Index: src/arch/i386/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- src/arch/i386/Kconfig	(revision 5100)
+++ src/arch/i386/Kconfig	(working copy)
@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@
 	default n if TINY_BOOTBLOCK
 	default y
 
+config UPDATE_IMAGE
+	bool "Update existing coreboot.rom image"
+	default n
+	depends on TINY_BOOTBLOCK
+	help
+		If this option is activate, no new coreboot.rom file
+		is created. Instead it is expected that there already
+		is a suitable file for further processing.
+		The bootblock will not be modified.
+
 config ROMCC
 	bool
 	default n
Index: src/arch/i386/Makefile.tinybootblock.inc
===================================================================
--- src/arch/i386/Makefile.tinybootblock.inc	(revision 5100)
+++ src/arch/i386/Makefile.tinybootblock.inc	(working copy)
@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@
 #######################################################################
 # Build the final rom image
 
+ifneq ($(CONFIG_UPDATE_IMAGE),y)
 $(obj)/coreboot.pre1: $(obj)/coreboot.bootblock $(CBFSTOOL)
 	rm -f $@
 	$(CBFSTOOL) $@ create $(CONFIG_COREBOOT_ROMSIZE_KB)K $(obj)/coreboot.bootblock
+else
+$(obj)/coreboot.pre1: $(CBFSTOOL)
+	mv $(obj)/coreboot.rom $@
+endif
 
Index: Makefile
===================================================================
--- Makefile	(revision 5100)
+++ Makefile	(working copy)
@@ -284,15 +284,19 @@
 doxygen-clean:
 	rm -rf $(DOXYGEN_OUTPUT_DIR)
 
-clean: doxygen-clean
-	rm -f $(allobjs) $(obj)/coreboot* .xcompile
+clean-for-update: doxygen-clean
+	rm -f $(objs) $(initobjs) $(drivers) $(smmobjs) .xcompile
+	rm -f $(obj)/coreboot_ram* $(obj)/coreboot.romstage $(obj)/coreboot.pre* $(obj)/coreboot.bootblock $(obj)/coreboot.a
 	rm -rf $(obj)/bootblock* $(obj)/romstage* $(obj)/location.*
-	rm -f $(obj)/option_table.* $(obj)/crt0_includes.h $(obj)/ldscript
+	rm -f $(obj)/option_table.* $(obj)/crt0_includes.h $(obj)/ldscript $(obj)/config.h
 	rm -f $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/static.c $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/config.py $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/static.dot
 	rm -f $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/auto.inc $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/crt0.s $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/crt0.disasm
 	rmdir -p $(alldirs) 2>/dev/null >/dev/null || true
 	$(MAKE) -C util/sconfig clean
 
+clean: clean-for-update
+	rm -f $(obj)/coreboot*
+
 distclean: clean
 	rm -rf $(obj)
 	rm -f .config .config.old ..config.tmp .kconfig.d .tmpconfig*
