https://github.com/pgaskin/kobopatch

An improved patching system for Kobo eReaders.
https://github.com/pgaskin/kobopatch

arm assembly css disassembly elf ereader firmware kobo kobopatch patch patcher plt thumb zlib

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An improved patching system for Kobo eReaders.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/pgaskin/kobopatch
• Owner: pgaskin
• License: mit
• Created: 2018-04-25T02:14:48.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-02-11T05:23:39.000Z (9 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-06-19T05:37:17.105Z (5 months ago)
• Topics: arm, assembly, css, disassembly, elf, ereader, firmware, kobo, kobopatch, patch, patcher, plt, thumb, zlib
• Language: Go
• Homepage: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=297338
• Size: 11.8 MB
• Stars: 82
• Watchers: 9
• Forks: 7
• Open Issues: 8
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.md

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README

        
# kobopatch

An improved patching system for Kobo eReaders. See https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=297338. Download patches for v4.9.11311+ [here](https://github.com/pgaskin/kobopatch-patches/releases/latest).

## Features

- Zlib replacement.

- Add additional files.

- Add additional symlinks.

- Translation file support.

- Simplified BLX instruction replacement.

- Multi-version configuration file.

- Extensible patch file.

- Built-in generation of Kobo update files.

- Additional instructions.

- Single executable.

- Automated testing of patches.

- Comprehensive log file and error messages.

- Modular and embeddable.

- Structured patch file format.

- Backwards-compatible with old patch format.

## Usage

```

Usage: kobopatch [OPTIONS] [CONFIG_FILE]

Options:

  -f, --firmware string   firmware file to be used (can also use a testdata tarball from kobopatch-patches)

  -h, --help              show this help text

  -t, --run-tests         test all patches (instead of running kobopatch)

If CONFIG_FILE is not specified, kobopatch will use ./kobopatch.yaml.

```

```

cssextract extracts zlib-compressed from a binary file

Usage: cssextract BINARY_FILE

```

```

symdump dumps symbol addresses from an ARMv6+ 32-bit ELF executable

Usage: symdump BINARY_FILE

```

```

Usage: kobopatch-apply [OPTIONS]

Options:

  -h, --help                  show this help text

  -i, --input string          the file to patch (required)

  -o, --output string         the file to write the patched output to (will be overwritten if exists) (required)

  -p, --patch-file string     the file containing the patches (required)

  -f, --patch-format string   the patch format (one of: kobopatch,patch32lsb) (default "kobopatch")

  -v, --verbose               show verbose output from patchlib

```