Merge git://git.denx.de/u-boot-dm

98 files changed, 3014 insertions, 350 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/dts/sunxi-u-boot.dtsi b/arch/arm/dts/sunxi-u-boot.dtsi
index 5adfd9bca2e..8a9f2a6417d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/dts/sunxi-u-boot.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/dts/sunxi-u-boot.dtsi
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 			filename = "spl/sunxi-spl.bin";
 		};
 		u-boot-img {
-			pos = <CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO>;
+			offset = <CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO>;
 		};
 	};
 };
diff --git a/arch/arm/dts/tegra-u-boot.dtsi b/arch/arm/dts/tegra-u-boot.dtsi
index 4f692ee9757..fe19619919e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/dts/tegra-u-boot.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/dts/tegra-u-boot.dtsi
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 			u-boot-spl {
 			};
 			u-boot {
-				pos = <(U_BOOT_OFFSET)>;
+				offset = <(U_BOOT_OFFSET)>;
 			};
 		};
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 			u-boot-spl {
 			};
 			u-boot {
-				pos = <(U_BOOT_OFFSET)>;
+				offset = <(U_BOOT_OFFSET)>;
 			};
 		};
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 			u-boot-spl {
 			};
 			u-boot-nodtb {
-				pos = <(U_BOOT_OFFSET)>;
+				offset = <(U_BOOT_OFFSET)>;
 			};
 		};
 	};
diff --git a/arch/x86/dts/u-boot.dtsi b/arch/x86/dts/u-boot.dtsi
index 1253fa51c22..1050236330a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/dts/u-boot.dtsi
+++ b/arch/x86/dts/u-boot.dtsi
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	binman {
 		filename = "u-boot.rom";
 		end-at-4gb;
-		sort-by-pos;
+		sort-by-offset;
 		pad-byte = <0xff>;
 		size = <CONFIG_ROM_SIZE>;
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_INTEL_ME
@@ -24,18 +24,18 @@
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPL
 		u-boot-spl-with-ucode-ptr {
-			pos = <CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE>;
+			offset = <CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE>;
 		};
 
 		u-boot-dtb-with-ucode2 {
 			type = "u-boot-dtb-with-ucode";
 		};
 		u-boot {
-			pos = <0xfff00000>;
+			offset = <0xfff00000>;
 		};
 #else
 		u-boot-with-ucode-ptr {
-			pos = <CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE>;
+			offset = <CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE>;
 		};
 #endif
 		u-boot-dtb-with-ucode {
@@ -45,45 +45,45 @@
 		};
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_MRC
 		intel-mrc {
-			pos = <CONFIG_X86_MRC_ADDR>;
+			offset = <CONFIG_X86_MRC_ADDR>;
 		};
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_FSP
 		intel-fsp {
 			filename = CONFIG_FSP_FILE;
-			pos = <CONFIG_FSP_ADDR>;
+			offset = <CONFIG_FSP_ADDR>;
 		};
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_CMC
 		intel-cmc {
 			filename = CONFIG_CMC_FILE;
-			pos = <CONFIG_CMC_ADDR>;
+			offset = <CONFIG_CMC_ADDR>;
 		};
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_VGA_BIOS
 		intel-vga {
 			filename = CONFIG_VGA_BIOS_FILE;
-			pos = <CONFIG_VGA_BIOS_ADDR>;
+			offset = <CONFIG_VGA_BIOS_ADDR>;
 		};
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_VBT
 		intel-vbt {
 			filename = CONFIG_VBT_FILE;
-			pos = <CONFIG_VBT_ADDR>;
+			offset = <CONFIG_VBT_ADDR>;
 		};
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_REFCODE
 		intel-refcode {
-			pos = <CONFIG_X86_REFCODE_ADDR>;
+			offset = <CONFIG_X86_REFCODE_ADDR>;
 		};
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPL
 		x86-start16-spl {
-			pos = <CONFIG_SYS_X86_START16>;
+			offset = <CONFIG_SYS_X86_START16>;
 		};
 #else
 		x86-start16 {
-			pos = <CONFIG_SYS_X86_START16>;
+			offset = <CONFIG_SYS_X86_START16>;
 		};
 #endif
 	};
diff --git a/common/spl/spl.c b/common/spl/spl.c
index a1e7b9fa914..eda84d0c74c 100644
--- a/common/spl/spl.c
+++ b/common/spl/spl.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 u32 *boot_params_ptr = NULL;
 
 /* See spl.h for information about this */
-binman_sym_declare(ulong, u_boot_any, pos);
+binman_sym_declare(ulong, u_boot_any, image_pos);
 
 /* Define board data structure */
 static bd_t bdata __attribute__ ((section(".data")));
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ __weak void spl_board_prepare_for_boot(void)
 
 void spl_set_header_raw_uboot(struct spl_image_info *spl_image)
 {
-	ulong u_boot_pos = binman_sym(ulong, u_boot_any, pos);
+	ulong u_boot_pos = binman_sym(ulong, u_boot_any, image_pos);
 
 	spl_image->size = CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN;
 
diff --git a/common/spl/spl_ram.c b/common/spl/spl_ram.c
index e8701934b87..e594beaeaa3 100644
--- a/common/spl/spl_ram.c
+++ b/common/spl/spl_ram.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static int spl_ram_load_image(struct spl_image_info *spl_image,
 		load.read = spl_ram_load_read;
 		spl_load_simple_fit(spl_image, &load, 0, header);
 	} else {
-		ulong u_boot_pos = binman_sym(ulong, u_boot_any, pos);
+		ulong u_boot_pos = binman_sym(ulong, u_boot_any, image_pos);
 
 		debug("Legacy image\n");
 		/*
diff --git a/include/spl.h b/include/spl.h
index 86287874e1b..7fad62c043e 100644
--- a/include/spl.h
+++ b/include/spl.h
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ struct spl_load_info {
  * image is found. For * example if u-boot.img is used we don't check that
  * spl_parse_image_header() can parse a valid header.
  */
-binman_sym_extern(ulong, u_boot_any, pos);
+binman_sym_extern(ulong, u_boot_any, image_pos);
 
 /**
  * spl_load_simple_fit() - Loads a fit image from a device.
diff --git a/tools/binman/README b/tools/binman/README
index 207928aa955..cb34171e5fc 100644
--- a/tools/binman/README
+++ b/tools/binman/README
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ below:
 			filename = "spl/sunxi-spl.bin";
 		};
 		u-boot {
-			pos = <CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO>;
+			offset = <CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO>;
 		};
 	};
 
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ provide a filename. For 'u-boot', binman knows that this means 'u-boot.bin'.
 
 Entries are normally placed into the image sequentially, one after the other.
 The image size is the total size of all entries. As you can see, you can
-specify the start position of an entry using the 'pos' property.
+specify the start offset of an entry using the 'offset' property.
 
 Note that due to a device tree requirement, all entries must have a unique
 name. If you want to put the same binary in the image multiple times, you can
@@ -265,14 +265,15 @@ use any unique name, with the 'type' property providing the type.
 
 The attributes supported for entries are described below.
 
-pos:
-	This sets the position of an entry within the image. The first byte
-	of the image is normally at position 0. If 'pos' is not provided,
-	binman sets it to the end of the previous region, or the start of
-	the image's entry area (normally 0) if there is no previous region.
+offset:
+	This sets the offset of an entry within the image or section containing
+	it. The first byte of the image is normally at offset 0. If 'offset' is
+	not provided, binman sets it to the end of the previous region, or the
+	start of the image's entry area (normally 0) if there is no previous
+	region.
 
 align:
-	This sets the alignment of the entry. The entry position is adjusted
+	This sets the alignment of the entry. The entry offset is adjusted
 	so that the entry starts on an aligned boundary within the image. For
 	example 'align = <16>' means that the entry will start on a 16-byte
 	boundary. Alignment shold be a power of 2. If 'align' is not
@@ -316,12 +317,18 @@ type:
 	possible to use any name, and then add (for example) 'type = "u-boot"'
 	to specify the type.
 
-pos-unset:
-	Indicates that the position of this entry should not be set by placing
+offset-unset:
+	Indicates that the offset of this entry should not be set by placing
 	it immediately after the entry before. Instead, is set by another
 	entry which knows where this entry should go. When this boolean
 	property is present, binman will give an error if another entry does
-	not set the position (with the GetPositions() method).
+	not set the offset (with the GetOffsets() method).
+
+image-pos:
+	This cannot be set on entry (or at least it is ignored if it is), but
+	with the -u option, binman will set it to the absolute image position
+	for each entry. This makes it easy to find out exactly where the entry
+	ended up in the image, regardless of parent sections, etc.
 
 
 The attributes supported for images are described below. Several are similar
@@ -338,7 +345,7 @@ align-size:
 
 pad-before:
 	This sets the padding before the image entries. The first entry will
-	be positionad after the padding. This defaults to 0.
+	be positioned after the padding. This defaults to 0.
 
 pad-after:
 	This sets the padding after the image entries. The padding will be
@@ -351,15 +358,15 @@ pad-byte:
 filename:
 	This specifies the image filename. It defaults to 'image.bin'.
 
-sort-by-pos:
+sort-by-offset:
 	This causes binman to reorder the entries as needed to make sure they
 	are in increasing positional order. This can be used when your entry
 	order may not match the positional order. A common situation is where
-	the 'pos' properties are set by CONFIG options, so their ordering is
+	the 'offset' properties are set by CONFIG options, so their ordering is
 	not known a priori.
 
 	This is a boolean property so needs no value. To enable it, add a
-	line 'sort-by-pos;' to your description.
+	line 'sort-by-offset;' to your description.
 
 multiple-images:
 	Normally only a single image is generated. To create more than one
@@ -383,11 +390,11 @@ multiple-images:
 	};
 
 end-at-4gb:
-	For x86 machines the ROM positions start just before 4GB and extend
+	For x86 machines the ROM offsets start just before 4GB and extend
 	up so that the image finished at the 4GB boundary. This boolean
 	option can be enabled to support this. The image size must be
 	provided so that binman knows when the image should start. For an
-	8MB ROM, the position of the first entry would be 0xfff80000 with
+	8MB ROM, the offset of the first entry would be 0xfff80000 with
 	this option, instead of 0 without this option.
 
 
@@ -446,6 +453,15 @@ name-prefix:
 	distinguish binaries with otherwise identical names.
 
 
+Entry Documentation
+-------------------
+
+For details on the various entry types supported by binman and how to use them,
+see README.entries. This is generated from the source code using:
+
+	binman -E >tools/binman/README.entries
+
+
 Special properties
 ------------------
 
@@ -463,7 +479,7 @@ Order of image creation
 Image creation proceeds in the following order, for each entry in the image.
 
 1. AddMissingProperties() - binman can add calculated values to the device
-tree as part of its processing, for example the position and size of each
+tree as part of its processing, for example the offset and size of each
 entry. This method adds any properties associated with this, expanding the
 device tree as needed. These properties can have placeholder values which are
 set later by SetCalculatedProperties(). By that stage the size of sections
@@ -486,15 +502,15 @@ functions must return True when they have read the contents. Binman will
 retry calling the functions a few times if False is returned, allowing
 dependencies between the contents of different entries.
 
-4. GetEntryPositions() - calls Entry.GetPositions() for each entry. This can
+4. GetEntryOffsets() - calls Entry.GetOffsets() for each entry. This can
 return a dict containing entries that need updating. The key should be the
-entry name and the value is a tuple (pos, size). This allows an entry to
-provide the position and size for other entries. The default implementation
-of GetEntryPositions() returns {}.
+entry name and the value is a tuple (offset, size). This allows an entry to
+provide the offset and size for other entries. The default implementation
+of GetEntryOffsets() returns {}.
 
-5. PackEntries() - calls Entry.Pack() which figures out the position and
-size of an entry. The 'current' image position is passed in, and the function
-returns the position immediately after the entry being packed. The default
+5. PackEntries() - calls Entry.Pack() which figures out the offset and
+size of an entry. The 'current' image offset is passed in, and the function
+returns the offset immediately after the entry being packed. The default
 implementation of Pack() is usually sufficient.
 
 6. CheckSize() - checks that the contents of all the entries fits within
@@ -505,16 +521,16 @@ large enough to hold all the entries.
 outside the image.
 
 8. SetCalculatedProperties() - update any calculated properties in the device
-tree. This sets the correct 'pos' and 'size' vaues, for example.
+tree. This sets the correct 'offset' and 'size' vaues, for example.
 
 9. ProcessEntryContents() - this calls Entry.ProcessContents() on each entry.
 The default implementatoin does nothing. This can be overriden to adjust the
 contents of an entry in some way. For example, it would be possible to create
 an entry containing a hash of the contents of some other entries. At this
-stage the position and size of entries should not be adjusted.
+stage the offset and size of entries should not be adjusted.
 
 10. WriteSymbols() - write the value of symbols into the U-Boot SPL binary.
-See 'Access to binman entry positions at run time' below for a description of
+See 'Access to binman entry offsets at run time' below for a description of
 what happens in this stage.
 
 11. BuildImage() - builds the image and writes it to a file. This is the final
@@ -549,8 +565,8 @@ the 'warning' line in scripts/Makefile.lib to see what it has found:
    # u_boot_dtsi_options_debug = $(u_boot_dtsi_options_raw)
 
 
-Access to binman entry positions at run time
---------------------------------------------
+Access to binman entry offsets at run time (symbols)
+----------------------------------------------------
 
 Binman assembles images and determines where each entry is placed in the image.
 This information may be useful to U-Boot at run time. For example, in SPL it
@@ -560,15 +576,15 @@ when SPL is finished.
 Binman allows you to declare symbols in the SPL image which are filled in
 with their correct values during the build. For example:
 
-    binman_sym_declare(ulong, u_boot_any, pos);
+    binman_sym_declare(ulong, u_boot_any, offset);
 
-declares a ulong value which will be assigned to the position of any U-Boot
+declares a ulong value which will be assigned to the offset of any U-Boot
 image (u-boot.bin, u-boot.img, u-boot-nodtb.bin) that is present in the image.
 You can access this value with something like:
 
-    ulong u_boot_pos = binman_sym(ulong, u_boot_any, pos);
+    ulong u_boot_offset = binman_sym(ulong, u_boot_any, offset);
 
-Thus u_boot_pos will be set to the position of U-Boot in memory, assuming that
+Thus u_boot_offset will be set to the offset of U-Boot in memory, assuming that
 the whole image has been loaded, or is available in flash. You can then jump to
 that address to start U-Boot.
 
@@ -576,25 +592,58 @@ At present this feature is only supported in SPL. In principle it is possible
 to fill in such symbols in U-Boot proper, as well.
 
 
+Access to binman entry offsets at run time (fdt)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+Binman can update the U-Boot FDT to include the final position and size of
+each entry in the images it processes. The option to enable this is -u and it
+causes binman to make sure that the 'offset', 'image-pos' and 'size' properties
+are set correctly for every entry. Since it is not necessary to specify these in
+the image definition, binman calculates the final values and writes these to
+the device tree. These can be used by U-Boot at run-time to find the location
+of each entry.
+
+
 Map files
 ---------
 
 The -m option causes binman to output a .map file for each image that it
-generates. This shows the position and size of each entry. For example:
+generates. This shows the offset and size of each entry. For example:
 
-    Position      Size  Name
-    00000000  00000010  section@0
-     00000000  00000004  u-boot
-    00000010  00000010  section@1
-     00000000  00000004  u-boot
+      Offset      Size  Name
+    00000000  00000028  main-section
+     00000000  00000010  section@0
+      00000000  00000004  u-boot
+     00000010  00000010  section@1
+      00000000  00000004  u-boot
 
 This shows a hierarchical image with two sections, each with a single entry. The
-positions of the sections are absolute hex byte offsets within the image. The
-positions of the entries are relative to their respective sections. The size of
+offsets of the sections are absolute hex byte offsets within the image. The
+offsets of the entries are relative to their respective sections. The size of
 each entry is also shown, in bytes (hex). The indentation shows the entries
 nested inside their sections.
 
 
+Passing command-line arguments to entries
+-----------------------------------------
+
+Sometimes it is useful to pass binman the value of an entry property from the
+command line. For example some entries need access to files and it is not
+always convenient to put these filenames in the image definition (device tree).
+
+The-a option supports this:
+
+    -a<prop>=<value>
+
+where
+
+    <prop> is the property to set
+    <value> is the value to set it to
+
+Not all properties can be provided this way. Only some entries support it,
+typically for filenames.
+
+
 Code coverage
 -------------
 
@@ -623,7 +672,7 @@ Entry properties are documented in entry.py. The entry subclasses are free
 to change the values of properties to support special behaviour. For example,
 when Entry_blob loads a file, it sets content_size to the size of the file.
 Entry classes can adjust other entries. For example, an entry that knows
-where other entries should be positioned can set up those entries' positions
+where other entries should be positioned can set up those entries' offsets
 so they don't need to be set in the binman decription. It can also adjust
 entry contents.
 
