Add python helper for creating binaries from elf
In order to ease the work with both FVP and FPGA, create a script that
handles sorting out the binary creation.
Change-Id: I19bc4b4d659c54b4569e6a714c7281bec4a81310
diff --git a/scripts/generate_binaries.py b/scripts/generate_binaries.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2021 Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the License); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an AS IS BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+import argparse
+import os
+import re
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import elftools.elf.elffile as elffile
+
+def generate_binaries(args):
+ load_segments = [];
+ with open(args.input, 'rb') as f:
+ elf = elffile.ELFFile(f)
+ for segment in elf.iter_segments():
+ if segment['p_type'] == 'PT_LOAD' and segment['p_filesz'] > 0:
+ if not os.path.exists(args.output):
+ os.makedirs(args.output)
+ out = os.path.join(
+ args.output,
+ '%s_0x%08x.bin' % (os.path.basename(args.input), segment['p_paddr']))
+ with open(out, 'wb') as of:
+ of.write(segment.data())
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Generate binaries from ELF file')
+ parser.add_argument('-o', '--output', default='.', required=False, help='Output directory for binaries')
+ parser.add_argument('input', metavar='inputfile', type=str, help='ELF file to extract binaries from')
+
+ args = parser.parse_args()
+
+ generate_binaries(args)