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authorPaul Fertser <fercerpav@gmail.com>2013-12-30 22:33:43 +0400
committerSpencer Oliver <spen@spen-soft.co.uk>2014-01-08 22:18:33 +0000
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tools: add firmware recovery helpers
This adds a set of helper functions with the aim to make it possible to flash mass-market devices without RTFMing altogether (i.e. to obsolete GPL-violating proprietary tjtag and other similar software). Real-life tested on an RT-N16 and WRT54GL. Change-Id: I197a9b28a5f386803f081057c4b4ebf2f9c447b1 Signed-off-by: Paul Fertser <fercerpav@gmail.com> Reviewed-on: http://openocd.zylin.com/1850 Tested-by: jenkins Reviewed-by: Spencer Oliver <spen@spen-soft.co.uk>
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@@ -7973,6 +7973,17 @@ storage bit in the device is tested as zero and as one.
Run all of the above tests over a specified memory region.
@end deffn
+@section Firmware recovery helpers
+@cindex Firmware recovery
+
+OpenOCD includes an easy-to-use script to faciliate mass-market
+devices recovery with JTAG.
+
+For quickstart instructions run:
+@example
+openocd -f tools/firmware-recovery.tcl -c firmware_help
+@end example
+
@node TFTP
@chapter TFTP
@cindex TFTP