diff --git a/tools/binman/README.entries b/tools/binman/README.entries
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c6e7b226090
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/binman/README.entries
@@ -0,0 +1,585 @@
+Binman Entry Documentation
+===========================
+
+This file describes the entry types supported by binman. These entry types can
+be placed in an image one by one to build up a final firmware image. It is
+fairly easy to create new entry types. Just add a new file to the 'etype'
+directory. You can use the existing entries as examples.
+
+Note that some entries are subclasses of others, using and extending their
+features to produce new behaviours.
+
+
+
+Entry: blob: Entry containing an arbitrary binary blob
+------------------------------------------------------
+
+Note: This should not be used by itself. It is normally used as a parent
+class by other entry types.
+
+Properties / Entry arguments:
+    - filename: Filename of file to read into entry
+
+This entry reads data from a file and places it in the entry. The
+default filename is often specified specified by the subclass. See for
+example the 'u_boot' entry which provides the filename 'u-boot.bin'.
+
+
+
+Entry: blob-named-by-arg: A blob entry which gets its filename property from its subclass
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Properties / Entry arguments:
+    - <xxx>-path: Filename containing the contents of this entry (optional,
+        defaults to 0)
+
+where <xxx> is the blob_fname argument to the constructor.
+
+This entry cannot be used directly. Instead, it is used as a parent class
+for another entry, which defined blob_fname. This parameter is used to
+set the entry-arg or property containing the filename. The entry-arg or
+property is in turn used to set the actual filename.
+
+See cros_ec_rw for an example of this.
+
+
+
+Entry: cros-ec-rw: A blob entry which contains a Chromium OS read-write EC image
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Properties / Entry arguments:
+    - cros-ec-rw-path: Filename containing the EC image
+
+This entry holds a Chromium OS EC (embedded controller) image, for use in
+updating the EC on startup via software sync.
+
+
+
+Entry: fill: An entry which is filled to a particular byte value
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Properties / Entry arguments:
+    - fill-byte: Byte to use to fill the entry
+
+Note that the size property must be set since otherwise this entry does not
+know how large it should be.
+
+You can often achieve the same effect using the pad-byte property of the
+overall image, in that the space between entries will then be padded with
+that byte. But this entry is sometimes useful for explicitly setting the
+byte value of a region.
+
+
+
+Entry: fmap: An entry which contains an Fmap section
+----------------------------------------------------
+
+Properties / Entry arguments:
+    None
+
+FMAP is a simple format used by flashrom, an open-source utility for
+reading and writing the SPI flash, typically on x86 CPUs. The format
+provides flashrom with a list of areas, so it knows what it in the flash.
+It can then read or write just a single area, instead of the whole flash.
+
+The format is defined by the flashrom project, in the file lib/fmap.h -
+see www.flashrom.org/Flashrom for more information.
+
+When used, this entry will be populated with an FMAP which reflects the
+entries in the current image. Note that any hierarchy is squashed, since
+FMAP does not support this.
+
+
+
+Entry: gbb: An entry which contains a Chromium OS Google Binary Block
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Properties / Entry arguments:
+    - hardware-id: Hardware ID to use for this build (a string)
+    - keydir: Directory containing the public keys to use
+    - bmpblk: Filename containing images used by recovery
+
+Chromium OS uses a GBB to store various pieces of information, in particular
+the root and recovery keys that are used to verify the boot process. Some
+more details are here:
+
+    https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/firmware-porting-guide/2-concepts
+
+but note that the page dates from 2013 so is quite out of date. See
+README.chromium for how to obtain the required keys and tools.
+
+
+
+Entry: intel-cmc: Entry containing an Intel Chipset Micro Code (CMC) file
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Properties / Entry arguments:
+    - filename: Filename of file to read into entry
+
+This file contains microcode for some devices in a special format. An
+example filename is 'Microcode/C0_22211.BIN'.
+
+See README.x86 for information about x86 binary blobs.
+
+
+
+Entry: intel-descriptor: Intel flash descriptor block (4KB)
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+
+Properties / Entry arguments:
+    filename: Filename of file containing the descriptor. This is typically
+        a 4KB binary file, sometimes called 'descriptor.bin'
+
+This entry is placed at the start of flash and provides information about
+the SPI flash regions. In particular it provides the base address and
+size of the ME (Management Engine) region, allowing us to place the ME
+binary in the right place.
+
+With this entry in your image, the position of the 'intel-me' entry will be
+fixed in the image, which avoids you needed to specify an offset for that
+region. This is useful, because it is not possible to change the position
+of the ME region without updating the descriptor.
+
+See README.x86 for information about x86 binary blobs.
+
+
+
+Entry: intel-fsp: Entry containing an Intel Firmware Support Package (FSP) file
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Properties / Entry arguments:
+    - filename: Filename of file to read into entry
+
+This file contains binary blobs which are used on some devices to make the
+platform work. U-Boot executes this code since it is not possible to set up
+the hardware using U-Boot open-source code. Documentation is typically not
+available in sufficient detail to allow this.
+
+An example filename is 'FSP/QUEENSBAY_FSP_GOLD_001_20-DECEMBER-2013.fd'
+
+See README.x86 for information about x86 binary blobs.
+
+
+
+Entry: intel-me: Entry containing an Intel Management Engine (ME) file
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Properties / Entry arguments:
+    - filename: Filename of file to read into entry
+
+This file contains code used by the SoC that is required to make it work.
+The Management Engine is like a background task that runs things that are
+not clearly documented, but may include keyboard, deplay and network
+access. For platform that use ME it is not possible to disable it. U-Boot
+does not directly execute code in the ME binary.
+
+A typical filename is 'me.bin'.
+
+See README.x86 for information about x86 binary blobs.
+
+
+
+Entry: intel-mrc: Entry containing an Intel Memory Reference Code (MRC) file
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Properties / Entry arguments:
+    - filename: Filename of file to read into entry
+
+This file contains code for setting up the SDRAM on some Intel systems. This
+is executed by U-Boot when needed early during startup. A typical filename
+is 'mrc.bin'.
+
+See README.x86 for information about x86 binary blobs.
+
+
+
+Entry: intel-vbt: Entry containing an Intel Video BIOS Table (VBT) file
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Properties / Entry arguments:
+    - filename: Filename of file to read into entry
+
+This file contains code that sets up the integrated graphics subsystem on
+some Intel SoCs. U-Boot executes this when the display is started up.
+
+See README.x86 for information about Intel binary blobs.
+
+
+
+Entry: intel-vga: Entry containing an Intel Video Graphics Adaptor (VGA) file
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Properties / Entry arguments:
+    - filename: Filename of file to read into entry
+
+This file contains code that sets up the integrated graphics subsystem on
+some Intel SoCs. U-Boot executes this when the display is started up.
+
+This is similar to the VBT file but in a different format.
+
+See README.x86 for information about Intel binary blobs.
+
+
+
+Entry: section: Entry that contains other entries
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+Properties / Entry arguments: (see binman README for more information)
+    - size: Size of section in bytes
+    - align-size: Align size to a particular power of two
+    - pad-before: Add padding before the entry
+    - pad-after: Add padding after the entry
+    - pad-byte: Pad byte to use when padding
+    - sort-by-offset: Reorder the entries by offset
+    - end-at-4gb: Used to build an x86 ROM which ends at 4GB (2^32)
+    - name-prefix: Adds a prefix to the name of every entry in the section
+        when writing out the map
+
+A section is an entry which can contain other entries, thus allowing
+hierarchical images to be created. See 'Sections and hierarchical images'
+in the binman README for more information.
+
+
+
+Entry: text: An entry which contains text
+-----------------------------------------
+
+The text can be provided either in the node itself or by a command-line
+argument. There is a level of indirection to allow multiple text strings
+and sharing of text.
+
+Properties / Entry arguments:
+    text-label: The value of this string indicates the property / entry-arg
+        that contains the string to place in the entry
+    <xxx> (actual name is the value of text-label): contains the string to
+        place in the entry.
+
+Example node:
+
+    text {
+        size = <50>;
+        text-label = "message";
+    };
+
+You can then use:
+
+    binman -amessage="this is my message"
+
+and binman will insert that string into the entry.
+
+It is also possible to put the string directly in the node:
+
+    text {
+        size = <8>;
+        text-label = "message";
+        message = "a message directly in the node"
+    };
+
+The text is not itself nul-terminated. This can be achieved, if required,
+by setting the size of the entry to something larger than the text.
+
+
+
+Entry: u-boot: U-Boot flat binary
+---------------------------------
+
+Properties / Entry arguments:
+    - filename: Filename of u-boot.bin (default 'u-boot.bin')
+
+This is the U-Boot binary, containing relocation information to allow it
+to relocate itself at runtime. The binary typically includes a device tree
+blob at the end of it. Use u_boot_nodtb if you want to package the device
+tree separately.
+
+U-Boot can access binman symbols at runtime. See:
+
+    'Access to binman entry offsets at run time (fdt)'
+
+in the binman README for more information.
+
+
+
+Entry: u-boot-dtb: U-Boot device tree
+-------------------------------------
+
+Properties / Entry arguments:
+    - filename: Filename of u-boot.dtb (default 'u-boot.dtb')
+
+This is the U-Boot device tree, containing configuration information for
+U-Boot. U-Boot needs this to know what devices are present and which drivers
+to activate.
+
+
+
+Entry: u-boot-dtb-with-ucode: A U-Boot device tree file, with the microcode removed
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Properties / Entry arguments:
+    - filename: Filename of u-boot.dtb (default 'u-boot.dtb')
+
+See Entry_u_boot_ucode for full details of the three entries involved in
+this process. This entry provides the U-Boot device-tree file, which
+contains the microcode. If the microcode is not being collated into one
+place then the offset and size of the microcode is recorded by this entry,
+for use by u_boot_with_ucode_ptr. If it is being collated, then this
+entry deletes the microcode from the device tree (to save space) and makes
+it available to u_boot_ucode.
+
+
+
+Entry: u-boot-img: U-Boot legacy image
+--------------------------------------
+
+Properties / Entry arguments:
+    - filename: Filename of u-boot.img (default 'u-boot.img')
+
+This is the U-Boot binary as a packaged image, in legacy format. It has a
+header which allows it to be loaded at the correct address for execution.
+
+You should use FIT (Flat Image Tree) instead of the legacy image for new
+applications.
+
+
+
+Entry: u-boot-nodtb: U-Boot flat binary without device tree appended
+--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Properties / Entry arguments:
+    - filename: Filename of u-boot.bin (default 'u-boot-nodtb.bin')
+
+This is the U-Boot binary, containing relocation information to allow it
+to relocate itself at runtime. It does not include a device tree blob at
+the end of it so normally cannot work without it. You can add a u_boot_dtb
+entry after this one, or use a u_boot entry instead (which contains both
+U-Boot and the device tree).
+
+
+
+Entry: u-boot-spl: U-Boot SPL binary
+------------------------------------
+
+Properties / Entry arguments:
+    - filename: Filename of u-boot-spl.bin (default 'spl/u-boot-spl.bin')
+
+This is the U-Boot SPL (Secondary Program Loader) binary. This is a small
+binary which loads before U-Boot proper, typically into on-chip SRAM. It is
+responsible for locating, loading and jumping to U-Boot. Note that SPL is
+not relocatable so must be loaded to the correct address in SRAM, or written
+to run from the correct address if direct flash execution is possible (e.g.
+on x86 devices).
+
+SPL can access binman symbols at runtime. See:
+
+    'Access to binman entry offsets at run time (symbols)'
+
+in the binman README for more information.
+
+The ELF file 'spl/u-boot-spl' must also be available for this to work, since
+binman uses that to look up symbols to write into the SPL binary.
+
+
+
+Entry: u-boot-spl-bss-pad: U-Boot SPL binary padded with a BSS region
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Properties / Entry arguments:
+    None
+
+This is similar to u_boot_spl except that padding is added after the SPL
+binary to cover the BSS (Block Started by Symbol) region. This region holds
+the various used by SPL. It is set to 0 by SPL when it starts up. If you
+want to append data to the SPL image (such as a device tree file), you must
+pad out the BSS region to avoid the data overlapping with U-Boot variables.
+This entry is useful in that case. It automatically pads out the entry size
+to cover both the code, data and BSS.
+
+The ELF file 'spl/u-boot-spl' must also be available for this to work, since
+binman uses that to look up the BSS address.
+
+
+
+Entry: u-boot-spl-dtb: U-Boot SPL device tree
+---------------------------------------------
+
+Properties / Entry arguments:
+    - filename: Filename of u-boot.dtb (default 'spl/u-boot-spl.dtb')
+
+This is the SPL device tree, containing configuration information for
+SPL. SPL needs this to know what devices are present and which drivers
+to activate.
+
+
+
+Entry: u-boot-spl-nodtb: SPL binary without device tree appended
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Properties / Entry arguments:
+    - filename: Filename of spl/u-boot-spl-nodtb.bin (default
+        'spl/u-boot-spl-nodtb.bin')
+
+This is the U-Boot SPL binary, It does not include a device tree blob at
+the end of it so may not be able to work without it, assuming SPL needs
+a device tree to operation on your platform. You can add a u_boot_spl_dtb
+entry after this one, or use a u_boot_spl entry instead (which contains
+both SPL and the device tree).
+
+
+
+Entry: u-boot-spl-with-ucode-ptr: U-Boot SPL with embedded microcode pointer
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+See Entry_u_boot_ucode for full details of the entries involved in this
+process.
+
+
+
+Entry: u-boot-tpl: U-Boot TPL binary
+------------------------------------
+
+Properties / Entry arguments:
+    - filename: Filename of u-boot-tpl.bin (default 'tpl/u-boot-tpl.bin')
+
+This is the U-Boot TPL (Tertiary Program Loader) binary. This is a small
+binary which loads before SPL, typically into on-chip SRAM. It is
+responsible for locating, loading and jumping to SPL, the next-stage
+loader. Note that SPL is not relocatable so must be loaded to the correct
+address in SRAM, or written to run from the correct address if direct
+flash execution is possible (e.g. on x86 devices).
+
+SPL can access binman symbols at runtime. See:
+
+    'Access to binman entry offsets at run time (symbols)'
+
+in the binman README for more information.
+
+The ELF file 'tpl/u-boot-tpl' must also be available for this to work, since
+binman uses that to look up symbols to write into the TPL binary.
+
+
+
+Entry: u-boot-tpl-dtb: U-Boot TPL device tree
+---------------------------------------------
+
+Properties / Entry arguments:
+    - filename: Filename of u-boot.dtb (default 'tpl/u-boot-tpl.dtb')
+
+This is the TPL device tree, containing configuration information for
+TPL. TPL needs this to know what devices are present and which drivers
+to activate.
+
+
+
+Entry: u-boot-ucode: U-Boot microcode block
+-------------------------------------------
+
+Properties / Entry arguments:
+    None
+
+The contents of this entry are filled in automatically by other entries
+which must also be in the image.
+
+U-Boot on x86 needs a single block of microcode. This is collected from
+the various microcode update nodes in the device tree. It is also unable
+to read the microcode from the device tree on platforms that use FSP
+(Firmware Support Package) binaries, because the API requires that the
+microcode is supplied before there is any SRAM available to use (i.e.
+the FSP sets up the SRAM / cache-as-RAM but does so in the call that
+requires the microcode!). To keep things simple, all x86 platforms handle
+microcode the same way in U-Boot (even non-FSP platforms). This is that
+a table is placed at _dt_ucode_base_size containing the base address and
+size of the microcode. This is either passed to the FSP (for FSP
+platforms), or used to set up the microcode (for non-FSP platforms).
+This all happens in the build system since it is the only way to get
+the microcode into a single blob and accessible without SRAM.
+
+There are two cases to handle. If there is only one microcode blob in
+the device tree, then the ucode pointer it set to point to that. This
+entry (u-boot-ucode) is empty. If there is more than one update, then
+this entry holds the concatenation of all updates, and the device tree
+entry (u-boot-dtb-with-ucode) is updated to remove the microcode. This
+last step ensures that that the microcode appears in one contiguous
+block in the image and is not unnecessarily duplicated in the device
+tree. It is referred to as 'collation' here.
+
+Entry types that have a part to play in handling microcode:
+
+    Entry_u_boot_with_ucode_ptr:
+        Contains u-boot-nodtb.bin (i.e. U-Boot without the device tree).
+        It updates it with the address and size of the microcode so that
+        U-Boot can find it early on start-up.
+    Entry_u_boot_dtb_with_ucode:
+        Contains u-boot.dtb. It stores the microcode in a
+        'self.ucode_data' property, which is then read by this class to
+        obtain the microcode if needed. If collation is performed, it
+        removes the microcode from the device tree.
+    Entry_u_boot_ucode:
+        This class. If collation is enabled it reads the microcode from
+        the Entry_u_boot_dtb_with_ucode entry, and uses it as the
+        contents of this entry.
+
+
+
+Entry: u-boot-with-ucode-ptr: U-Boot with embedded microcode pointer
+--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Properties / Entry arguments:
+    - filename: Filename of u-boot-nodtb.dtb (default 'u-boot-nodtb.dtb')
+
+See Entry_u_boot_ucode for full details of the three entries involved in
+this process. This entry updates U-Boot with the offset and size of the
+microcode, to allow early x86 boot code to find it without doing anything
+complicated. Otherwise it is the same as the u_boot entry.
+
+
+
+Entry: vblock: An entry which contains a Chromium OS verified boot block
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Properties / Entry arguments:
+    - keydir: Directory containing the public keys to use
+    - keyblock: Name of the key file to use (inside keydir)
+    - signprivate: Name of provide key file to use (inside keydir)
+    - version: Version number of the vblock (typically 1)
+    - kernelkey: Name of the kernel key to use (inside keydir)
+    - preamble-flags: Value of the vboot preamble flags (typically 0)
+
+Chromium OS  signs the read-write firmware and kernel, writing the signature
+in this block. This allows U-Boot to verify that the next firmware stage
+and kernel are genuine.
+
+
+
+Entry: x86-start16: x86 16-bit start-up code for U-Boot
+-------------------------------------------------------
+
+Properties / Entry arguments:
+    - filename: Filename of u-boot-x86-16bit.bin (default
+        'u-boot-x86-16bit.bin')
+
+x86 CPUs start up in 16-bit mode, even if they are 32-bit CPUs. This code
+must be placed at a particular address. This entry holds that code. It is
+typically placed at offset CONFIG_SYS_X86_START16. The code is responsible
+for changing to 32-bit mode and jumping to U-Boot's entry point, which
+requires 32-bit mode (for 32-bit U-Boot).
+
+For 64-bit U-Boot, the 'x86_start16_spl' entry type is used instead.
+
+
+
+Entry: x86-start16-spl: x86 16-bit start-up code for SPL
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+Properties / Entry arguments:
+    - filename: Filename of spl/u-boot-x86-16bit-spl.bin (default
+        'spl/u-boot-x86-16bit-spl.bin')
+
+x86 CPUs start up in 16-bit mode, even if they are 64-bit CPUs. This code
+must be placed at a particular address. This entry holds that code. It is
+typically placed at offset CONFIG_SYS_X86_START16. The code is responsible
+for changing to 32-bit mode and starting SPL, which in turn changes to
+64-bit mode and jumps to U-Boot (for 64-bit U-Boot).
+
+For 32-bit U-Boot, the 'x86_start16' entry type is used instead.
+
+
+
diff --git a/tools/binman/binman.py b/tools/binman/binman.py
index 52e02ed91b4..1536e956517 100755
--- a/tools/binman/binman.py
+++ b/tools/binman/binman.py
@@ -77,9 +77,20 @@ def RunTests(debug, args):
       return 1
     return 0
 
+def GetEntryModules(include_testing=True):
+    """Get a set of entry class implementations
+
+    Returns:
+        Set of paths to entry class filenames
+    """
+    glob_list = glob.glob(os.path.join(our_path, 'etype/*.py'))
+    return set([os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(item))[0]
+                for item in glob_list
+                if include_testing or '_testing' not in item])
+
 def RunTestCoverage():
     """Run the tests and check that we get 100% coverage"""
-    glob_list = glob.glob(os.path.join(our_path, 'etype/*.py'))
+    glob_list = GetEntryModules(False)
     all_set = set([os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(item))[0]
                    for item in glob_list if '_testing' not in item])
     test_util.RunTestCoverage('tools/binman/binman.py', None,
@@ -107,13 +118,8 @@ def RunBinman(options, args):
     elif options.test_coverage:
         RunTestCoverage()
 
