Author: stepan
Date: 2007-08-20 02:08:18 +0200 (Mon, 20 Aug 2007)
New Revision: 474

Modified:
   LinuxBIOSv3/util/lar/lar.c
Log:
Add another field to the filename specified for create and add
operations to specify the intended pathname for the blob.

Signed-off-by: Jordan Crouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Acked-by: Stefan Reinauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>



Modified: LinuxBIOSv3/util/lar/lar.c
===================================================================
--- LinuxBIOSv3/util/lar/lar.c  2007-08-19 23:53:16 UTC (rev 473)
+++ LinuxBIOSv3/util/lar/lar.c  2007-08-20 00:08:18 UTC (rev 474)
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
        printf("\nLAR - the LinuxBIOS Archiver " VERSION "\n" COPYRIGHT "\n\n"
               "Usage: %s [-cxal] archive.lar [[[file1] file2] ...]\n\n", name);
        printf("Examples:\n");
-       printf("  lar -c -s 32768 -b bootblock myrom.lar foo nocompress:bar\n");
+       printf("  lar -c -s 32k -b bootblock myrom.lar foo nocompress:bar\n");
        printf("  lar -a myrom.lar foo blob:baz\n");
        printf("  lar -l myrom.lar\n\n");
 
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@
        printf("     * Pathname is the name to use in the LAR header.\n\n");
 
        printf("Create options:\n");
-       printf("  -s [size]\tSpecify the size of the archive (in bytes)\n");
+       printf("  -s [size]     \tSpecify the size of the archive.\n");
+       printf("                \tUse a 'k' suffix to multiply the size by 1024 
or\n");
+       printf("                \ta 'm' suffix to multiple the size by 
1024*1024.\n");
        printf("  -b [bootblock]\tSpecify the bootblock blob\n");
        printf("  -C [lzma|nrv2b]\tSpecify the compression method to use\n\n");
 
@@ -73,6 +75,29 @@
 
 }
 
+/* Add a human touch to the LAR size by allowing suffixes:
+ *  XX[KkMm] where k = XX * 1024 and m or M = xx * 1024 * 1024
+ */
+
+static void parse_larsize(char *str)
+{
+       char *p = NULL;
+       unsigned int size = strtoul(str, &p, 0);
+
+       if (p != NULL) {
+               if (*p == 'k' || *p == 'K')
+                       size *= 1024;
+               else if (*p == 'm' || *p == 'M')
+                       size *= (1024 * 1024);
+               else if (*p) {
+                       fprintf(stderr, "Unknown LAR size suffix '%c'\n", *p);
+                       exit(1);
+               }
+       }
+
+       larsize = size;
+}
+
 int verbose(void)
 {
        return isverbose;
@@ -219,7 +244,7 @@
                        larmode = EXTRACT;
                        break;
                case 's':
-                       larsize = strtol(optarg, (char **)NULL, 10);
+                       parse_larsize(optarg);
                        break;
                case 'b':
                        bootblock = strdup(optarg);


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