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+/*
+ * (C) Copyright 2009-2016 CompuLab, Ltd.
+ *
+ * Authors: Nikita Kiryanov <nikita@compulab.co.il>
+ *	    Igor Grinberg <grinberg@compulab.co.il>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
+ */
+
+#include <common.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <eeprom_field.h>
+
+static void __eeprom_field_print_bin(const struct eeprom_field *field,
+				     char *delimiter, bool reverse)
+{
+	int i;
+	int from = reverse ? field->size - 1 : 0;
+	int to = reverse ? 0 : field->size - 1;
+
+	printf(PRINT_FIELD_SEGMENT, field->name);
+	for (i = from; i != to; reverse ? i-- : i++)
+		printf("%02x%s", field->buf[i], delimiter);
+
+	printf("%02x\n", field->buf[i]);
+}
+
+static int __eeprom_field_update_bin(struct eeprom_field *field,
+				     const char *value, bool reverse)
+{
+	int len = strlen(value);
+	int k, j, i = reverse ? len - 1 : 0;
+	unsigned char byte;
+	char *endptr;
+
+	/* each two characters in the string fit in one byte */
+	if (len > field->size * 2)
+		return -1;
+
+	memset(field->buf, 0, field->size);
+
+	/* i - string iterator, j - buf iterator */
+	for (j = 0; j < field->size; j++) {
+		byte = 0;
+		char tmp[3] = { 0, 0, 0 };
+
+		if ((reverse && i < 0) || (!reverse && i >= len))
+			break;
+
+		for (k = 0; k < 2; k++) {
+			if (reverse && i == 0) {
+				tmp[k] = value[i];
+				break;
+			}
+
+			tmp[k] = value[reverse ? i - 1 + k : i + k];
+		}
+
+		byte = simple_strtoul(tmp, &endptr, 0);
+		if (*endptr != '\0' || byte < 0)
+			return -1;
+
+		field->buf[j] = byte;
+		i = reverse ? i - 2 : i + 2;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int __eeprom_field_update_bin_delim(struct eeprom_field *field,
+					   char *value, char *delimiter)
+{
+	int count = 0;
+	int i, val;
+	const char *tmp = value;
+	char *tok;
+	char *endptr;
+
+	tmp = strstr(tmp, delimiter);
+	while (tmp != NULL) {
+		count++;
+		tmp++;
+		tmp = strstr(tmp, delimiter);
+	}
+
+	if (count > field->size)
+		return -1;
+
+	tok = strtok(value, delimiter);
+	for (i = 0; tok && i < field->size; i++) {
+		val = simple_strtoul(tok, &endptr, 0);
+		if (*endptr != '\0')
+			return -1;
+
+		/* here we assume that each tok is no more than byte long */
+		field->buf[i] = (unsigned char)val;
+		tok = strtok(NULL, delimiter);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * eeprom_field_print_bin() - print a field which contains binary data
+ *
+ * Treat the field data as simple binary data, and print it as two digit
+ * hexadecimal values.
+ * Sample output:
+ *      Field Name       0102030405060708090a
+ *
+ * @field:	an initialized field to print
+ */
+void eeprom_field_print_bin(const struct eeprom_field *field)
+{
+	__eeprom_field_print_bin(field, "", false);
+}
+
+/**
+ * eeprom_field_update_bin() - Update field with new data in binary form
+ *
+ * @field:	an initialized field
+ * @value:	a string of values (i.e. "10b234a")
+ */
+int eeprom_field_update_bin(struct eeprom_field *field, char *value)
+{
+	return __eeprom_field_update_bin(field, value, false);
+}
+
+/**
+ * eeprom_field_update_reserved() - Update reserved field with new data in
+ *				    binary form
+ *
+ * @field:	an initialized field
+ * @value:	a space delimited string of byte values (i.e. "1 02 3 0x4")
+ */
+int eeprom_field_update_reserved(struct eeprom_field *field, char *value)
+{
+	return __eeprom_field_update_bin_delim(field, value, " ");
+}
+
+/**
+ * eeprom_field_print_bin_rev() - print a field which contains binary data in
+ *				  reverse order
+ *
+ * Treat the field data as simple binary data, and print it in reverse order
+ * as two digit hexadecimal values.
+ *
+ * Data in field:
+ *                      0102030405060708090a
+ * Sample output:
+ *      Field Name      0a090807060504030201
+ *
+ * @field:	an initialized field to print
+ */
+void eeprom_field_print_bin_rev(const struct eeprom_field *field)
+{
+	__eeprom_field_print_bin(field, "", true);
+}
+
+/**
+ * eeprom_field_update_bin_rev() - Update field with new data in binary form,
+ *				   storing it in reverse
+ *
+ * This function takes a string of byte values, and stores them
+ * in the field in the reverse order. i.e. if the input string was "1234",
+ * "3412" will be written to the field.
+ *
+ * @field:	an initialized field
+ * @value:	a string of byte values
+ */
+int eeprom_field_update_bin_rev(struct eeprom_field *field, char *value)
+{
+	return __eeprom_field_update_bin(field, value, true);
+}
+
+/**
+ * eeprom_field_print_mac_addr() - print a field which contains a mac address
+ *
+ * Treat the field data as simple binary data, and print it formatted as a MAC
+ * address.
+ * Sample output:
+ *      Field Name     01:02:03:04:05:06
+ *
+ * @field:	an initialized field to print
+ */
+void eeprom_field_print_mac(const struct eeprom_field *field)
+{
+	__eeprom_field_print_bin(field, ":", false);
+}
+
+/**
+ * eeprom_field_update_mac() - Update a mac address field which contains binary
+ *			       data
+ *
+ * @field:	an initialized field
+ * @value:	a colon delimited string of byte values (i.e. "1:02:3:ff")
+ */
+int eeprom_field_update_mac(struct eeprom_field *field, char *value)
+{
+	return __eeprom_field_update_bin_delim(field, value, ":");
+}
+
+/**
+ * eeprom_field_print_ascii() - print a field which contains ASCII data
+ * @field:	an initialized field to print
+ */
+void eeprom_field_print_ascii(const struct eeprom_field *field)
+{
+	char format[8];
+
+	sprintf(format, "%%.%ds\n", field->size);
+	printf(PRINT_FIELD_SEGMENT, field->name);
+	printf(format, field->buf);
+}
+
+/**
+ * eeprom_field_update_ascii() - Update field with new data in ASCII form
+ * @field:	an initialized field
+ * @value:	the new string data
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, -1 of failure (new string too long).
+ */
+int eeprom_field_update_ascii(struct eeprom_field *field, char *value)
+{
+	if (strlen(value) >= field->size) {
+		printf("%s: new data too long\n", field->name);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	strncpy((char *)field->buf, value, field->size - 1);
+	field->buf[field->size - 1] = '\0';
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * eeprom_field_print_reserved() - print the "Reserved fields" field
+ *
+ * Print a notice that the following field_size bytes are reserved.
+ *
+ * Sample output:
+ *      Reserved fields              (64 bytes)
+ *
+ * @field:	an initialized field to print
+ */
+void eeprom_field_print_reserved(const struct eeprom_field *field)
+{
+	printf(PRINT_FIELD_SEGMENT, "Reserved fields\t");
+	printf("(%d bytes)\n", field->size);
+}