -r "$BIOS" > /dev/null
+echo "Original image saved as ${BIOS}"
+
+# $1: exit code
+do_exit() {
+	echo "restoring original bios image using system's flashrom"
+	flashrom "$FLASHROM_PARAM" -w "$BIOS"
+	echo "test files remain in ${TMPDIR}"
+	cd "$OLDDIR"
+	exit "$1"
+}
+
+#
+# Actual tests are performed below.
+#
+NUM_REGIONS=16
+
+# Make a layout - 4K regions on 4K boundaries. This will test basic
+# functionality of erasing and writing specific blocks.
+echo "
+0x000000:0x000fff 00_0
+0x001000:0x001fff ff_0
+
+0x002000:0x002fff 00_1
+0x003000:0x003fff ff_1
+
+0x004000:0x004fff 00_2
+0x005000:0x005fff ff_2
+
+0x006000:0x006fff 00_3
+0x007000:0x007fff ff_3
+
+0x008000:0x008fff 00_4
+0x009000:0x009fff ff_4
+
+0x00a000:0x00afff 00_5
+0x00b000:0x00bfff ff_5
+
+0x00c000:0x00cfff 00_6
+0x00d000:0x00dfff ff_6
+
+0x00e000:0x00efff 00_7
+0x00f000:0x00ffff ff_7
+
+0x010000:0x010fff 00_8
+0x011000:0x011fff ff_8
+
+0x012000:0x012fff 00_9
+0x013000:0x013fff ff_9
+
+0x014000:0x014fff 00_10
+0x015000:0x015fff ff_10
+
+0x016000:0x016fff 00_11
+0x017000:0x017fff ff_11
+
+0x018000:0x018fff 00_12
+0x019000:0x019fff ff_12
+
+0x01a000:0x01afff 00_13
+0x01b000:0x01bfff ff_13
+
+0x01c000:0x01cfff 00_14
+0x01d000:0x01dfff ff_14
+
+0x01e000:0x01efff 00_15
+0x01f000:0x01ffff ff_15
+" > layout_4k_aligned.txt
+
+cp "$BIOS" "$TESTFILE"
+i=0
+while [ $i -lt $NUM_REGIONS ] ; do
+	offset=$((${i} * 8192))
+	dd if=${ZERO_4K} of=${TESTFILE} bs=1 conv=notrunc seek=${offset} 2> /dev/null
+	dd if=${FF_4K} of=${TESTFILE} bs=1 conv=notrunc seek=$((${offset} + 4096)) 2> /dev/null
+
+	./flashrom "$FLASHROM_PARAM" -l layout_4k_aligned.txt -i 00_${i} -i ff_${i} -w "$TESTFILE" > /dev/null
+	if [ "$?" != "0" ] ; then
+		echo "partial flash failed on iteration ${i}"
+		echo "Result: FAIL"
+		do_exit "$EXIT_FAILURE"
+	fi
+
+	# download the entire ROM image and use diff to compare to ensure
+	# flashrom logic does not violate user-specified regions
+	flashrom "$FLASHROM_PARAM" -r difftest.bin > /dev/null
+	diff -q difftest.bin "$TESTFILE"
+	if [ "$?" != "0" ] ; then
+		echo "diff test failed on iteration ${i}"
+		echo "Result: FAIL"
+		do_exit "$EXIT_FAILURE"
+	fi
+	rm -f difftest.bin
+
+	i=$((${i} + 1))
+done
+
+# Make a layout - 4K regions on 4.5K boundaries. This will help find problems
+# with logic that only operates on part of a block. For example, if a user
+# wishes to re-write a fraction of a block, then:
+# 1. The whole block must be erased.
+# 2. The old content must be restored at unspecified offsets.
+# 3. The new content must be written at specified offsets.
+#
+# Note: The last chunk of 0xff bytes is only 2K as to avoid overrunning a 128KB
+# test image.
+#
+echo "
+0x000800:0x0017ff 00_0
+0x001800:0x0027ff ff_0
+
+0x002800:0x0037ff 00_1
+0x003800:0x0047ff ff_1
+
+0x004800:0x0057ff 00_2
+0x005800:0x0067ff ff_2
+
+0x006800:0x0077ff 00_3
+0x007800:0x0087ff ff_3
+
+0x008800:0x0097ff 00_4
+0x009800:0x00a7ff ff_4
+
+0x00a800:0x00b7ff 00_5
+0x00b800:0x00c7ff ff_5
+
+0x00c800:0x00d7ff 00_6
+0x00d800:0x00e7ff ff_6
+
+0x00e800:0x00f7ff 00_7
+0x00f800:0x0107ff ff_7
+
+0x010800:0x0117ff 00_8
+0x011800:0x0127ff ff_8
+
+0x012800:0x0137ff 00_9
+0x013800:0x0147ff ff_9
+
+0x014800:0x0157ff 00_10
+0x015800:0x0167ff ff_10
+
+0x016800:0x0177ff 00_11
+0x017800:0x0187ff ff_11
+
+0x018800:0x0197ff 00_12
+0x019800:0x01a7ff ff_12
+
+0x01a800:0x01b7ff 00_13
+0x01b800:0x01c7ff ff_13
+
+0x01c800:0x01d7ff 00_14
+0x01d800:0x01e7ff ff_14
+
+0x01e800:0x01f7ff 00_15
+0x01f800:0x01ffff ff_15
+" > layout_unaligned.txt
+
+# reset the test file and ROM to the original state
+flashrom "$FLASHROM_PARAM" -w "$BIOS"
+cp "$BIOS" "$TESTFILE"
+
+i=0
+while [ $i -lt $NUM_REGIONS ] ; do
+	offset=$(($((${i} * 8192)) + 2048))
+	# Protect against too long write
+	writelen=4096
+	if [ $((${offset} + 4096 + 4096)) -ge 131072 ]; then
+		writelen=$((131072 - $((${offset} + 4096))))
+		if [ ${writelen} -lt 0 ]; then
+			writelen=0
+		fi
+	fi
+	dd if=${ZERO_4K} of=${TESTFILE} bs=1 conv=notrunc seek=${offset} 2> /dev/null
+	dd if=${FF_4K} of=${TESTFILE} bs=1 conv=notrunc seek=$((${offset} + 4096)) count=writelen 2> /dev/null
+
+	./flashrom "$FLASHROM_PARAM" -l layout_unaligned.txt -i 00_${i} -i ff_${i} -w "$TESTFILE" > /dev/null
+	if [ "$?" != "0" ] ; then
+		echo "partial flash failed on iteration ${i}"
+		echo "Result: FAIL"
+		do_exit "$EXIT_FAILURE"
+	fi
+
+	# download the entire ROM image and use diff to compare to ensure
+	# flashrom logic does not violate user-specified regions
+	flashrom "$FLASHROM_PARAM" -r difftest.bin > /dev/null
+	diff -q difftest.bin "$TESTFILE"
+	if [ "$?" != "0" ] ; then
+		echo "diff test failed on iteration ${i}"
+		echo "Result: FAIL"
+		do_exit "$EXIT_FAILURE"
+	fi
+	rm -f difftest.bin
+
+	i=$((${i} + 1))
+done
+
+echo "Result: PASS"
+do_exit "$EXIT_SUCCESS"