-    elif options.full_help:
-        pager = os.getenv('PAGER')
-        if not pager:
-            pager = 'more'
-        fname = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(sys.argv[0])),
-                            'README')
-        command.Run(pager, fname)
+    elif options.entry_docs:
+        control.WriteEntryDocs(GetEntryModules())
 
     else:
         try:
diff --git a/tools/binman/bsection.py b/tools/binman/bsection.py
index de439ef625f..a0bd1b6d34e 100644
--- a/tools/binman/bsection.py
+++ b/tools/binman/bsection.py
@@ -25,22 +25,21 @@ class Section(object):
         _size: Section size in bytes, or None if not known yet
         _align_size: Section size alignment, or None
         _pad_before: Number of bytes before the first entry starts. This
-            effectively changes the place where entry position 0 starts
+            effectively changes the place where entry offset 0 starts
         _pad_after: Number of bytes after the last entry ends. The last
             entry will finish on or before this boundary
         _pad_byte: Byte to use to pad the section where there is no entry
-        _sort: True if entries should be sorted by position, False if they
+        _sort: True if entries should be sorted by offset, False if they
             must be in-order in the device tree description
         _skip_at_start: Number of bytes before the first entry starts. These
-            effectively adjust the starting position of entries. For example,
+            effectively adjust the starting offset of entries. For example,
             if _pad_before is 16, then the first entry would start at 16.
-            An entry with pos = 20 would in fact be written at position 4
+            An entry with offset = 20 would in fact be written at offset 4
             in the image file.
         _end_4gb: Indicates that the section ends at the 4GB boundary. This is
-            used for x86 images, which want to use positions such that a
-             memory address (like 0xff800000) is the first entry position.
-             This causes _skip_at_start to be set to the starting memory
-             address.
+            used for x86 images, which want to use offsets such that a memory
+            address (like 0xff800000) is the first entry offset. This causes
+            _skip_at_start to be set to the starting memory address.
         _name_prefix: Prefix to add to the name of all entries within this
             section
         _entries: OrderedDict() of entries
@@ -51,7 +50,9 @@ class Section(object):
         import entry
         from entry import Entry
 
+        self._name = name
         self._node = node
+        self._offset = 0
         self._size = None
         self._align_size = None
         self._pad_before = 0
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ class Section(object):
         self._pad_before = fdt_util.GetInt(self._node, 'pad-before', 0)
         self._pad_after = fdt_util.GetInt(self._node, 'pad-after', 0)
         self._pad_byte = fdt_util.GetInt(self._node, 'pad-byte', 0)
-        self._sort = fdt_util.GetBool(self._node, 'sort-by-pos')
+        self._sort = fdt_util.GetBool(self._node, 'sort-by-offset')
         self._end_4gb = fdt_util.GetBool(self._node, 'end-at-4gb')
         if self._end_4gb and not self._size:
             self._Raise("Section size must be provided when using end-at-4gb")
@@ -90,11 +91,21 @@ class Section(object):
             entry.SetPrefix(self._name_prefix)
             self._entries[node.name] = entry
 
+    def SetOffset(self, offset):
+        self._offset = offset
+
     def AddMissingProperties(self):
+        """Add new properties to the device tree as needed for this entry"""
+        for prop in ['offset', 'size', 'image-pos']:
+            if not prop in self._node.props:
+                self._node.AddZeroProp(prop)
         for entry in self._entries.values():
             entry.AddMissingProperties()
 
     def SetCalculatedProperties(self):
+        self._node.SetInt('offset', self._offset)
+        self._node.SetInt('size', self._size)
+        self._node.SetInt('image-pos', self._image_pos)
         for entry in self._entries.values():
             entry.SetCalculatedProperties()
 
@@ -117,7 +128,7 @@ class Section(object):
         """Check that the section contents does not exceed its size, etc."""
         contents_size = 0
         for entry in self._entries.values():
-            contents_size = max(contents_size, entry.pos + entry.size)
+            contents_size = max(contents_size, entry.offset + entry.size)
 
         contents_size -= self._skip_at_start
 
@@ -190,39 +201,41 @@ class Section(object):
                         'contents: remaining %s' % todo)
         return True
 
-    def _SetEntryPosSize(self, name, pos, size):
-        """Set the position and size of an entry
+    def _SetEntryOffsetSize(self, name, offset, size):
+        """Set the offset and size of an entry
 
         Args:
             name: Entry name to update
-            pos: New position
+            offset: New offset
             size: New size
         """
         entry = self._entries.get(name)
         if not entry:
-            self._Raise("Unable to set pos/size for unknown entry '%s'" % name)
-        entry.SetPositionSize(self._skip_at_start + pos, size)
+            self._Raise("Unable to set offset/size for unknown entry '%s'" %
+                        name)
+        entry.SetOffsetSize(self._skip_at_start + offset, size)
 
-    def GetEntryPositions(self):
-        """Handle entries that want to set the position/size of other entries
+    def GetEntryOffsets(self):
+        """Handle entries that want to set the offset/size of other entries
 
-        This calls each entry's GetPositions() method. If it returns a list
+        This calls each entry's GetOffsets() method. If it returns a list
         of entries to update, it updates them.
         """
         for entry in self._entries.values():
-            pos_dict = entry.GetPositions()
-            for name, info in pos_dict.iteritems():
-                self._SetEntryPosSize(name, *info)
+            offset_dict = entry.GetOffsets()
+            for name, info in offset_dict.iteritems():
+                self._SetEntryOffsetSize(name, *info)
 
     def PackEntries(self):
         """Pack all entries into the section"""
-        pos = self._skip_at_start
+        offset = self._skip_at_start
         for entry in self._entries.values():
-            pos = entry.Pack(pos)
+            offset = entry.Pack(offset)
+        self._size = self.CheckSize()
 
     def _SortEntries(self):
-        """Sort entries by position"""
-        entries = sorted(self._entries.values(), key=lambda entry: entry.pos)
+        """Sort entries by offset"""
+        entries = sorted(self._entries.values(), key=lambda entry: entry.offset)
         self._entries.clear()
         for entry in entries:
             self._entries[entry._node.name] = entry
@@ -231,23 +244,28 @@ class Section(object):
         """Check that entries do not overlap or extend outside the section"""
         if self._sort:
             self._SortEntries()
-        pos = 0
+        offset = 0
         prev_name = 'None'
         for entry in self._entries.values():
-            entry.CheckPosition()
-            if (entry.pos < self._skip_at_start or
-                entry.pos >= self._skip_at_start + self._size):
-                entry.Raise("Position %#x (%d) is outside the section starting "
+            entry.CheckOffset()
+            if (entry.offset < self._skip_at_start or
+                entry.offset >= self._skip_at_start + self._size):
+                entry.Raise("Offset %#x (%d) is outside the section starting "
                             "at %#x (%d)" %
-                            (entry.pos, entry.pos, self._skip_at_start,
+                            (entry.offset, entry.offset, self._skip_at_start,
                              self._skip_at_start))
-            if entry.pos < pos:
-                entry.Raise("Position %#x (%d) overlaps with previous entry '%s' "
+            if entry.offset < offset:
+                entry.Raise("Offset %#x (%d) overlaps with previous entry '%s' "
                             "ending at %#x (%d)" %
-                            (entry.pos, entry.pos, prev_name, pos, pos))
-            pos = entry.pos + entry.size
+                            (entry.offset, entry.offset, prev_name, offset, offset))
+            offset = entry.offset + entry.size
             prev_name = entry.GetPath()
 
+    def SetImagePos(self, image_pos):
+        self._image_pos = image_pos
+        for entry in self._entries.values():
+            entry.SetImagePos(image_pos)
+
     def ProcessEntryContents(self):
         """Call the ProcessContents() method for each entry
 
@@ -261,18 +279,18 @@ class Section(object):
         for entry in self._entries.values():
             entry.WriteSymbols(self)
 
-    def BuildSection(self, fd, base_pos):
+    def BuildSection(self, fd, base_offset):
         """Write the section to a file"""
-        fd.seek(base_pos)
+        fd.seek(base_offset)
         fd.write(self.GetData())
 
     def GetData(self):
-        """Write the section to a file"""
+        """Get the contents of the section"""
         section_data = chr(self._pad_byte) * self._size
 
         for entry in self._entries.values():
             data = entry.GetData()
-            base = self._pad_before + entry.pos - self._skip_at_start
+            base = self._pad_before + entry.offset - self._skip_at_start
             section_data = (section_data[:base] + data +
                             section_data[base + len(data):])
         return section_data
@@ -283,15 +301,15 @@ class Section(object):
         Looks up a symbol in an ELF file. Only entry types which come from an
         ELF image can be used by this function.
 
-        At present the only entry property supported is pos.
+        At present the only entry property supported is offset.
 
         Args:
             sym_name: Symbol name in the ELF file to look up in the format
                 _binman_<entry>_prop_<property> where <entry> is the name of
                 the entry and <property> is the property to find (e.g.
-                _binman_u_boot_prop_pos). As a special case, you can append
+                _binman_u_boot_prop_offset). As a special case, you can append
                 _any to <entry> to have it search for any matching entry. E.g.
-                _binman_u_boot_any_prop_pos will match entries called u-boot,
+                _binman_u_boot_any_prop_offset will match entries called u-boot,
                 u-boot-img and u-boot-nodtb)
             optional: True if the symbol is optional. If False this function
                 will raise if the symbol is not found
@@ -327,19 +345,64 @@ class Section(object):
                 print('Warning: %s' % err, file=sys.stderr)
                 return None
             raise ValueError(err)
-        if prop_name == 'pos':
-            return entry.pos
+        if prop_name == 'offset':
+            return entry.offset
+        elif prop_name == 'image_pos':
+            return entry.image_pos
         else:
             raise ValueError("%s: No such property '%s'" % (msg, prop_name))
 
     def GetEntries(self):
+        """Get the number of entries in a section
+
+        Returns:
+            Number of entries in a section
+        """
         return self._entries
 
+    def GetSize(self):
+        """Get the size of a section in bytes
+
+        This is only meaningful if the section has a pre-defined size, or the
+        entries within it have been packed, so that the size has been
+        calculated.
+
+        Returns:
+            Entry size in bytes
+        """
+        return self._size
+
     def WriteMap(self, fd, indent):
         """Write a map of the section to a .map file
 
         Args:
             fd: File to write the map to
         """
+        Entry.WriteMapLine(fd, indent, self._name, self._offset, self._size,
+                           self._image_pos)
+        for entry in self._entries.values():
+            entry.WriteMap(fd, indent + 1)
+
+    def GetContentsByPhandle(self, phandle, source_entry):
+        """Get the data contents of an entry specified by a phandle
+
+        This uses a phandle to look up a node and and find the entry
+        associated with it. Then it returnst he contents of that entry.
+
+        Args:
+            phandle: Phandle to look up (integer)
+            source_entry: Entry containing that phandle (used for error
+                reporting)
+
+        Returns:
+            data from associated entry (as a string), or None if not found
+        """
+        node = self._node.GetFdt().LookupPhandle(phandle)
+        if not node:
+            source_entry.Raise("Cannot find node for phandle %d" % phandle)
         for entry in self._entries.values():
-            entry.WriteMap(fd, indent)
+            if entry._node == node:
+                if entry.data is None:
+                    return None
+                return entry.data
+        source_entry.Raise("Cannot find entry for node '%s'" % node.name)
diff --git a/tools/binman/cmdline.py b/tools/binman/cmdline.py
index ae2d1670f9a..f0de4ded443 100644
--- a/tools/binman/cmdline.py
+++ b/tools/binman/cmdline.py
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ def ParseArgs(argv):
             args is a list of string arguments
     """
     parser = OptionParser()
+    parser.add_option('-a', '--entry-arg', type='string', action='append',
+            help='Set argument value arg=value')
     parser.add_option('-b', '--board', type='string',
             help='Board name to build')
     parser.add_option('-B', '--build-dir', type='string', default='b',
@@ -26,6 +28,8 @@ def ParseArgs(argv):
             help='Configuration file (.dtb) to use')
     parser.add_option('-D', '--debug', action='store_true',
             help='Enabling debugging (provides a full traceback on error)')
+    parser.add_option('-E', '--entry-docs', action='store_true',
+            help='Write out entry documentation (see README.entries)')
     parser.add_option('-I', '--indir', action='append',
             help='Add a path to a directory to use for input files')
     parser.add_option('-H', '--full-help', action='store_true',
@@ -43,7 +47,7 @@ def ParseArgs(argv):
     parser.add_option('-T', '--test-coverage', action='store_true',
                     default=False, help='run tests and check for 100% coverage')
     parser.add_option('-u', '--update-fdt', action='store_true',
-        default=False, help='Update the binman node with position/size info')
+        default=False, help='Update the binman node with offset/size info')
     parser.add_option('-v', '--verbosity', default=1,
         type='int', help='Control verbosity: 0=silent, 1=progress, 3=full, '
         '4=debug')
diff --git a/tools/binman/control.py b/tools/binman/control.py
index a40b300fdac..2de1c86ecfe 100644
--- a/tools/binman/control.py
+++ b/tools/binman/control.py
@@ -7,13 +7,12 @@
 
 from collections import OrderedDict
 import os
+import re
 import sys
 import tools
 
 import command
 import elf
-import fdt
-import fdt_util
 from image import Image
 import tout
 
@@ -25,6 +24,9 @@ images = OrderedDict()
 # 'u-boot-spl.dtb')
 fdt_files = {}
 
+# Arguments passed to binman to provide arguments to entries
+entry_args = {}
+
 
 def _ReadImageDesc(binman_node):
     """Read the image descriptions from the /binman node
@@ -76,6 +78,24 @@ def GetFdt(fname):
 def GetFdtPath(fname):
     return fdt_files[fname]._fname
 
+def SetEntryArgs(args):
+    global entry_args
+
+    entry_args = {}
+    if args:
+        for arg in args:
+            m = re.match('([^=]*)=(.*)', arg)
+            if not m:
+                raise ValueError("Invalid entry arguemnt '%s'" % arg)
+            entry_args[m.group(1)] = m.group(2)
+
+def GetEntryArg(name):
+    return entry_args.get(name)
+
+def WriteEntryDocs(modules, test_missing=None):
+    from entry import Entry
+    Entry.WriteDocs(modules, test_missing)
+
 def Binman(options, args):
     """The main control code for binman
 
@@ -111,11 +131,17 @@ def Binman(options, args):
         options.indir.append(board_pathname)
 
     try:
+        # Import these here in case libfdt.py is not available, in which case
+        # the above help option still works.
+        import fdt
+        import fdt_util
+
         tout.Init(options.verbosity)
         elf.debug = options.debug
         try:
             tools.SetInputDirs(options.indir)
             tools.PrepareOutputDir(options.outdir, options.preserve)
+            SetEntryArgs(options.entry_arg)
 
             # Get the device tree ready by compiling it and copying the compiled
             # output into a file in our output directly. Then scan it for use
@@ -142,7 +168,7 @@ def Binman(options, args):
             # size of the device tree is correct. Later, in
             # SetCalculatedProperties() we will insert the correct values
             # without changing the device-tree size, thus ensuring that our
-            # entry positions remain the same.
+            # entry offsets remain the same.
             for image in images.values():
                 if options.update_fdt:
                     image.AddMissingProperties()
@@ -157,10 +183,11 @@ def Binman(options, args):
                 # image will be reported after earlier images are already
                 # completed and written, but that does not seem important.
                 image.GetEntryContents()
-                image.GetEntryPositions()
+                image.GetEntryOffsets()
                 image.PackEntries()
                 image.CheckSize()
                 image.CheckEntries()
+                image.SetImagePos()
                 if options.update_fdt:
                     image.SetCalculatedProperties()
                 image.ProcessEntryContents()
diff --git a/tools/binman/elf.py b/tools/binman/elf.py
index 0ae3b611bae..97df8e32c5d 100644
--- a/tools/binman/elf.py
+++ b/tools/binman/elf.py
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ def GetSymbols(fname, patterns):
             name = parts[2]
             syms[name] = Symbol(section, int(value, 16), int(size,16),
                                 flags[1] == 'w')
-    return syms
+
+    # Sort dict by address
+    return OrderedDict(sorted(syms.iteritems(), key=lambda x: x[1].address))
 
 def GetSymbolAddress(fname, sym_name):
     """Get a value of a symbol from an ELF file
@@ -79,9 +81,9 @@ def LookupAndWriteSymbols(elf_fname, entry, section):
     """Replace all symbols in an entry with their correct values
 
     The entry contents is updated so that values for referenced symbols will be
-    visible at run time. This is done by finding out the symbols positions in
-    the entry (using the ELF file) and replacing them with values from binman's
-    data structures.
+    visible at run time. This is done by finding out the symbols offsets in the
+    entry (using the ELF file) and replacing them with values from binman's data
+    structures.
 
     Args:
         elf_fname: Filename of ELF image containing the symbol information for
diff --git a/tools/binman/elf_test.py b/tools/binman/elf_test.py
index 9c8f1feca85..c16f71401d1 100644
--- a/tools/binman/elf_test.py
+++ b/tools/binman/elf_test.py
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ binman_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(sys.argv[0]))
 
 
 class FakeEntry:
+    """A fake Entry object, usedfor testing
+
+    This supports an entry with a given size.
+    """
     def __init__(self, contents_size):
         self.contents_size = contents_size
         self.data = 'a' * contents_size
@@ -22,7 +26,14 @@ class FakeEntry:
     def GetPath(self):
         return 'entry_path'
 
+
 class FakeSection:
+    """A fake Section object, used for testing
+
+    This has the minimum feature set needed to support testing elf functions.
+    A LookupSymbol() function is provided which returns a fake value for amu
+    symbol requested.
+    """
     def __init__(self, sym_value=1):
         self.sym_value = sym_value
 
@@ -30,15 +41,19 @@ class FakeSection:
         return 'section_path'
 
     def LookupSymbol(self, name, weak, msg):
+        """Fake implementation which returns the same value for all symbols"""
         return self.sym_value
 
+
 class TestElf(unittest.TestCase):
     def testAllSymbols(self):
+        """Test that we can obtain a symbol from the ELF file"""
         fname = os.path.join(binman_dir, 'test', 'u_boot_ucode_ptr')
         syms = elf.GetSymbols(fname, [])
         self.assertIn('.ucode', syms)
 
     def testRegexSymbols(self):
+        """Test that we can obtain from the ELF file by regular expression"""
         fname = os.path.join(binman_dir, 'test', 'u_boot_ucode_ptr')
         syms = elf.GetSymbols(fname, ['ucode'])
         self.assertIn('.ucode', syms)
@@ -48,6 +63,7 @@ class TestElf(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertIn('.ucode', syms)
 
     def testMissingFile(self):
+        """Test that a missing file is detected"""
         entry = FakeEntry(10)
         section = FakeSection()
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as e:
@@ -56,6 +72,7 @@ class TestElf(unittest.TestCase):
                       str(e.exception))
 
     def testOutsideFile(self):
+        """Test a symbol which extends outside the entry area is detected"""
         entry = FakeEntry(10)
         section = FakeSection()
         elf_fname = os.path.join(binman_dir, 'test', 'u_boot_binman_syms')
@@ -65,6 +82,11 @@ class TestElf(unittest.TestCase):
                       'is a', str(e.exception))
 
     def testMissingImageStart(self):
+        """Test that we detect a missing __image_copy_start symbol
+
+        This is needed to mark the start of the image. Without it we cannot
+        locate the offset of a binman symbol within the image.
+        """
         entry = FakeEntry(10)
         section = FakeSection()
         elf_fname = os.path.join(binman_dir, 'test', 'u_boot_binman_syms_bad')
@@ -72,6 +94,11 @@ class TestElf(unittest.TestCase):
                          None)
 
     def testBadSymbolSize(self):
+        """Test that an attempt to use an 8-bit symbol are detected
+
+        Only 32 and 64 bits are supported, since we need to store an offset
+        into the image.
+        """
         entry = FakeEntry(10)
         section = FakeSection()
         elf_fname = os.path.join(binman_dir, 'test', 'u_boot_binman_syms_size')
@@ -81,6 +108,11 @@ class TestElf(unittest.TestCase):
                       str(e.exception))
 
     def testNoValue(self):
+        """Test the case where we have no value for the symbol
+
+        This should produce -1 values for all thress symbols, taking up the
+        first 16 bytes of the image.
+        """
         entry = FakeEntry(20)
         section = FakeSection(sym_value=None)
         elf_fname = os.path.join(binman_dir, 'test', 'u_boot_binman_syms')
@@ -88,6 +120,7 @@ class TestElf(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(chr(255) * 16 + 'a' * 4, entry.data)
 
     def testDebug(self):
+        """Check that enabling debug in the elf module produced debug output"""
         elf.debug = True
         entry = FakeEntry(20)
         section = FakeSection()
diff --git a/tools/binman/entry.py b/tools/binman/entry.py
index 6a173e663d0..77cfab9c5de 100644
--- a/tools/binman/entry.py
+++ b/tools/binman/entry.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 from __future__ import print_function
 
+from collections import namedtuple
+
 # importlib was introduced in Python 2.7 but there was a report of it not
 # working in 2.7.12, so we work around this:
 # http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2016-October/269729.html
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@ except:
     have_importlib = False
 
 import fdt_util
+import control
 import os
 import sys
 import tools
@@ -24,6 +27,12 @@ modules = {}
 
 our_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
 
+
+# An argument which can be passed to entries on the command line, in lieu of
+# device-tree properties.
+EntryArg = namedtuple('EntryArg', ['name', 'datatype'])
+
+
 class Entry(object):
     """An Entry in the section
 
@@ -36,14 +45,15 @@ class Entry(object):
     Entry.
 
