[coreboot] coreboot image signature
John Lewis
jlewis at johnlewis.ie
Wed Aug 24 11:20:28 CEST 2016
Zoran,
I'm a bit confused as to where you are coming from with this - you can
search for ASCII/hex strings using something as light as hexedit. No
need to install a more full-blown hex editor especially. I'm not a fan
of using sledgehammers to crack nuts.
John.
On 24/08/16 09:54, Zoran Stojsavljevic wrote:
> > Please see https://www.coreboot.org/CBFS
>
> Hello John,
>
> From the pointer:*/_magic_/*/_is a 32 bit number that identifies the
> ROM as a CBFS type. *The magic number is 0x4F524243, which is 'ORBC'
> in ASCII*._/
>
> I did install on my F24 VM (in order to verify this info) wxHexEditor
> source code package (wxHexEditor-v0.23-src.tar.bz2):
> http://www.wxhexeditor.org/home.php
>
> Please, you can all try it, there are some environmental
> catches/packages and CCP flags (CCPFLAGS) to be added, but it is
> fairly manageable. Here is how GUI looks like:
>
> Inline image 1
>
> Interesting enough, wxHexAuthor Erdem (U. Altinyurt) is a jobless
> computer engineer, born and living since 1981,in Istanbul, Turkey. Why
> Erdem is jobless, that is the (crucial) question??? ;-)
>
> Zoran
>
> On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 11:49 AM, John Lewis <jlewis at johnlewis.ie
> <mailto:jlewis at johnlewis.ie>> wrote:
>
> Hi Benoit,
>
> Please see https://www.coreboot.org/CBFS
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> John.
>
>
> On 19/08/16 10:43, Benoit SANSONI wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I would like to know if it is possible, via a signature or a
>> magic number, in the coreboot.rom file to recognize that it is a
>> "coreboot" file.
>> I did not find anything in the Makefile.inc.
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>>
>
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