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cbfs-compression-tool(8)

cbfs-compression-tool8

Benchmark compression tool (coreboot tools)

Usage

cbfs-compression-tool benchmark

cbfs-compression-tool compress <infile> <outfile> <algo>

cbfs-compression-tool rawcompress <infile> <outfile> <algo>

Overview

Benchmark compression algorithms or compress input file into output with a given algorithm

cbfs-compression-tool benchmark

runs benchmarks for all implemented algorithms

cbfs-compression-tool compress inFile outFile algo

compresses inFile with algo and stores in outFile

compress file format:
4 bytes little endian: algorithm ID (as used in CBFS)
4 bytes little endian: uncompressed size
...: compressed data stream

cbfs-compression-tool rawcompress inFile outFile algo

compresses inFile with algo and stores in outFile without header

compress file format:
...: compressed data stream

History

  • Debian 13 (Trixie): the text shown here
  • Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Authors

coresystems GmbH.
Man page written by Ahmad Khalifa.

From coreboot-utils 24.12+dfsg-2 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.