     Attributes:
-        section: The section containing this entry
+        section: Section object containing this entry
         node: The node that created this entry
-        pos: Absolute position of entry within the section, None if not known
+        offset: Offset of entry within the section, None if not known yet (in
+            which case it will be calculated by Pack())
         size: Entry size in bytes, None if not known
         contents_size: Size of contents in bytes, 0 by default
-        align: Entry start position alignment, or None
+        align: Entry start offset alignment, or None
         align_size: Entry size alignment, or None
-        align_end: Entry end position alignment, or None
+        align_end: Entry end offset alignment, or None
         pad_before: Number of pad bytes before the contents, 0 if none
         pad_after: Number of pad bytes after the contents, 0 if none
         data: Contents of entry (string of bytes)
@@ -53,34 +63,33 @@ class Entry(object):
         self.etype = etype
         self._node = node
         self.name = node and (name_prefix + node.name) or 'none'
-        self.pos = None
+        self.offset = None
         self.size = None
-        self.data = ''
+        self.data = None
         self.contents_size = 0
         self.align = None
         self.align_size = None
         self.align_end = None
         self.pad_before = 0
         self.pad_after = 0
-        self.pos_unset = False
+        self.offset_unset = False
+        self.image_pos = None
         if read_node:
             self.ReadNode()
 
     @staticmethod
-    def Create(section, node, etype=None):
-        """Create a new entry for a node.
+    def Lookup(section, node_path, etype):
+        """Look up the entry class for a node.
 
         Args:
-            section:  Image object containing this node
-            node:   Node object containing information about the entry to create
-            etype:  Entry type to use, or None to work it out (used for tests)
+            section:   Section object containing this node
+            node_node: Path name of Node object containing information about
+                       the entry to create (used for errors)
+            etype:   Entry type to use
 
         Returns:
-            A new Entry object of the correct type (a subclass of Entry)
+            The entry class object if found, else None
         """
-        if not etype:
-            etype = fdt_util.GetString(node, 'type', node.name)
-
         # Convert something like 'u-boot@0' to 'u_boot' since we are only
         # interested in the type.
         module_name = etype.replace('-', '_')
@@ -99,15 +108,34 @@ class Entry(object):
                     module = importlib.import_module(module_name)
                 else:
                     module = __import__(module_name)
-            except ImportError:
-                raise ValueError("Unknown entry type '%s' in node '%s'" %
-                        (etype, node.path))
+            except ImportError as e:
+                raise ValueError("Unknown entry type '%s' in node '%s' (expected etype/%s.py, error '%s'" %
+                                 (etype, node_path, module_name, e))
             finally:
                 sys.path = old_path
             modules[module_name] = module
 
+        # Look up the expected class name
+        return getattr(module, 'Entry_%s' % module_name)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def Create(section, node, etype=None):
+        """Create a new entry for a node.
+
+        Args:
+            section: Section object containing this node
+            node:    Node object containing information about the entry to
+                     create
+            etype:   Entry type to use, or None to work it out (used for tests)
+
+        Returns:
+            A new Entry object of the correct type (a subclass of Entry)
+        """
+        if not etype:
+            etype = fdt_util.GetString(node, 'type', node.name)
+        obj = Entry.Lookup(section, node.path, etype)
+
         # Call its constructor to get the object we want.
-        obj = getattr(module, 'Entry_%s' % module_name)
         return obj(section, etype, node)
 
     def ReadNode(self):
@@ -115,7 +143,9 @@ class Entry(object):
 
         This reads all the fields we recognise from the node, ready for use.
         """
-        self.pos = fdt_util.GetInt(self._node, 'pos')
+        if 'pos' in self._node.props:
+            self.Raise("Please use 'offset' instead of 'pos'")
+        self.offset = fdt_util.GetInt(self._node, 'offset')
         self.size = fdt_util.GetInt(self._node, 'size')
         self.align = fdt_util.GetInt(self._node, 'align')
         if tools.NotPowerOfTwo(self.align):
@@ -128,18 +158,19 @@ class Entry(object):
             raise ValueError("Node '%s': Alignment size %s must be a power "
                              "of two" % (self._node.path, self.align_size))
         self.align_end = fdt_util.GetInt(self._node, 'align-end')
-        self.pos_unset = fdt_util.GetBool(self._node, 'pos-unset')
+        self.offset_unset = fdt_util.GetBool(self._node, 'offset-unset')
 
     def AddMissingProperties(self):
         """Add new properties to the device tree as needed for this entry"""
-        for prop in ['pos', 'size']:
+        for prop in ['offset', 'size', 'image-pos']:
             if not prop in self._node.props:
                 self._node.AddZeroProp(prop)
 
     def SetCalculatedProperties(self):
         """Set the value of device-tree properties calculated by binman"""
-        self._node.SetInt('pos', self.pos)
+        self._node.SetInt('offset', self.offset)
         self._node.SetInt('size', self.size)
+        self._node.SetInt('image-pos', self.image_pos)
 
     def ProcessFdt(self, fdt):
         return True
@@ -190,39 +221,39 @@ class Entry(object):
         # No contents by default: subclasses can implement this
         return True
 
-    def Pack(self, pos):
+    def Pack(self, offset):
         """Figure out how to pack the entry into the section
 
         Most of the time the entries are not fully specified. There may be
         an alignment but no size. In that case we take the size from the
         contents of the entry.
 
-        If an entry has no hard-coded position, it will be placed at @pos.
+        If an entry has no hard-coded offset, it will be placed at @offset.
 
-        Once this function is complete, both the position and size of the
+        Once this function is complete, both the offset and size of the
         entry will be know.
 
         Args:
-            Current section position pointer
+            Current section offset pointer
 
         Returns:
-            New section position pointer (after this entry)
+            New section offset pointer (after this entry)
         """
-        if self.pos is None:
-            if self.pos_unset:
-                self.Raise('No position set with pos-unset: should another '
-                           'entry provide this correct position?')
-            self.pos = tools.Align(pos, self.align)
+        if self.offset is None:
+            if self.offset_unset:
+                self.Raise('No offset set with offset-unset: should another '
+                           'entry provide this correct offset?')
+            self.offset = tools.Align(offset, self.align)
         needed = self.pad_before + self.contents_size + self.pad_after
         needed = tools.Align(needed, self.align_size)
         size = self.size
         if not size:
             size = needed
-        new_pos = self.pos + size
-        aligned_pos = tools.Align(new_pos, self.align_end)
-        if aligned_pos != new_pos:
-            size = aligned_pos - self.pos
-            new_pos = aligned_pos
+        new_offset = self.offset + size
+        aligned_offset = tools.Align(new_offset, self.align_end)
+        if aligned_offset != new_offset:
+            size = aligned_offset - self.offset
+            new_offset = aligned_offset
 
         if not self.size:
             self.size = size
@@ -231,21 +262,48 @@ class Entry(object):
             self.Raise("Entry contents size is %#x (%d) but entry size is "
                        "%#x (%d)" % (needed, needed, self.size, self.size))
         # Check that the alignment is correct. It could be wrong if the
-        # and pos or size values were provided (i.e. not calculated), but
+        # and offset or size values were provided (i.e. not calculated), but
         # conflict with the provided alignment values
         if self.size != tools.Align(self.size, self.align_size):
             self.Raise("Size %#x (%d) does not match align-size %#x (%d)" %
                   (self.size, self.size, self.align_size, self.align_size))
-        if self.pos != tools.Align(self.pos, self.align):
-            self.Raise("Position %#x (%d) does not match align %#x (%d)" %
-                  (self.pos, self.pos, self.align, self.align))
+        if self.offset != tools.Align(self.offset, self.align):
+            self.Raise("Offset %#x (%d) does not match align %#x (%d)" %
+                  (self.offset, self.offset, self.align, self.align))
 
-        return new_pos
+        return new_offset
 
     def Raise(self, msg):
         """Convenience function to raise an error referencing a node"""
         raise ValueError("Node '%s': %s" % (self._node.path, msg))
 
+    def GetEntryArgsOrProps(self, props, required=False):
+        """Return the values of a set of properties
+
+        Args:
+            props: List of EntryArg objects
+
+        Raises:
+            ValueError if a property is not found
+        """
+        values = []
+        missing = []
+        for prop in props:
+            python_prop = prop.name.replace('-', '_')
+            if hasattr(self, python_prop):
+                value = getattr(self, python_prop)
+            else:
+                value = None
+            if value is None:
+                value = self.GetArg(prop.name, prop.datatype)
+            if value is None and required:
+                missing.append(prop.name)
+            values.append(value)
+        if missing:
+            self.Raise('Missing required properties/entry args: %s' %
+                       (', '.join(missing)))
+        return values
+
     def GetPath(self):
         """Get the path of a node
 
@@ -257,13 +315,21 @@ class Entry(object):
     def GetData(self):
         return self.data
 
-    def GetPositions(self):
+    def GetOffsets(self):
         return {}
 
-    def SetPositionSize(self, pos, size):
-        self.pos = pos
+    def SetOffsetSize(self, pos, size):
+        self.offset = pos
         self.size = size
 
+    def SetImagePos(self, image_pos):
+        """Set the position in the image
+
+        Args:
+            image_pos: Position of this entry in the image
+        """
+        self.image_pos = image_pos + self.offset
+
     def ProcessContents(self):
         pass
 
@@ -275,15 +341,20 @@ class Entry(object):
         """
         pass
 
-    def CheckPosition(self):
-        """Check that the entry positions are correct
+    def CheckOffset(self):
+        """Check that the entry offsets are correct
 
-        This is used for entries which have extra position requirements (other
+        This is used for entries which have extra offset requirements (other
         than having to be fully inside their section). Sub-classes can implement
         this function and raise if there is a problem.
         """
         pass
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def WriteMapLine(fd, indent, name, offset, size, image_pos):
+        print('%08x  %s%08x  %08x  %s' % (image_pos, ' ' * indent, offset,
+                                          size, name), file=fd)
+
     def WriteMap(self, fd, indent):
         """Write a map of the entry to a .map file
 
@@ -291,5 +362,97 @@ class Entry(object):
             fd: File to write the map to
             indent: Curent indent level of map (0=none, 1=one level, etc.)
         """
-        print('%s%08x  %08x  %s' % (' ' * indent, self.pos, self.size,
-                                    self.name), file=fd)
+        self.WriteMapLine(fd, indent, self.name, self.offset, self.size,
+                          self.image_pos)
+
+    def GetEntries(self):
+        """Return a list of entries contained by this entry
+
+        Returns:
+            List of entries, or None if none. A normal entry has no entries
+                within it so will return None
+        """
+        return None
+
+    def GetArg(self, name, datatype=str):
+        """Get the value of an entry argument or device-tree-node property
+
+        Some node properties can be provided as arguments to binman. First check
+        the entry arguments, and fall back to the device tree if not found
+
+        Args:
+            name: Argument name
+            datatype: Data type (str or int)
+
+        Returns:
+            Value of argument as a string or int, or None if no value
+
+        Raises:
+            ValueError if the argument cannot be converted to in
+        """
+        value = control.GetEntryArg(name)
+        if value is not None:
+            if datatype == int:
+                try:
+                    value = int(value)
+                except ValueError:
+                    self.Raise("Cannot convert entry arg '%s' (value '%s') to integer" %
+                               (name, value))
+            elif datatype == str:
+                pass
+            else:
+                raise ValueError("GetArg() internal error: Unknown data type '%s'" %
+                                 datatype)
+        else:
+            value = fdt_util.GetDatatype(self._node, name, datatype)
+        return value
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def WriteDocs(modules, test_missing=None):
+        """Write out documentation about the various entry types to stdout
+
+        Args:
+            modules: List of modules to include
+            test_missing: Used for testing. This is a module to report
+                as missing
+        """
+        print('''Binman Entry Documentation
+===========================
+
+This file describes the entry types supported by binman. These entry types can
+be placed in an image one by one to build up a final firmware image. It is
+fairly easy to create new entry types. Just add a new file to the 'etype'
+directory. You can use the existing entries as examples.
+
+Note that some entries are subclasses of others, using and extending their
+features to produce new behaviours.
+
+
+''')
+        modules = sorted(modules)
+
+        # Don't show the test entry
+        if '_testing' in modules:
+            modules.remove('_testing')
+        missing = []
+        for name in modules:
+            module = Entry.Lookup(name, name, name)
+            docs = getattr(module, '__doc__')
+            if test_missing == name:
+                docs = None
+            if docs:
+                lines = docs.splitlines()
+                first_line = lines[0]
+                rest = [line[4:] for line in lines[1:]]
+                hdr = 'Entry: %s: %s' % (name.replace('_', '-'), first_line)
+                print(hdr)
+                print('-' * len(hdr))
+                print('\n'.join(rest))
+                print()
+                print()
+            else:
+                missing.append(name)
+
+        if missing:
+            raise ValueError('Documentation is missing for modules: %s' %
+                             ', '.join(missing))
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/_testing.py b/tools/binman/etype/_testing.py
index 6a1af577988..02c165c0c3e 100644
--- a/tools/binman/etype/_testing.py
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/_testing.py
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 # Entry-type module for testing purposes. Not used in real images.
 #
 
-from entry import Entry
+from collections import OrderedDict
+
+from entry import Entry, EntryArg
 import fdt_util
 import tools
 
@@ -13,8 +15,30 @@ import tools
 class Entry__testing(Entry):
     """A fake entry used for testing
 
+    This entry should not be used in normal images. It is a special entry with
+    strange features used for testing.
+
+    Properties / Entry arguments
+        test-str-fdt: Test string, normally in the node
+        test-int-fdt: Test integer, normally in the node
+        test-str-arg: Test string, normally in the entry arguments
+        test-int-arg: Test integer, normally in the entry arguments
+
+    The entry has a single 'a' byte as its contents. Operation is controlled by
+    a number of properties in the node, as follows:
+
     Properties:
-        return_invalid_entry: Return an invalid entry from GetPositions()
+        return-invalid-entry: Return an invalid entry from GetOffsets()
+        return-unknown-contents: Refuse to provide any contents (to cause a
+            failure)
+        bad-update-contents: Implement ProcessContents() incorrectly so as to
+            cause a failure
+        never-complete-process-fdt: Refund to process the FDT (to cause a
+            failure)
+        require-args: Require that all used args are present (generating an
+            error if not)
+        force-bad-datatype: Force a call to GetEntryArgsOrProps() with a bad
+            data type (generating an error)
     """
     def __init__(self, section, etype, node):
         Entry.__init__(self, section, etype, node)
@@ -24,9 +48,26 @@ class Entry__testing(Entry):
                                                      'return-unknown-contents')
         self.bad_update_contents = fdt_util.GetBool(self._node,
                                                     'bad-update-contents')
+
+        # Set to True when the entry is ready to process the FDT.
         self.process_fdt_ready = False
         self.never_complete_process_fdt = fdt_util.GetBool(self._node,
                                                 'never-complete-process-fdt')
+        self.require_args = fdt_util.GetBool(self._node, 'require-args')
+
+        # This should be picked up by GetEntryArgsOrProps()
+        self.test_existing_prop = 'existing'
+        self.force_bad_datatype = fdt_util.GetBool(self._node,
+                                                   'force-bad-datatype')
+        (self.test_str_fdt, self.test_str_arg, self.test_int_fdt,
+         self.test_int_arg, existing) = self.GetEntryArgsOrProps([
+            EntryArg('test-str-fdt', str),
+            EntryArg('test-str-arg', str),
+            EntryArg('test-int-fdt', int),
+            EntryArg('test-int-arg', int),
+            EntryArg('test-existing-prop', str)], self.require_args)
+        if self.force_bad_datatype:
+            self.GetEntryArgsOrProps([EntryArg('test-bad-datatype-arg', bool)])
 
     def ObtainContents(self):
         if self.return_unknown_contents:
@@ -35,7 +76,7 @@ class Entry__testing(Entry):
         self.contents_size = len(self.data)
         return True
 
-    def GetPositions(self):
+    def GetOffsets(self):
         if self.return_invalid_entry :
             return {'invalid-entry': [1, 2]}
         return {}
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/blob.py b/tools/binman/etype/blob.py
index 28e6651a935..3f46eecf308 100644
--- a/tools/binman/etype/blob.py
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/blob.py
@@ -10,6 +10,18 @@ import fdt_util
 import tools
 
 class Entry_blob(Entry):
+    """Entry containing an arbitrary binary blob
+
+    Note: This should not be used by itself. It is normally used as a parent
+    class by other entry types.
+
+    Properties / Entry arguments:
+        - filename: Filename of file to read into entry
+
+    This entry reads data from a file and places it in the entry. The
+    default filename is often specified specified by the subclass. See for
+    example the 'u_boot' entry which provides the filename 'u-boot.bin'.
+    """
     def __init__(self, section, etype, node):
         Entry.__init__(self, section, etype, node)
         self._filename = fdt_util.GetString(self._node, "filename", self.etype)
@@ -17,10 +29,10 @@ class Entry_blob(Entry):
     def ObtainContents(self):
         self._filename = self.GetDefaultFilename()
         self._pathname = tools.GetInputFilename(self._filename)
-        self.ReadContents()
+        self.ReadBlobContents()
         return True
 
-    def ReadContents(self):
+    def ReadBlobContents(self):
         with open(self._pathname) as fd:
             # We assume the data is small enough to fit into memory. If this
             # is used for large filesystem image that might not be true.
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/blob_named_by_arg.py b/tools/binman/etype/blob_named_by_arg.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..344112bc420
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/blob_named_by_arg.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Google, Inc
+# Written by Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
+#
+# Entry-type module for a blob where the filename comes from a property in the
+# node or an entry argument. The property is called '<blob_fname>-path' where
+# <blob_fname> is provided by the subclass using this entry type.
+
+from collections import OrderedDict
+
+from blob import Entry_blob
+from entry import EntryArg
+
+
+class Entry_blob_named_by_arg(Entry_blob):
+    """A blob entry which gets its filename property from its subclass
+
+    Properties / Entry arguments:
+        - <xxx>-path: Filename containing the contents of this entry (optional,
+            defaults to 0)
+
+    where <xxx> is the blob_fname argument to the constructor.
+
+    This entry cannot be used directly. Instead, it is used as a parent class
+    for another entry, which defined blob_fname. This parameter is used to
+    set the entry-arg or property containing the filename. The entry-arg or
+    property is in turn used to set the actual filename.
+
+    See cros_ec_rw for an example of this.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, section, etype, node, blob_fname):
+        Entry_blob.__init__(self, section, etype, node)
+        self._filename, = self.GetEntryArgsOrProps(
+            [EntryArg('%s-path' % blob_fname, str)])
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/cros_ec_rw.py b/tools/binman/etype/cros_ec_rw.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..261f8657a62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/cros_ec_rw.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Google, Inc
+# Written by Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
+#
+# Entry-type module for a Chromium OS EC image (read-write section)
+#
+
+from blob_named_by_arg import Entry_blob_named_by_arg
+
+
+class Entry_cros_ec_rw(Entry_blob_named_by_arg):
+    """A blob entry which contains a Chromium OS read-write EC image
+
+    Properties / Entry arguments:
+        - cros-ec-rw-path: Filename containing the EC image
+
+    This entry holds a Chromium OS EC (embedded controller) image, for use in
+    updating the EC on startup via software sync.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, section, etype, node):
+        Entry_blob_named_by_arg.__init__(self, section, etype, node,
+                                         'cros-ec-rw')
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/fill.py b/tools/binman/etype/fill.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7210a8324a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/fill.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Google, Inc
+# Written by Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
+#
+
+from entry import Entry
+import fdt_util
+
+
+class Entry_fill(Entry):
+    """An entry which is filled to a particular byte value
+
+    Properties / Entry arguments:
+        - fill-byte: Byte to use to fill the entry
+
+    Note that the size property must be set since otherwise this entry does not
+    know how large it should be.
+
+    You can often achieve the same effect using the pad-byte property of the
+    overall image, in that the space between entries will then be padded with
+    that byte. But this entry is sometimes useful for explicitly setting the
+    byte value of a region.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, section, etype, node):
+        Entry.__init__(self, section, etype, node)
+        if not self.size:
+            self.Raise("'fill' entry must have a size property")
+        self.fill_value = fdt_util.GetByte(self._node, 'fill-byte', 0)
+
+    def ObtainContents(self):
+        self.SetContents(chr(self.fill_value) * self.size)
+        return True
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/fmap.py b/tools/binman/etype/fmap.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f1dd81ec493
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/fmap.py
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Google, Inc
+# Written by Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
+#
+# Entry-type module for a Flash map, as used by the flashrom SPI flash tool
+#
+
+from entry import Entry
+import fmap_util
+
+
+class Entry_fmap(Entry):
+    """An entry which contains an Fmap section
+
+    Properties / Entry arguments:
+        None
+
+    FMAP is a simple format used by flashrom, an open-source utility for
+    reading and writing the SPI flash, typically on x86 CPUs. The format
+    provides flashrom with a list of areas, so it knows what it in the flash.
+    It can then read or write just a single area, instead of the whole flash.
+
+    The format is defined by the flashrom project, in the file lib/fmap.h -
+    see www.flashrom.org/Flashrom for more information.
+
+    When used, this entry will be populated with an FMAP which reflects the
+    entries in the current image. Note that any hierarchy is squashed, since
+    FMAP does not support this.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, section, etype, node):
+        Entry.__init__(self, section, etype, node)
+
+    def _GetFmap(self):
+        """Build an FMAP from the entries in the current image
+
+        Returns:
+            FMAP binary data
+        """
+        def _AddEntries(areas, entry):
+            entries = entry.GetEntries()
+            if entries:
+                for subentry in entries.values():
+                    _AddEntries(areas, subentry)
+            else:
+                areas.append(fmap_util.FmapArea(entry.image_pos or 0,
+                                                entry.size or 0, entry.name, 0))
+
+        entries = self.section.GetEntries()
+        areas = []
+        for entry in entries.values():
+            _AddEntries(areas, entry)
+        return fmap_util.EncodeFmap(self.section.GetSize() or 0, self.name,
+                                    areas)
+
+    def ObtainContents(self):
+        """Obtain a placeholder for the fmap contents"""
+        self.SetContents(self._GetFmap())
+        return True
+
+    def ProcessContents(self):
+        self.SetContents(self._GetFmap())
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/gbb.py b/tools/binman/etype/gbb.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8fe10f47135
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/gbb.py
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Google, Inc
+# Written by Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
+#
+
+# Support for a Chromium OS Google Binary Block, used to record read-only
+# information mostly used by firmware.
+
+from collections import OrderedDict
+
+import command
+from entry import Entry, EntryArg
+
+import fdt_util
+import tools
+
+# Build GBB flags.
+# (src/platform/vboot_reference/firmware/include/gbb_header.h)
+gbb_flag_properties = {
+  'dev-screen-short-delay': 0x1,
+  'load-option-roms': 0x2,
+  'enable-alternate-os': 0x4,
+  'force-dev-switch-on': 0x8,
+  'force-dev-boot-usb': 0x10,
+  'disable-fw-rollback-check': 0x20,
+  'enter-triggers-tonorm': 0x40,
+  'force-dev-boot-legacy': 0x80,
+  'faft-key-override': 0x100,
+  'disable-ec-software-sync': 0x200,
+  'default-dev-boot-legacy': 0x400,
+  'disable-pd-software-sync': 0x800,
+  'disable-lid-shutdown': 0x1000,
+  'force-dev-boot-fastboot-full-cap': 0x2000,
+  'enable-serial': 0x4000,
+  'disable-dwmp': 0x8000,
+}
+
+
+class Entry_gbb(Entry):
+    """An entry which contains a Chromium OS Google Binary Block
+
+    Properties / Entry arguments:
+        - hardware-id: Hardware ID to use for this build (a string)
+        - keydir: Directory containing the public keys to use
+        - bmpblk: Filename containing images used by recovery
+
+    Chromium OS uses a GBB to store various pieces of information, in particular
+    the root and recovery keys that are used to verify the boot process. Some
+    more details are here:
+
+        https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/firmware-porting-guide/2-concepts
+
+    but note that the page dates from 2013 so is quite out of date. See
+    README.chromium for how to obtain the required keys and tools.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, section, etype, node):
+        Entry.__init__(self, section, etype, node)
+        self.hardware_id, self.keydir, self.bmpblk = self.GetEntryArgsOrProps(
+            [EntryArg('hardware-id', str),
+             EntryArg('keydir', str),
+             EntryArg('bmpblk', str)])
+
+        # Read in the GBB flags from the config
+        self.gbb_flags = 0
+        flags_node = node.FindNode('flags')
+        if flags_node:
+            for flag, value in gbb_flag_properties.iteritems():
+                if fdt_util.GetBool(flags_node, flag):
+                    self.gbb_flags |= value
+
+    def ObtainContents(self):
+        gbb = 'gbb.bin'
+        fname = tools.GetOutputFilename(gbb)
+        if not self.size:
+            self.Raise('GBB must have a fixed size')
+        gbb_size = self.size
+        bmpfv_size = gbb_size - 0x2180
+        if bmpfv_size < 0:
+            self.Raise('GBB is too small (minimum 0x2180 bytes)')
+        sizes = [0x100, 0x1000, bmpfv_size, 0x1000]
+        sizes = ['%#x' % size for size in sizes]
+        keydir = tools.GetInputFilename(self.keydir)
+        gbb_set_command = [
+            'gbb_utility', '-s',
+            '--hwid=%s' % self.hardware_id,
+            '--rootkey=%s/root_key.vbpubk' % keydir,
+            '--recoverykey=%s/recovery_key.vbpubk' % keydir,
+            '--flags=%d' % self.gbb_flags,
+            '--bmpfv=%s' % tools.GetInputFilename(self.bmpblk),
+            fname]
+
+        tools.Run('futility', 'gbb_utility', '-c', ','.join(sizes), fname)
+        tools.Run('futility', *gbb_set_command)
+
+        self.SetContents(tools.ReadFile(fname))
+        return True
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/intel_cmc.py b/tools/binman/etype/intel_cmc.py
index b8621e0cc5e..fa6f7793c64 100644
--- a/tools/binman/etype/intel_cmc.py
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/intel_cmc.py
@@ -9,5 +9,15 @@ from entry import Entry
 from blob import Entry_blob
 
 class Entry_intel_cmc(Entry_blob):
+    """Entry containing an Intel Chipset Micro Code (CMC) file
+
+    Properties / Entry arguments:
+        - filename: Filename of file to read into entry
+
+    This file contains microcode for some devices in a special format. An
+    example filename is 'Microcode/C0_22211.BIN'.
+
+    See README.x86 for information about x86 binary blobs.
+    """
     def __init__(self, section, etype, node):
         Entry_blob.__init__(self, section, etype, node)
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/intel_descriptor.py b/tools/binman/etype/intel_descriptor.py
index 0e7865521e1..6acbbd8b7a5 100644
--- a/tools/binman/etype/intel_descriptor.py
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/intel_descriptor.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from blob import Entry_blob
 FD_SIGNATURE   = struct.pack('<L', 0x0ff0a55a)
 MAX_REGIONS    = 5
 
+# Region numbers supported by the Intel firmware format
 (REGION_DESCRIPTOR, REGION_BIOS, REGION_ME, REGION_GBE,
         REGION_PDATA) = range(5)
 
@@ -27,21 +28,32 @@ class Region:
 class Entry_intel_descriptor(Entry_blob):
     """Intel flash descriptor block (4KB)
 
-    This is placed at the start of flash and provides information about
+    Properties / Entry arguments:
+        filename: Filename of file containing the descriptor. This is typically
+            a 4KB binary file, sometimes called 'descriptor.bin'
+
+    This entry is placed at the start of flash and provides information about
     the SPI flash regions. In particular it provides the base address and
-    size of the ME region, allowing us to place the ME binary in the right
-    place.
+    size of the ME (Management Engine) region, allowing us to place the ME
+    binary in the right place.
+
+    With this entry in your image, the position of the 'intel-me' entry will be
+    fixed in the image, which avoids you needed to specify an offset for that
+    region. This is useful, because it is not possible to change the position
+    of the ME region without updating the descriptor.
+
+    See README.x86 for information about x86 binary blobs.
     """
     def __init__(self, section, etype, node):
         Entry_blob.__init__(self, section, etype, node)
         self._regions = []
 
-    def GetPositions(self):
-        pos = self.data.find(FD_SIGNATURE)
-        if pos == -1:
+    def GetOffsets(self):
+        offset = self.data.find(FD_SIGNATURE)
+        if offset == -1:
             self.Raise('Cannot find FD signature')
         flvalsig, flmap0, flmap1, flmap2 = struct.unpack('<LLLL',
-                                                    self.data[pos:pos + 16])
+                                                self.data[offset:offset + 16])
         frba = ((flmap0 >> 16) & 0xff) << 4
         for i in range(MAX_REGIONS):
             self._regions.append(Region(self.data, frba, i))
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/intel_fsp.py b/tools/binman/etype/intel_fsp.py
index cb80a617c32..00a78e70832 100644
--- a/tools/binman/etype/intel_fsp.py
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/intel_fsp.py
@@ -9,5 +9,19 @@ from entry import Entry
 from blob import Entry_blob
 
 class Entry_intel_fsp(Entry_blob):
+    """Entry containing an Intel Firmware Support Package (FSP) file
+
+    Properties / Entry arguments:
+        - filename: Filename of file to read into entry
+
+    This file contains binary blobs which are used on some devices to make the
+    platform work. U-Boot executes this code since it is not possible to set up
+    the hardware using U-Boot open-source code. Documentation is typically not
+    available in sufficient detail to allow this.
+
+    An example filename is 'FSP/QUEENSBAY_FSP_GOLD_001_20-DECEMBER-2013.fd'
+
+    See README.x86 for information about x86 binary blobs.
+    """
     def __init__(self, section, etype, node):
         Entry_blob.__init__(self, section, etype, node)
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/intel_me.py b/tools/binman/etype/intel_me.py
index 0682ead9439..247c5b33866 100644
--- a/tools/binman/etype/intel_me.py
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/intel_me.py
@@ -9,5 +9,20 @@ from entry import Entry
 from blob import Entry_blob
 
 class Entry_intel_me(Entry_blob):
+    """Entry containing an Intel Management Engine (ME) file
+
+    Properties / Entry arguments:
+        - filename: Filename of file to read into entry
+
+    This file contains code used by the SoC that is required to make it work.
+    The Management Engine is like a background task that runs things that are
+    not clearly documented, but may include keyboard, deplay and network
+    access. For platform that use ME it is not possible to disable it. U-Boot
+    does not directly execute code in the ME binary.
+
+    A typical filename is 'me.bin'.
+
+    See README.x86 for information about x86 binary blobs.
+    """
     def __init__(self, section, etype, node):
         Entry_blob.__init__(self, section, etype, node)
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/intel_mrc.py b/tools/binman/etype/intel_mrc.py
index 305ac98888b..4dbc99a04f2 100644
--- a/tools/binman/etype/intel_mrc.py
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/intel_mrc.py
@@ -9,6 +9,17 @@ from entry import Entry
 from blob import Entry_blob
 
 class Entry_intel_mrc(Entry_blob):
+    """Entry containing an Intel Memory Reference Code (MRC) file
+
+    Properties / Entry arguments:
+        - filename: Filename of file to read into entry
+
+    This file contains code for setting up the SDRAM on some Intel systems. This
+    is executed by U-Boot when needed early during startup. A typical filename
+    is 'mrc.bin'.
+
+    See README.x86 for information about x86 binary blobs.
+    """
     def __init__(self, section, etype, node):
         Entry_blob.__init__(self, section, etype, node)
 
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/intel_vbt.py b/tools/binman/etype/intel_vbt.py
index d4e8c3f797d..d93dd196341 100644
--- a/tools/binman/etype/intel_vbt.py
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/intel_vbt.py
@@ -8,5 +8,15 @@ from entry import Entry
 from blob import Entry_blob
 
 class Entry_intel_vbt(Entry_blob):
+    """Entry containing an Intel Video BIOS Table (VBT) file
+
+    Properties / Entry arguments:
+        - filename: Filename of file to read into entry
+
+    This file contains code that sets up the integrated graphics subsystem on
+    some Intel SoCs. U-Boot executes this when the display is started up.
+
+    See README.x86 for information about Intel binary blobs.
+    """
     def __init__(self, section, etype, node):
         Entry_blob.__init__(self, section, etype, node)
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/intel_vga.py b/tools/binman/etype/intel_vga.py
index 140dd40dda6..40982c86656 100644
--- a/tools/binman/etype/intel_vga.py
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/intel_vga.py
@@ -9,5 +9,17 @@ from entry import Entry
 from blob import Entry_blob
 
 class Entry_intel_vga(Entry_blob):
+    """Entry containing an Intel Video Graphics Adaptor (VGA) file
+
+    Properties / Entry arguments:
+        - filename: Filename of file to read into entry
+
+    This file contains code that sets up the integrated graphics subsystem on
+    some Intel SoCs. U-Boot executes this when the display is started up.
+
+    This is similar to the VBT file but in a different format.
+
+    See README.x86 for information about Intel binary blobs.
+    """
     def __init__(self, section, etype, node):
         Entry_blob.__init__(self, section, etype, node)
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/section.py b/tools/binman/etype/section.py
index 787257d3ec1..f5b2ed67cf8 100644
--- a/tools/binman/etype/section.py
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/section.py
@@ -13,8 +13,25 @@ import tools
 import bsection
 
 class Entry_section(Entry):
-    def __init__(self, image, etype, node):
-        Entry.__init__(self, image, etype, node)
+    """Entry that contains other entries
+
+    Properties / Entry arguments: (see binman README for more information)
+        - size: Size of section in bytes
+        - align-size: Align size to a particular power of two
+        - pad-before: Add padding before the entry
+        - pad-after: Add padding after the entry
+        - pad-byte: Pad byte to use when padding
+        - sort-by-offset: Reorder the entries by offset
+        - end-at-4gb: Used to build an x86 ROM which ends at 4GB (2^32)
+        - name-prefix: Adds a prefix to the name of every entry in the section
+            when writing out the map
+
+    A section is an entry which can contain other entries, thus allowing
+    hierarchical images to be created. See 'Sections and hierarchical images'
+    in the binman README for more information.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, section, etype, node):
+        Entry.__init__(self, section, etype, node)
         self._section = bsection.Section(node.name, node)
 
     def ProcessFdt(self, fdt):
@@ -30,20 +47,25 @@ class Entry_section(Entry):
     def GetData(self):
         return self._section.GetData()
 
-    def GetPositions(self):
-        """Handle entries that want to set the position/size of other entries
+    def GetOffsets(self):
+        """Handle entries that want to set the offset/size of other entries
 
-        This calls each entry's GetPositions() method. If it returns a list
+        This calls each entry's GetOffsets() method. If it returns a list
         of entries to update, it updates them.
         """
-        self._section.GetEntryPositions()
+        self._section.GetEntryOffsets()
         return {}
 
-    def Pack(self, pos):
+    def Pack(self, offset):
         """Pack all entries into the section"""
         self._section.PackEntries()
-        self.size = self._section.CheckSize()
-        return super(Entry_section, self).Pack(pos)
+        self._section.SetOffset(offset)
+        self.size = self._section.GetSize()
+        return super(Entry_section, self).Pack(offset)
+
+    def SetImagePos(self, image_pos):
+        Entry.SetImagePos(self, image_pos)
+        self._section.SetImagePos(image_pos + self.offset)
 
     def WriteSymbols(self, section):
         """Write symbol values into binary files for access at run time"""
@@ -57,7 +79,7 @@ class Entry_section(Entry):
         self._section.ProcessEntryContents()
         super(Entry_section, self).ProcessContents()
 
-    def CheckPosition(self):
+    def CheckOffset(self):
         self._section.CheckEntries()
 
     def WriteMap(self, fd, indent):
@@ -66,5 +88,7 @@ class Entry_section(Entry):
         Args:
             fd: File to write the map to
         """
-        super(Entry_section, self).WriteMap(fd, indent)
-        self._section.WriteMap(fd, indent + 1)
+        self._section.WriteMap(fd, indent)
+
+    def GetEntries(self):
+        return self._section.GetEntries()
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/text.py b/tools/binman/etype/text.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7a1cddf4af8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/text.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Google, Inc
+# Written by Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
+#
+
+from collections import OrderedDict
+
+from entry import Entry, EntryArg
+import fdt_util
+
+
+class Entry_text(Entry):
+    """An entry which contains text
+
+    The text can be provided either in the node itself or by a command-line
+    argument. There is a level of indirection to allow multiple text strings
+    and sharing of text.
+
+    Properties / Entry arguments:
+        text-label: The value of this string indicates the property / entry-arg
+            that contains the string to place in the entry
+        <xxx> (actual name is the value of text-label): contains the string to
+            place in the entry.
+
+    Example node:
+
+        text {
+            size = <50>;
+            text-label = "message";
+        };
+
+    You can then use:
+
+        binman -amessage="this is my message"
+
+    and binman will insert that string into the entry.
+
+    It is also possible to put the string directly in the node:
+
+        text {
+            size = <8>;
+            text-label = "message";
+            message = "a message directly in the node"
+        };
+
+    The text is not itself nul-terminated. This can be achieved, if required,
+    by setting the size of the entry to something larger than the text.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, section, etype, node):
+        Entry.__init__(self, section, etype, node)
+        self.text_label, = self.GetEntryArgsOrProps(
+            [EntryArg('text-label', str)])
+        self.value, = self.GetEntryArgsOrProps([EntryArg(self.text_label, str)])
+
+    def ObtainContents(self):
+        self.SetContents(self.value)
+        return True
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/u_boot.py b/tools/binman/etype/u_boot.py
index b6058bf6b52..23dd12ce435 100644
--- a/tools/binman/etype/u_boot.py
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/u_boot.py
@@ -9,6 +9,22 @@ from entry import Entry
 from blob import Entry_blob
 
 class Entry_u_boot(Entry_blob):
+    """U-Boot flat binary
+
+    Properties / Entry arguments:
+        - filename: Filename of u-boot.bin (default 'u-boot.bin')
+
+    This is the U-Boot binary, containing relocation information to allow it
+    to relocate itself at runtime. The binary typically includes a device tree
+    blob at the end of it. Use u_boot_nodtb if you want to package the device
+    tree separately.
+
+    U-Boot can access binman symbols at runtime. See:
+
+        'Access to binman entry offsets at run time (fdt)'
+
+    in the binman README for more information.
+    """
     def __init__(self, section, etype, node):
         Entry_blob.__init__(self, section, etype, node)
 
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_dtb.py b/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_dtb.py
index dd3c5b27901..fb3dd1cf642 100644
--- a/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_dtb.py
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_dtb.py
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ from entry import Entry
 from blob import Entry_blob
 
 class Entry_u_boot_dtb(Entry_blob):
+    """U-Boot device tree
+
+    Properties / Entry arguments:
+        - filename: Filename of u-boot.dtb (default 'u-boot.dtb')
+
+    This is the U-Boot device tree, containing configuration information for
+    U-Boot. U-Boot needs this to know what devices are present and which drivers
+    to activate.
+    """
     def __init__(self, section, etype, node):
         Entry_blob.__init__(self, section, etype, node)
 
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_dtb_with_ucode.py b/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_dtb_with_ucode.py
index 3808d6d2780..285a28dd1e7 100644
--- a/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_dtb_with_ucode.py
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_dtb_with_ucode.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #
 
 import control
-import fdt
 from entry import Entry
 from blob import Entry_blob
 import tools
@@ -14,8 +13,16 @@ import tools
 class Entry_u_boot_dtb_with_ucode(Entry_blob):
     """A U-Boot device tree file, with the microcode removed
 
-    See Entry_u_boot_ucode for full details of the 3 entries involved in this
-    process.
+    Properties / Entry arguments:
+        - filename: Filename of u-boot.dtb (default 'u-boot.dtb')
+
+    See Entry_u_boot_ucode for full details of the three entries involved in
+    this process. This entry provides the U-Boot device-tree file, which
+    contains the microcode. If the microcode is not being collated into one
+    place then the offset and size of the microcode is recorded by this entry,
+    for use by u_boot_with_ucode_ptr. If it is being collated, then this
+    entry deletes the microcode from the device tree (to save space) and makes
+    it available to u_boot_ucode.
     """
     def __init__(self, section, etype, node):
         Entry_blob.__init__(self, section, etype, node)
@@ -30,13 +37,16 @@ class Entry_u_boot_dtb_with_ucode(Entry_blob):
         return 'u-boot.dtb'
 
     def ProcessFdt(self, fdt):
+        # So the module can be loaded without it
+        import fdt
+
         # If the section does not need microcode, there is nothing to do
         ucode_dest_entry = self.section.FindEntryType(
             'u-boot-spl-with-ucode-ptr')
-        if not ucode_dest_entry or not ucode_dest_entry.target_pos:
+        if not ucode_dest_entry or not ucode_dest_entry.target_offset:
             ucode_dest_entry = self.section.FindEntryType(
                 'u-boot-with-ucode-ptr')
-        if not ucode_dest_entry or not ucode_dest_entry.target_pos:
+        if not ucode_dest_entry or not ucode_dest_entry.target_offset:
             return True
 
         # Remove the microcode
@@ -61,7 +71,7 @@ class Entry_u_boot_dtb_with_ucode(Entry_blob):
         # Call the base class just in case it does something important.
         Entry_blob.ObtainContents(self)
         self._pathname = control.GetFdtPath(self._filename)
-        self.ReadContents()
+        self.ReadBlobContents()
         if self.ucode:
             for node in self.ucode.subnodes:
                 data_prop = node.props.get('data')
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_img.py b/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_img.py
index 6e0b736af14..1ec0757c7f8 100644
--- a/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_img.py
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_img.py
@@ -9,6 +9,17 @@ from entry import Entry
 from blob import Entry_blob
 
 class Entry_u_boot_img(Entry_blob):
+    """U-Boot legacy image
+
+    Properties / Entry arguments:
+        - filename: Filename of u-boot.img (default 'u-boot.img')
+
+    This is the U-Boot binary as a packaged image, in legacy format. It has a
+    header which allows it to be loaded at the correct address for execution.
+
+    You should use FIT (Flat Image Tree) instead of the legacy image for new
+    applications.
+    """
     def __init__(self, section, etype, node):
         Entry_blob.__init__(self, section, etype, node)
 
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_nodtb.py b/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_nodtb.py
index ca9e53a0947..a4b95a4390a 100644
--- a/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_nodtb.py
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_nodtb.py
@@ -9,6 +9,17 @@ from entry import Entry
 from blob import Entry_blob
 
 class Entry_u_boot_nodtb(Entry_blob):
+    """U-Boot flat binary without device tree appended
+
+    Properties / Entry arguments:
+        - filename: Filename of u-boot.bin (default 'u-boot-nodtb.bin')
+
+    This is the U-Boot binary, containing relocation information to allow it
+    to relocate itself at runtime. It does not include a device tree blob at
+    the end of it so normally cannot work without it. You can add a u_boot_dtb
+    entry after this one, or use a u_boot entry instead (which contains both
+    U-Boot and the device tree).
+    """
     def __init__(self, section, etype, node):
         Entry_blob.__init__(self, section, etype, node)
 
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_spl.py b/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_spl.py
index 9edd2dad030..ab78714c8d6 100644
--- a/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_spl.py
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_spl.py
@@ -11,6 +11,27 @@ from entry import Entry
 from blob import Entry_blob
 
 class Entry_u_boot_spl(Entry_blob):
+    """U-Boot SPL binary
+
+    Properties / Entry arguments:
+        - filename: Filename of u-boot-spl.bin (default 'spl/u-boot-spl.bin')
+
+    This is the U-Boot SPL (Secondary Program Loader) binary. This is a small
+    binary which loads before U-Boot proper, typically into on-chip SRAM. It is
+    responsible for locating, loading and jumping to U-Boot. Note that SPL is
+    not relocatable so must be loaded to the correct address in SRAM, or written
+    to run from the correct address if direct flash execution is possible (e.g.
+    on x86 devices).
+
+    SPL can access binman symbols at runtime. See:
+
+        'Access to binman entry offsets at run time (symbols)'
+
+    in the binman README for more information.
+
+    The ELF file 'spl/u-boot-spl' must also be available for this to work, since
+    binman uses that to look up symbols to write into the SPL binary.
+    """
     def __init__(self, section, etype, node):
         Entry_blob.__init__(self, section, etype, node)
         self.elf_fname = 'spl/u-boot-spl'
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_spl_bss_pad.py b/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_spl_bss_pad.py
index 65f631d3c5e..00b7ac50040 100644
--- a/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_spl_bss_pad.py
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_spl_bss_pad.py
@@ -14,6 +14,22 @@ from blob import Entry_blob
 import tools
 
 class Entry_u_boot_spl_bss_pad(Entry_blob):
+    """U-Boot SPL binary padded with a BSS region
+
+    Properties / Entry arguments:
+        None
+
+    This is similar to u_boot_spl except that padding is added after the SPL
+    binary to cover the BSS (Block Started by Symbol) region. This region holds
+    the various used by SPL. It is set to 0 by SPL when it starts up. If you
+    want to append data to the SPL image (such as a device tree file), you must
+    pad out the BSS region to avoid the data overlapping with U-Boot variables.
+    This entry is useful in that case. It automatically pads out the entry size
+    to cover both the code, data and BSS.
+
+    The ELF file 'spl/u-boot-spl' must also be available for this to work, since
+    binman uses that to look up the BSS address.
+    """
     def __init__(self, section, etype, node):
         Entry_blob.__init__(self, section, etype, node)
 
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_spl_dtb.py b/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_spl_dtb.py
index eefa1ff53a4..cb29ba3fd87 100644
--- a/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_spl_dtb.py
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_spl_dtb.py
@@ -2,13 +2,22 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2016 Google, Inc
 # Written by Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
 #
-# Entry-type module for U-Boot device tree
+# Entry-type module for U-Boot device tree in SPL (Secondary Program Loader)
 #
 
 from entry import Entry
 from blob import Entry_blob
 
 class Entry_u_boot_spl_dtb(Entry_blob):
+    """U-Boot SPL device tree
+
+    Properties / Entry arguments:
+        - filename: Filename of u-boot.dtb (default 'spl/u-boot-spl.dtb')
+
+    This is the SPL device tree, containing configuration information for
+    SPL. SPL needs this to know what devices are present and which drivers
+    to activate.
+    """
     def __init__(self, section, etype, node):
         Entry_blob.__init__(self, section, etype, node)
 
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_spl_nodtb.py b/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_spl_nodtb.py
index 99e56ebe3bf..41c17366b1d 100644
--- a/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_spl_nodtb.py
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_spl_nodtb.py
@@ -9,6 +9,18 @@ from entry import Entry
 from blob import Entry_blob
 
 class Entry_u_boot_spl_nodtb(Entry_blob):
+    """SPL binary without device tree appended
+
+    Properties / Entry arguments:
+        - filename: Filename of spl/u-boot-spl-nodtb.bin (default
+            'spl/u-boot-spl-nodtb.bin')
+
+    This is the U-Boot SPL binary, It does not include a device tree blob at
+    the end of it so may not be able to work without it, assuming SPL needs
+    a device tree to operation on your platform. You can add a u_boot_spl_dtb
+    entry after this one, or use a u_boot_spl entry instead (which contains
+    both SPL and the device tree).
+    """
     def __init__(self, section, etype, node):
         Entry_blob.__init__(self, section, etype, node)
 
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_tpl.py b/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_tpl.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4d4bb925961
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_tpl.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+# Copyright (c) 2016 Google, Inc
+# Written by Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
+#
+# Entry-type module for tpl/u-boot-tpl.bin
+#
+
+import elf
+
+from entry import Entry
+from blob import Entry_blob
+
+class Entry_u_boot_tpl(Entry_blob):
+    """U-Boot TPL binary
+
+    Properties / Entry arguments:
+        - filename: Filename of u-boot-tpl.bin (default 'tpl/u-boot-tpl.bin')
+
+    This is the U-Boot TPL (Tertiary Program Loader) binary. This is a small
+    binary which loads before SPL, typically into on-chip SRAM. It is
+    responsible for locating, loading and jumping to SPL, the next-stage
+    loader. Note that SPL is not relocatable so must be loaded to the correct
+    address in SRAM, or written to run from the correct address if direct
+    flash execution is possible (e.g. on x86 devices).
+
+    SPL can access binman symbols at runtime. See:
+
+        'Access to binman entry offsets at run time (symbols)'
+
+    in the binman README for more information.
+
+    The ELF file 'tpl/u-boot-tpl' must also be available for this to work, since
+    binman uses that to look up symbols to write into the TPL binary.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, section, etype, node):
+        Entry_blob.__init__(self, section, etype, node)
+        self.elf_fname = 'tpl/u-boot-tpl'
+
+    def GetDefaultFilename(self):
+        return 'tpl/u-boot-tpl.bin'
+
+    def WriteSymbols(self, section):
+        elf.LookupAndWriteSymbols(self.elf_fname, self, section)
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_tpl_dtb.py b/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_tpl_dtb.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9c4e668347e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_tpl_dtb.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Google, Inc
+# Written by Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
+#
+# Entry-type module for U-Boot device tree in TPL (Tertiary Program Loader)
+#
+
+from entry import Entry
+from blob import Entry_blob
+
+class Entry_u_boot_tpl_dtb(Entry_blob):
+    """U-Boot TPL device tree
+
+    Properties / Entry arguments:
+        - filename: Filename of u-boot.dtb (default 'tpl/u-boot-tpl.dtb')
+
+    This is the TPL device tree, containing configuration information for
+    TPL. TPL needs this to know what devices are present and which drivers
+    to activate.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, section, etype, node):
+        Entry_blob.__init__(self, section, etype, node)
+
+    def GetDefaultFilename(self):
+        return 'tpl/u-boot-tpl.dtb'
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_ucode.py b/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_ucode.py
index ea0c85cc5c7..6acf94d8cbc 100644
--- a/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_ucode.py
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_ucode.py
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ import tools
 class Entry_u_boot_ucode(Entry_blob):
     """U-Boot microcode block
 
+    Properties / Entry arguments:
+        None
+
+    The contents of this entry are filled in automatically by other entries
+    which must also be in the image.
+
     U-Boot on x86 needs a single block of microcode. This is collected from
     the various microcode update nodes in the device tree. It is also unable
     to read the microcode from the device tree on platforms that use FSP
@@ -59,8 +65,8 @@ class Entry_u_boot_ucode(Entry_blob):
         ucode_dest_entry = self.section.FindEntryType('u-boot-with-ucode-ptr')
         ucode_dest_entry_spl = self.section.FindEntryType(
             'u-boot-spl-with-ucode-ptr')
-        if ((not ucode_dest_entry or not ucode_dest_entry.target_pos) and
-            (not ucode_dest_entry_spl or not ucode_dest_entry_spl.target_pos)):
+        if ((not ucode_dest_entry or not ucode_dest_entry.target_offset) and
+            (not ucode_dest_entry_spl or not ucode_dest_entry_spl.target_offset)):
             self.data = ''
             return True
 
@@ -86,6 +92,6 @@ class Entry_u_boot_ucode(Entry_blob):
             fd.write(fdt_entry.ucode_data)
 
         self._pathname = fname
-        self.ReadContents()
+        self.ReadBlobContents()
 
         return True
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_with_ucode_ptr.py b/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_with_ucode_ptr.py
index 8b1e41152e3..51e7ba48f59 100644
--- a/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_with_ucode_ptr.py
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/u_boot_with_ucode_ptr.py
@@ -17,13 +17,18 @@ import tools
 class Entry_u_boot_with_ucode_ptr(Entry_blob):
     """U-Boot with embedded microcode pointer
 
-    See Entry_u_boot_ucode for full details of the 3 entries involved in this
-    process.
+    Properties / Entry arguments:
+        - filename: Filename of u-boot-nodtb.dtb (default 'u-boot-nodtb.dtb')
+
+    See Entry_u_boot_ucode for full details of the three entries involved in
+    this process. This entry updates U-Boot with the offset and size of the
+    microcode, to allow early x86 boot code to find it without doing anything
+    complicated. Otherwise it is the same as the u_boot entry.
     """
     def __init__(self, section, etype, node):
         Entry_blob.__init__(self, section, etype, node)
         self.elf_fname = 'u-boot'
-        self.target_pos = None
+        self.target_offset = None
 
     def GetDefaultFilename(self):
         return 'u-boot-nodtb.bin'
@@ -33,52 +38,53 @@ class Entry_u_boot_with_ucode_ptr(Entry_blob):
         fname = tools.GetInputFilename(self.elf_fname)
         sym = elf.GetSymbolAddress(fname, '_dt_ucode_base_size')
         if sym:
-           self.target_pos = sym
+           self.target_offset = sym
         elif not fdt_util.GetBool(self._node, 'optional-ucode'):
             self.Raise('Cannot locate _dt_ucode_base_size symbol in u-boot')
         return True
 
     def ProcessContents(self):
         # If the image does not need microcode, there is nothing to do
-        if not self.target_pos:
+        if not self.target_offset:
             return
 
-        # Get the position of the microcode
+        # Get the offset of the microcode
         ucode_entry = self.section.FindEntryType('u-boot-ucode')
         if not ucode_entry:
             self.Raise('Cannot find microcode region u-boot-ucode')
 
         # Check the target pos is in the section. If it is not, then U-Boot is
-        # being linked incorrectly, or is being placed at the wrong position
+        # being linked incorrectly, or is being placed at the wrong offset
         # in the section.
         #
         # The section must be set up so that U-Boot is placed at the
         # flash address to which it is linked. For example, if
         # CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE is 0xfff00000, and the ROM is 8MB, then
-        # the U-Boot region must start at position 7MB in the section. In this
-        # case the ROM starts at 0xff800000, so the position of the first
+        # the U-Boot region must start at offset 7MB in the section. In this
+        # case the ROM starts at 0xff800000, so the offset of the first
         # entry in the section corresponds to that.
-        if (self.target_pos < self.pos or
-                self.target_pos >= self.pos + self.size):
+        if (self.target_offset < self.offset or
+                self.target_offset >= self.offset + self.size):
             self.Raise('Microcode pointer _dt_ucode_base_size at %08x is '
                 'outside the section ranging from %08x to %08x' %
-                (self.target_pos, self.pos, self.pos + self.size))
+                (self.target_offset, self.offset, self.offset + self.size))
 
         # Get the microcode, either from u-boot-ucode or u-boot-dtb-with-ucode.
         # If we have left the microcode in the device tree, then it will be
         # in the former. If we extracted the microcode from the device tree
         # and collated it in one place, it will be in the latter.
         if ucode_entry.size:
-            pos, size = ucode_entry.pos, ucode_entry.size
+            offset, size = ucode_entry.offset, ucode_entry.size
         else:
             dtb_entry = self.section.FindEntryType('u-boot-dtb-with-ucode')
             if not dtb_entry or not dtb_entry.ready:
                 self.Raise('Cannot find microcode region u-boot-dtb-with-ucode')
-            pos = dtb_entry.pos + dtb_entry.ucode_offset
+            offset = dtb_entry.offset + dtb_entry.ucode_offset
             size = dtb_entry.ucode_size
 
-        # Write the microcode position and size into the entry
-        pos_and_size = struct.pack('<2L', pos, size)
-        self.target_pos -= self.pos
-        self.ProcessContentsUpdate(self.data[:self.target_pos] + pos_and_size +
-                                   self.data[self.target_pos + 8:])
+        # Write the microcode offset and size into the entry
+        offset_and_size = struct.pack('<2L', offset, size)
+        self.target_offset -= self.offset
+        self.ProcessContentsUpdate(self.data[:self.target_offset] +
+                                   offset_and_size +
+                                   self.data[self.target_offset + 8:])
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/vblock.py b/tools/binman/etype/vblock.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..595af5456d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/vblock.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Google, Inc
+# Written by Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
+#
+
+# Support for a Chromium OS verified boot block, used to sign a read-write
+# section of the image.
+
+from collections import OrderedDict
+import os
+
+from entry import Entry, EntryArg
+
+import fdt_util
+import tools
+
+class Entry_vblock(Entry):
+    """An entry which contains a Chromium OS verified boot block
+
+    Properties / Entry arguments:
+        - keydir: Directory containing the public keys to use
+        - keyblock: Name of the key file to use (inside keydir)
+        - signprivate: Name of provide key file to use (inside keydir)
+        - version: Version number of the vblock (typically 1)
+        - kernelkey: Name of the kernel key to use (inside keydir)
+        - preamble-flags: Value of the vboot preamble flags (typically 0)
+
+    Chromium OS signs the read-write firmware and kernel, writing the signature
+    in this block. This allows U-Boot to verify that the next firmware stage
+    and kernel are genuine.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, section, etype, node):
+        Entry.__init__(self, section, etype, node)
+        self.content = fdt_util.GetPhandleList(self._node, 'content')
+        if not self.content:
+            self.Raise("Vblock must have a 'content' property")
+        (self.keydir, self.keyblock, self.signprivate, self.version,
+         self.kernelkey, self.preamble_flags) = self.GetEntryArgsOrProps([
+            EntryArg('keydir', str),
+            EntryArg('keyblock', str),
+            EntryArg('signprivate', str),
+            EntryArg('version', int),
+            EntryArg('kernelkey', str),
+            EntryArg('preamble-flags', int)])
+
+    def ObtainContents(self):
+        # Join up the data files to be signed
+        input_data = ''
+        for entry_phandle in self.content:
+            data = self.section.GetContentsByPhandle(entry_phandle, self)
+            if data is None:
+                # Data not available yet
+                return False
+            input_data += data
+
+        output_fname = tools.GetOutputFilename('vblock.%s' % self.name)
+        input_fname = tools.GetOutputFilename('input.%s' % self.name)
+        tools.WriteFile(input_fname, input_data)
+        prefix = self.keydir + '/'
+        args = [
+            'vbutil_firmware',
+            '--vblock', output_fname,
+            '--keyblock', prefix + self.keyblock,
+            '--signprivate', prefix + self.signprivate,
+            '--version', '%d' % self.version,
+            '--fv', input_fname,
+            '--kernelkey', prefix + self.kernelkey,
+            '--flags', '%d' % self.preamble_flags,
+        ]
+        #out.Notice("Sign '%s' into %s" % (', '.join(self.value), self.label))
+        stdout = tools.Run('futility', *args)
+        #out.Debug(stdout)
+        self.SetContents(tools.ReadFile(output_fname))
+        return True
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/x86_start16.py b/tools/binman/etype/x86_start16.py
index 23d27f07040..7d32ecd321b 100644
--- a/tools/binman/etype/x86_start16.py
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/x86_start16.py
@@ -9,6 +9,20 @@ from entry import Entry
 from blob import Entry_blob
 
 class Entry_x86_start16(Entry_blob):
+    """x86 16-bit start-up code for U-Boot
+
+    Properties / Entry arguments:
+        - filename: Filename of u-boot-x86-16bit.bin (default
+            'u-boot-x86-16bit.bin')
+
+    x86 CPUs start up in 16-bit mode, even if they are 32-bit CPUs. This code
+    must be placed at a particular address. This entry holds that code. It is
+    typically placed at offset CONFIG_SYS_X86_START16. The code is responsible
+    for changing to 32-bit mode and jumping to U-Boot's entry point, which
+    requires 32-bit mode (for 32-bit U-Boot).
+
+    For 64-bit U-Boot, the 'x86_start16_spl' entry type is used instead.
+    """
     def __init__(self, section, etype, node):
         Entry_blob.__init__(self, section, etype, node)
 
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/x86_start16_spl.py b/tools/binman/etype/x86_start16_spl.py
index 176420ba88c..d85909e7ae8 100644
--- a/tools/binman/etype/x86_start16_spl.py
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/x86_start16_spl.py
@@ -9,6 +9,20 @@ from entry import Entry
 from blob import Entry_blob
 
 class Entry_x86_start16_spl(Entry_blob):
+    """x86 16-bit start-up code for SPL
+
+    Properties / Entry arguments:
+        - filename: Filename of spl/u-boot-x86-16bit-spl.bin (default
+            'spl/u-boot-x86-16bit-spl.bin')
+
+    x86 CPUs start up in 16-bit mode, even if they are 64-bit CPUs. This code
+    must be placed at a particular address. This entry holds that code. It is
+    typically placed at offset CONFIG_SYS_X86_START16. The code is responsible
+    for changing to 32-bit mode and starting SPL, which in turn changes to
+    64-bit mode and jumps to U-Boot (for 64-bit U-Boot).
+
+    For 32-bit U-Boot, the 'x86_start16' entry type is used instead.
+    """
     def __init__(self, section, etype, node):
         Entry_blob.__init__(self, section, etype, node)
 
diff --git a/tools/binman/fmap_util.py b/tools/binman/fmap_util.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7d520e33919
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/binman/fmap_util.py
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Google, Inc
+# Written by Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
+#
+# Support for flashrom's FMAP format. This supports a header followed by a
+# number of 'areas', describing regions of a firmware storage device,
+# generally SPI flash.
+
+import collections
+import struct
+
+# constants imported from lib/fmap.h
+FMAP_SIGNATURE = '__FMAP__'
+FMAP_VER_MAJOR = 1
+FMAP_VER_MINOR = 0
+FMAP_STRLEN = 32
+
+FMAP_AREA_STATIC = 1 << 0
+FMAP_AREA_COMPRESSED = 1 << 1
+FMAP_AREA_RO = 1 << 2
+
+FMAP_HEADER_LEN = 56
+FMAP_AREA_LEN = 42
+
+FMAP_HEADER_FORMAT = '<8sBBQI%dsH'% (FMAP_STRLEN)
+FMAP_AREA_FORMAT = '<II%dsH' % (FMAP_STRLEN)
+
+FMAP_HEADER_NAMES = (
+    'signature',
+    'ver_major',
+    'ver_minor',
+    'base',
+    'image_size',
+    'name',
+    'nareas',
+)
+
+FMAP_AREA_NAMES = (
+    'offset',
+    'size',
+    'name',
+    'flags',
+)
+
+# These are the two data structures supported by flashrom, a header (which
+# appears once at the start) and an area (which is repeated until the end of
+# the list of areas)
+FmapHeader = collections.namedtuple('FmapHeader', FMAP_HEADER_NAMES)
+FmapArea = collections.namedtuple('FmapArea', FMAP_AREA_NAMES)
+
+
+def ConvertName(field_names, fields):
+    """Convert a name to something flashrom likes
+
+    Flashrom requires upper case, underscores instead of hyphens. We remove any
+    null characters as well. This updates the 'name' value in fields.
+
+    Args:
+        field_names: List of field names for this struct
+        fields: Dict:
+            key: Field name
+            value: value of that field (string for the ones we support)
+    """
+    name_index = field_names.index('name')
+    fields[name_index] = fields[name_index].replace('\0', '').replace('-', '_').upper()
+
+def DecodeFmap(data):
+    """Decode a flashmap into a header and list of areas
+
+    Args:
+        data: Data block containing the FMAP
+
+    Returns:
+        Tuple:
+            header: FmapHeader object
+            List of FmapArea objects
+    """
+    fields = list(struct.unpack(FMAP_HEADER_FORMAT, data[:FMAP_HEADER_LEN]))
+    ConvertName(FMAP_HEADER_NAMES, fields)
+    header = FmapHeader(*fields)
+    areas = []
+    data = data[FMAP_HEADER_LEN:]
+    for area in range(header.nareas):
+        fields = list(struct.unpack(FMAP_AREA_FORMAT, data[:FMAP_AREA_LEN]))
+        ConvertName(FMAP_AREA_NAMES, fields)
+        areas.append(FmapArea(*fields))
+        data = data[FMAP_AREA_LEN:]
+    return header, areas
+
+def EncodeFmap(image_size, name, areas):
+    """Create a new FMAP from a list of areas
+
+    Args:
+        image_size: Size of image, to put in the header
+        name: Name of image, to put in the header
+        areas: List of FmapArea objects
+
+    Returns:
+        String containing the FMAP created
+    """
+    def _FormatBlob(fmt, names, obj):
+        params = [getattr(obj, name) for name in names]
+        return struct.pack(fmt, *params)
+
+    values = FmapHeader(FMAP_SIGNATURE, 1, 0, 0, image_size, name, len(areas))
+    blob = _FormatBlob(FMAP_HEADER_FORMAT, FMAP_HEADER_NAMES, values)
+    for area in areas:
+        blob += _FormatBlob(FMAP_AREA_FORMAT, FMAP_AREA_NAMES, area)
+    return blob
diff --git a/tools/binman/ftest.py b/tools/binman/ftest.py
index 12164a85b4d..a8456c26157 100644
--- a/tools/binman/ftest.py
+++ b/tools/binman/ftest.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import control
 import elf
 import fdt
 import fdt_util
+import fmap_util
+import test_util
 import tools
 import tout
 
@@ -28,11 +30,13 @@ import tout
 U_BOOT_DATA           = '1234'
 U_BOOT_IMG_DATA       = 'img'
 U_BOOT_SPL_DATA       = '56780123456789abcde'
+U_BOOT_TPL_DATA       = 'tpl'
 BLOB_DATA             = '89'
 ME_DATA               = '0abcd'
 VGA_DATA              = 'vga'
 U_BOOT_DTB_DATA       = 'udtb'
 U_BOOT_SPL_DTB_DATA   = 'spldtb'
+U_BOOT_TPL_DTB_DATA   = 'tpldtb'
 X86_START16_DATA      = 'start16'
 X86_START16_SPL_DATA  = 'start16spl'
 U_BOOT_NODTB_DATA     = 'nodtb with microcode pointer somewhere in here'
@@ -41,6 +45,14 @@ FSP_DATA              = 'fsp'
 CMC_DATA              = 'cmc'
 VBT_DATA              = 'vbt'
 MRC_DATA              = 'mrc'
+TEXT_DATA             = 'text'
+TEXT_DATA2            = 'text2'
+TEXT_DATA3            = 'text3'
+CROS_EC_RW_DATA       = 'ecrw'
+GBB_DATA              = 'gbbd'
+BMPBLK_DATA           = 'bmp'
+VBLOCK_DATA           = 'vblk'
+
 
 class TestFunctional(unittest.TestCase):
     """Functional tests for binman
@@ -72,11 +84,11 @@ class TestFunctional(unittest.TestCase):
         TestFunctional._MakeInputFile('u-boot.bin', U_BOOT_DATA)
         TestFunctional._MakeInputFile('u-boot.img', U_BOOT_IMG_DATA)
         TestFunctional._MakeInputFile('spl/u-boot-spl.bin', U_BOOT_SPL_DATA)
+        TestFunctional._MakeInputFile('tpl/u-boot-tpl.bin', U_BOOT_TPL_DATA)
         TestFunctional._MakeInputFile('blobfile', BLOB_DATA)
         TestFunctional._MakeInputFile('me.bin', ME_DATA)
         TestFunctional._MakeInputFile('vga.bin', VGA_DATA)
-        TestFunctional._MakeInputFile('u-boot.dtb', U_BOOT_DTB_DATA)
-        TestFunctional._MakeInputFile('spl/u-boot-spl.dtb', U_BOOT_SPL_DTB_DATA)
+        self._ResetDtbs()
         TestFunctional._MakeInputFile('u-boot-x86-16bit.bin', X86_START16_DATA)
         TestFunctional._MakeInputFile('spl/u-boot-x86-16bit-spl.bin',
                                       X86_START16_SPL_DATA)
@@ -87,6 +99,9 @@ class TestFunctional(unittest.TestCase):
         TestFunctional._MakeInputFile('cmc.bin', CMC_DATA)
         TestFunctional._MakeInputFile('vbt.bin', VBT_DATA)
         TestFunctional._MakeInputFile('mrc.bin', MRC_DATA)
+        TestFunctional._MakeInputFile('ecrw.bin', CROS_EC_RW_DATA)
+        TestFunctional._MakeInputDir('devkeys')
+        TestFunctional._MakeInputFile('bmpblk.bin', BMPBLK_DATA)
         self._output_setup = False
 
         # ELF file with a '_dt_ucode_base_size' symbol
@@ -113,6 +128,12 @@ class TestFunctional(unittest.TestCase):
         """Remove the temporary output directory"""
         tools._FinaliseForTest()
 
+    @classmethod
+    def _ResetDtbs(self):
+        TestFunctional._MakeInputFile('u-boot.dtb', U_BOOT_DTB_DATA)
+        TestFunctional._MakeInputFile('spl/u-boot-spl.dtb', U_BOOT_SPL_DTB_DATA)
+        TestFunctional._MakeInputFile('tpl/u-boot-tpl.dtb', U_BOOT_TPL_DTB_DATA)
+
     def _RunBinman(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """Run binman using the command line
 
@@ -146,14 +167,15 @@ class TestFunctional(unittest.TestCase):
         # options.verbosity = tout.DEBUG
         return control.Binman(options, args)
 
-    def _DoTestFile(self, fname, debug=False, map=False, update_dtb=False):
+    def _DoTestFile(self, fname, debug=False, map=False, update_dtb=False,
+                    entry_args=None):
         """Run binman with a given test file
 
         Args:
             fname: Device-tree source filename to use (e.g. 05_simple.dts)
             debug: True to enable debugging output
             map: True to output map files for the images
-            update_dtb: Update the position and size of each entry in the device
+            update_dtb: Update the offset and size of each entry in the device
                 tree before packing it into the image
         """
         args = ['-p', '-I', self._indir, '-d', self.TestFile(fname)]
@@ -163,6 +185,9 @@ class TestFunctional(unittest.TestCase):
             args.append('-m')
         if update_dtb:
             args.append('-up')
+        if entry_args:
+            for arg, value in entry_args.iteritems():
+                args.append('-a%s=%s' % (arg, value))
         return self._DoBinman(*args)
 
     def _SetupDtb(self, fname, outfile='u-boot.dtb'):
@@ -188,7 +213,7 @@ class TestFunctional(unittest.TestCase):
             return data
 
     def _DoReadFileDtb(self, fname, use_real_dtb=False, map=False,
-                       update_dtb=False):
+                       update_dtb=False, entry_args=None):
         """Run binman and return the resulting image
 
         This runs binman with a given test file and then reads the resulting
@@ -204,7 +229,7 @@ class TestFunctional(unittest.TestCase):
                 test contents (the U_BOOT_DTB_DATA string) can be used.
                 But in some test we need the real contents.
             map: True to output map files for the images
-            update_dtb: Update the position and size of each entry in the device
+            update_dtb: Update the offset and size of each entry in the device
                 tree before packing it into the image
 
         Returns:
@@ -212,6 +237,7 @@ class TestFunctional(unittest.TestCase):
                 Resulting image contents
                 Device tree contents
                 Map data showing contents of image (or None if none)
+                Output device tree binary filename ('u-boot.dtb' path)
         """
         dtb_data = None
         # Use the compiled test file as the u-boot-dtb input
@@ -219,7 +245,8 @@ class TestFunctional(unittest.TestCase):
             dtb_data = self._SetupDtb(fname)
 
         try:
-            retcode = self._DoTestFile(fname, map=map, update_dtb=update_dtb)
+            retcode = self._DoTestFile(fname, map=map, update_dtb=update_dtb,
+                                       entry_args=entry_args)
             self.assertEqual(0, retcode)
             out_dtb_fname = control.GetFdtPath('u-boot.dtb')
 
@@ -238,7 +265,7 @@ class TestFunctional(unittest.TestCase):
         finally:
             # Put the test file back
             if use_real_dtb:
-                TestFunctional._MakeInputFile('u-boot.dtb', U_BOOT_DTB_DATA)
+                self._ResetDtbs()
 
     def _DoReadFile(self, fname, use_real_dtb=False):
         """Helper function which discards the device-tree binary
@@ -249,6 +276,9 @@ class TestFunctional(unittest.TestCase):
                 the u-boot-dtb entry. Normally this is not needed and the
                 test contents (the U_BOOT_DTB_DATA string) can be used.
                 But in some test we need the real contents.
+
+        Returns:
+            Resulting image contents
         """
         return self._DoReadFileDtb(fname, use_real_dtb)[0]
 
@@ -257,7 +287,7 @@ class TestFunctional(unittest.TestCase):
         """Create a new test input file, creating directories as needed
 
         Args:
-            fname: Filenaem to create
+            fname: Filename to create
             contents: File contents to write in to the file
         Returns:
             Full pathname of file created
@@ -271,6 +301,21 @@ class TestFunctional(unittest.TestCase):
         return pathname
 
     @classmethod
+    def _MakeInputDir(self, dirname):
+        """Create a new test input directory, creating directories as needed
+
+        Args:
+            dirname: Directory name to create
+
+        Returns:
+            Full pathname of directory created
+        """
+        pathname = os.path.join(self._indir, dirname)
+        if not os.path.exists(pathname):
+            os.makedirs(pathname)
+        return pathname
+
+    @classmethod
     def TestFile(self, fname):
         return os.path.join(self._binman_dir, 'test', fname)
 
@@ -292,10 +337,10 @@ class TestFunctional(unittest.TestCase):
         Args:
             entries: List of entries to check
         """
-        pos = 0
+        offset = 0
         for entry in entries.values():
-            self.assertEqual(pos, entry.pos)
-            pos += entry.size
+            self.assertEqual(offset, entry.offset)
+            offset += entry.size
 
     def GetFdtLen(self, dtb):
         """Get the totalsize field from a device-tree binary
@@ -308,23 +353,19 @@ class TestFunctional(unittest.TestCase):
         """
         return struct.unpack('>L', dtb[4:8])[0]
 
-    def _GetPropTree(self, dtb_data, node_names):
+    def _GetPropTree(self, dtb, prop_names):
         def AddNode(node, path):
             if node.name != '/':
                 path += '/' + node.name
-            #print 'path', path
             for subnode in node.subnodes:
                 for prop in subnode.props.values():
-                    if prop.name in node_names:
+                    if prop.name in prop_names:
                         prop_path = path + '/' + subnode.name + ':' + prop.name
                         tree[prop_path[len('/binman/'):]] = fdt_util.fdt32_to_cpu(
                             prop.value)
-                    #print '   ', prop.name
                 AddNode(subnode, path)
 
         tree = {}
-        dtb = fdt.Fdt(dtb_data)
-        dtb.Scan()
         AddNode(dtb.GetRoot(), '')
         return tree
 
@@ -409,7 +450,6 @@ class TestFunctional(unittest.TestCase):
         with self.assertRaises(Exception) as e:
             result = self._RunBinman('-d',
                                      self.TestFile('04_invalid_entry.dts'))
-        #print e.exception
         self.assertIn("Unknown entry type 'not-a-valid-type' in node "
                 "'/binman/not-a-valid-type'", str(e.exception))
 
@@ -467,32 +507,32 @@ class TestFunctional(unittest.TestCase):
         # First u-boot
         self.assertIn('u-boot', entries)
         entry = entries['u-boot']
-        self.assertEqual(0, entry.pos)
+        self.assertEqual(0, entry.offset)
         self.assertEqual(len(U_BOOT_DATA), entry.size)
 
         # Second u-boot, aligned to 16-byte boundary
         self.assertIn('u-boot-align', entries)
         entry = entries['u-boot-align']
-        self.assertEqual(16, entry.pos)
+        self.assertEqual(16, entry.offset)
         self.assertEqual(len(U_BOOT_DATA), entry.size)
 
         # Third u-boot, size 23 bytes
         self.assertIn('u-boot-size', entries)
         entry = entries['u-boot-size']
-        self.assertEqual(20, entry.pos)
+        self.assertEqual(20, entry.offset)
         self.assertEqual(len(U_BOOT_DATA), entry.contents_size)
         self.assertEqual(23, entry.size)
 
         # Fourth u-boot, placed immediate after the above
         self.assertIn('u-boot-next', entries)
         entry = entries['u-boot-next']
-        self.assertEqual(43, entry.pos)
+        self.assertEqual(43, entry.offset)
         self.assertEqual(len(U_BOOT_DATA), entry.size)
 
-        # Fifth u-boot, placed at a fixed position
+        # Fifth u-boot, placed at a fixed offset
         self.assertIn('u-boot-fixed', entries)
         entry = entries['u-boot-fixed']
-        self.assertEqual(61, entry.pos)
+        self.assertEqual(61, entry.offset)
         self.assertEqual(len(U_BOOT_DATA), entry.size)
 
         self.assertEqual(65, image._size)
@@ -510,32 +550,32 @@ class TestFunctional(unittest.TestCase):
         # First u-boot with padding before and after
         self.assertIn('u-boot', entries)
         entry = entries['u-boot']
-        self.assertEqual(0, entry.pos)
+        self.assertEqual(0, entry.offset)
         self.assertEqual(3, entry.pad_before)
         self.assertEqual(3 + 5 + len(U_BOOT_DATA), entry.size)
 
         # Second u-boot has an aligned size, but it has no effect
         self.assertIn('u-boot-align-size-nop', entries)
         entry = entries['u-boot-align-size-nop']
-        self.assertEqual(12, entry.pos)
+        self.assertEqual(12, entry.offset)
         self.assertEqual(4, entry.size)
 
         # Third u-boot has an aligned size too
         self.assertIn('u-boot-align-size', entries)
         entry = entries['u-boot-align-size']
-        self.assertEqual(16, entry.pos)
+        self.assertEqual(16, entry.offset)
         self.assertEqual(32, entry.size)
 
         # Fourth u-boot has an aligned end
         self.assertIn('u-boot-align-end', entries)
         entry = entries['u-boot-align-end']
-        self.assertEqual(48, entry.pos)
+        self.assertEqual(48, entry.offset)
         self.assertEqual(16, entry.size)
 
         # Fifth u-boot immediately afterwards
         self.assertIn('u-boot-align-both', entries)
         entry = entries['u-boot-align-both']
-        self.assertEqual(64, entry.pos)
+        self.assertEqual(64, entry.offset)
         self.assertEqual(64, entry.size)
 
         self.CheckNoGaps(entries)
@@ -556,10 +596,10 @@ class TestFunctional(unittest.TestCase):
                       "power of two", str(e.exception))
 
     def testPackInvalidAlign(self):
-        """Test detection of an position that does not match its alignment"""
+        """Test detection of an offset that does not match its alignment"""
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as e:
             self._DoTestFile('12_pack_inv_align.dts')
-        self.assertIn("Node '/binman/u-boot': Position 0x5 (5) does not match "
+        self.assertIn("Node '/binman/u-boot': Offset 0x5 (5) does not match "
                       "align 0x4 (4)", str(e.exception))
 
     def testPackInvalidSizeAlign(self):
@@ -573,7 +613,7 @@ class TestFunctional(unittest.TestCase):
         """Test that overlapping regions are detected"""
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as e:
             self._DoTestFile('14_pack_overlap.dts')
-        self.assertIn("Node '/binman/u-boot-align': Position 0x3 (3) overlaps "
+        self.assertIn("Node '/binman/u-boot-align': Offset 0x3 (3) overlaps "
                       "with previous entry '/binman/u-boot' ending at 0x4 (4)",
                       str(e.exception))
 
@@ -651,11 +691,11 @@ class TestFunctional(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(chr(0) * 1 + U_BOOT_SPL_DATA + chr(0) * 2 +
                          U_BOOT_DATA, data)
 
-    def testPackZeroPosition(self):
-        """Test that an entry at position 0 is not given a new position"""
+    def testPackZeroOffset(self):
+        """Test that an entry at offset 0 is not given a new offset"""
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as e:
             self._DoTestFile('25_pack_zero_size.dts')
-        self.assertIn("Node '/binman/u-boot-spl': Position 0x0 (0) overlaps "
+        self.assertIn("Node '/binman/u-boot-spl': Offset 0x0 (0) overlaps "
                       "with previous entry '/binman/u-boot' ending at 0x4 (4)",
                       str(e.exception))
 
@@ -672,10 +712,10 @@ class TestFunctional(unittest.TestCase):
                       "using end-at-4gb", str(e.exception))
 
     def testPackX86RomOutside(self):
-        """Test that the end-at-4gb property checks for position boundaries"""
+        """Test that the end-at-4gb property checks for offset boundaries"""
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as e:
             self._DoTestFile('28_pack_4gb_outside.dts')
-        self.assertIn("Node '/binman/u-boot': Position 0x0 (0) is outside "
+        self.assertIn("Node '/binman/u-boot': Offset 0x0 (0) is outside "
                       "the section starting at 0xffffffe0 (4294967264)",
                       str(e.exception))
 
@@ -697,9 +737,9 @@ class TestFunctional(unittest.TestCase):
         """Test that the Intel requires a descriptor entry"""
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as e:
             self._DoTestFile('30_x86-rom-me-no-desc.dts')
-        self.assertIn("Node '/binman/intel-me': No position set with "
-                      "pos-unset: should another entry provide this correct "
-                      "position?", str(e.exception))
+        self.assertIn("Node '/binman/intel-me': No offset set with "
+                      "offset-unset: should another entry provide this correct "
+                      "offset?", str(e.exception))
 
     def testPackX86RomMe(self):
         """Test that an x86 ROM with an ME region can be created"""
@@ -728,7 +768,7 @@ class TestFunctional(unittest.TestCase):
         Returns:
             Tuple:
                 Contents of first region (U-Boot or SPL)
-                Position and size components of microcode pointer, as inserted
+                Offset and size components of microcode pointer, as inserted
                     in the above (two 4-byte words)
         """
         data = self._DoReadFile(dts_fname, True)
@@ -761,7 +801,7 @@ class TestFunctional(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(ucode_data, ucode_content[:len(ucode_data)])
 
         # Check that the microcode pointer was inserted. It should match the
-        # expected position and size
+        # expected offset and size
         pos_and_size = struct.pack('<2L', 0xfffffe00 + ucode_pos,
                                    len(ucode_data))
         u_boot = data[:len(nodtb_data)]
@@ -806,7 +846,7 @@ class TestFunctional(unittest.TestCase):
         ucode_pos = second.find(ucode_data) + len(U_BOOT_NODTB_DATA)
 
         # Check that the microcode pointer was inserted. It should match the
-        # expected position and size
+        # expected offset and size
         pos_and_size = struct.pack('<2L', 0xfffffe00 + ucode_pos,
                                    len(ucode_data))
         first = data[:len(U_BOOT_NODTB_DATA)]
@@ -890,7 +930,7 @@ class TestFunctional(unittest.TestCase):
         """Test that microcode must be placed within the image"""
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as e:
             self._DoReadFile('41_unknown_pos_size.dts', True)
-        self.assertIn("Section '/binman': Unable to set pos/size for unknown "
+        self.assertIn("Section '/binman': Unable to set offset/size for unknown "
                 "entry 'invalid-entry'", str(e.exception))
 
     def testPackFsp(self):
@@ -984,7 +1024,7 @@ class TestFunctional(unittest.TestCase):
         elf_fname = self.TestFile('u_boot_binman_syms')
         syms = elf.GetSymbols(elf_fname, ['binman', 'image'])
         addr = elf.GetSymbolAddress(elf_fname, '__image_copy_start')
-        self.assertEqual(syms['_binman_u_boot_spl_prop_pos'].address, addr)
+        self.assertEqual(syms['_binman_u_boot_spl_prop_offset'].address, addr)
 
         with open(self.TestFile('u_boot_binman_syms')) as fd:
             TestFunctional._MakeInputFile('spl/u-boot-spl', fd.read())
@@ -1003,27 +1043,32 @@ class TestFunctional(unittest.TestCase):
     def testSections(self):
         """Basic test of sections"""
         data = self._DoReadFile('55_sections.dts')
-        expected = U_BOOT_DATA + '!' * 12 + U_BOOT_DATA + 'a' * 12 + '&' * 8
+        expected = (U_BOOT_DATA + '!' * 12 + U_BOOT_DATA + 'a' * 12 +
+                    U_BOOT_DATA + '&' * 4)
         self.assertEqual(expected, data)
 
     def testMap(self):
         """Tests outputting a map of the images"""
         _, _, map_data, _ = self._DoReadFileDtb('55_sections.dts', map=True)
-        self.assertEqual('''Position      Size  Name
-00000000  00000010  section@0
- 00000000  00000004  u-boot
-00000010  00000010  section@1
- 00000000  00000004  u-boot
+        self.assertEqual('''ImagePos    Offset      Size  Name
+00000000  00000000  00000028  main-section
+00000000   00000000  00000010  section@0
+00000000    00000000  00000004  u-boot
+00000010   00000010  00000010  section@1
+00000010    00000000  00000004  u-boot
+00000020   00000020  00000004  section@2
+00000020    00000000  00000004  u-boot
 ''', map_data)
 
     def testNamePrefix(self):
         """Tests that name prefixes are used"""
         _, _, map_data, _ = self._DoReadFileDtb('56_name_prefix.dts', map=True)
-        self.assertEqual('''Position      Size  Name
-00000000  00000010  section@0
- 00000000  00000004  ro-u-boot
-00000010  00000010  section@1
- 00000000  00000004  rw-u-boot
+        self.assertEqual('''ImagePos    Offset      Size  Name
+00000000  00000000  00000028  main-section
+00000000   00000000  00000010  section@0
+00000000    00000000  00000004  ro-u-boot
+00000010   00000010  00000010  section@1
+00000010    00000000  00000004  rw-u-boot
 ''', map_data)
 
     def testUnknownContents(self):
@@ -1042,25 +1087,31 @@ class TestFunctional(unittest.TestCase):
                       '2 to 1', str(e.exception))
 
     def testUpdateFdt(self):
-        """Test that we can update the device tree with pos/size info"""
+        """Test that we can update the device tree with offset/size info"""
         _, _, _, out_dtb_fname = self._DoReadFileDtb('60_fdt_update.dts',
                                                      update_dtb=True)
-        props = self._GetPropTree(out_dtb_fname, ['pos', 'size'])
-        with open('/tmp/x.dtb', 'wb') as outf:
-            with open(out_dtb_fname) as inf:
-                outf.write(inf.read())
+        dtb = fdt.Fdt(out_dtb_fname)
+        dtb.Scan()
+        props = self._GetPropTree(dtb, ['offset', 'size', 'image-pos'])
         self.assertEqual({
-            '_testing:pos': 32,
+            'image-pos': 0,
+            'offset': 0,
+            '_testing:offset': 32,
             '_testing:size': 1,
-            'section@0/u-boot:pos': 0,
+            '_testing:image-pos': 32,
+            'section@0/u-boot:offset': 0,
             'section@0/u-boot:size': len(U_BOOT_DATA),
-            'section@0:pos': 0,
+            'section@0/u-boot:image-pos': 0,
+            'section@0:offset': 0,
             'section@0:size': 16,
+            'section@0:image-pos': 0,
 
-            'section@1/u-boot:pos': 0,
+            'section@1/u-boot:offset': 0,
             'section@1/u-boot:size': len(U_BOOT_DATA),
-            'section@1:pos': 16,
+            'section@1/u-boot:image-pos': 16,
+            'section@1:offset': 16,
             'section@1:size': 16,
+            'section@1:image-pos': 16,
             'size': 40
         }, props)
 
@@ -1071,5 +1122,248 @@ class TestFunctional(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertIn('Could not complete processing of Fdt: remaining '
                       '[<_testing.Entry__testing', str(e.exception))
 
+    def testEntryArgs(self):
+        """Test passing arguments to entries from the command line"""
+        entry_args = {
+            'test-str-arg': 'test1',
+            'test-int-arg': '456',
+        }
+        self._DoReadFileDtb('62_entry_args.dts', entry_args=entry_args)
+        self.assertIn('image', control.images)
+        entry = control.images['image'].GetEntries()['_testing']
+        self.assertEqual('test0', entry.test_str_fdt)
+        self.assertEqual('test1', entry.test_str_arg)
+        self.assertEqual(123, entry.test_int_fdt)
+        self.assertEqual(456, entry.test_int_arg)
+
+    def testEntryArgsMissing(self):
+        """Test missing arguments and properties"""
+        entry_args = {
+            'test-int-arg': '456',
+        }
+        self._DoReadFileDtb('63_entry_args_missing.dts', entry_args=entry_args)
+        entry = control.images['image'].GetEntries()['_testing']
+        self.assertEqual('test0', entry.test_str_fdt)
+        self.assertEqual(None, entry.test_str_arg)
+        self.assertEqual(None, entry.test_int_fdt)
+        self.assertEqual(456, entry.test_int_arg)
+
+    def testEntryArgsRequired(self):
+        """Test missing arguments and properties"""
+        entry_args = {
+            'test-int-arg': '456',
+        }
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as e:
+            self._DoReadFileDtb('64_entry_args_required.dts')
+        self.assertIn("Node '/binman/_testing': Missing required "
+            'properties/entry args: test-str-arg, test-int-fdt, test-int-arg',
+            str(e.exception))
+
+    def testEntryArgsInvalidFormat(self):
+        """Test that an invalid entry-argument format is detected"""
+        args = ['-d', self.TestFile('64_entry_args_required.dts'), '-ano-value']
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as e:
+            self._DoBinman(*args)
+        self.assertIn("Invalid entry arguemnt 'no-value'", str(e.exception))
+
+    def testEntryArgsInvalidInteger(self):
+        """Test that an invalid entry-argument integer is detected"""
+        entry_args = {
+            'test-int-arg': 'abc',
+        }
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as e:
+            self._DoReadFileDtb('62_entry_args.dts', entry_args=entry_args)
+        self.assertIn("Node '/binman/_testing': Cannot convert entry arg "
+                      "'test-int-arg' (value 'abc') to integer",
+            str(e.exception))
+
+    def testEntryArgsInvalidDatatype(self):
+        """Test that an invalid entry-argument datatype is detected
+
+        This test could be written in entry_test.py except that it needs
+        access to control.entry_args, which seems more than that module should
+        be able to see.
+        """
+        entry_args = {
+            'test-bad-datatype-arg': '12',
+        }
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as e:
+            self._DoReadFileDtb('65_entry_args_unknown_datatype.dts',
+                                entry_args=entry_args)
+        self.assertIn('GetArg() internal error: Unknown data type ',
+                      str(e.exception))
+
+    def testText(self):
+        """Test for a text entry type"""
+        entry_args = {
+            'test-id': TEXT_DATA,
+            'test-id2': TEXT_DATA2,
+            'test-id3': TEXT_DATA3,
+        }
+        data, _, _, _ = self._DoReadFileDtb('66_text.dts',
+                                            entry_args=entry_args)
+        expected = (TEXT_DATA + chr(0) * (8 - len(TEXT_DATA)) + TEXT_DATA2 +
+                    TEXT_DATA3 + 'some text')
+        self.assertEqual(expected, data)
+
+    def testEntryDocs(self):
+        """Test for creation of entry documentation"""
+        with test_util.capture_sys_output() as (stdout, stderr):
+            control.WriteEntryDocs(binman.GetEntryModules())
+        self.assertTrue(len(stdout.getvalue()) > 0)
+
+    def testEntryDocsMissing(self):
+        """Test handling of missing entry documentation"""
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as e:
+            with test_util.capture_sys_output() as (stdout, stderr):
+                control.WriteEntryDocs(binman.GetEntryModules(), 'u_boot')
+        self.assertIn('Documentation is missing for modules: u_boot',
+                      str(e.exception))
+
+    def testFmap(self):
+        """Basic test of generation of a flashrom fmap"""
+        data = self._DoReadFile('67_fmap.dts')
+        fhdr, fentries = fmap_util.DecodeFmap(data[32:])
+        expected = U_BOOT_DATA + '!' * 12 + U_BOOT_DATA + 'a' * 12
+        self.assertEqual(expected, data[:32])
+        self.assertEqual('__FMAP__', fhdr.signature)
+        self.assertEqual(1, fhdr.ver_major)
+        self.assertEqual(0, fhdr.ver_minor)
+        self.assertEqual(0, fhdr.base)
+        self.assertEqual(16 + 16 +
+                         fmap_util.FMAP_HEADER_LEN +
+                         fmap_util.FMAP_AREA_LEN * 3, fhdr.image_size)
+        self.assertEqual('FMAP', fhdr.name)
+        self.assertEqual(3, fhdr.nareas)
+        for fentry in fentries:
+            self.assertEqual(0, fentry.flags)
+
+        self.assertEqual(0, fentries[0].offset)
+        self.assertEqual(4, fentries[0].size)
+        self.assertEqual('RO_U_BOOT', fentries[0].name)
+
+        self.assertEqual(16, fentries[1].offset)
+        self.assertEqual(4, fentries[1].size)
+        self.assertEqual('RW_U_BOOT', fentries[1].name)
+
+        self.assertEqual(32, fentries[2].offset)
+        self.assertEqual(fmap_util.FMAP_HEADER_LEN +
+                         fmap_util.FMAP_AREA_LEN * 3, fentries[2].size)
+        self.assertEqual('FMAP', fentries[2].name)
+
+    def testBlobNamedByArg(self):
+        """Test we can add a blob with the filename coming from an entry arg"""
+        entry_args = {
+            'cros-ec-rw-path': 'ecrw.bin',
+        }
+        data, _, _, _ = self._DoReadFileDtb('68_blob_named_by_arg.dts',
+                                            entry_args=entry_args)
+
+    def testFill(self):
+        """Test for an fill entry type"""
+        data = self._DoReadFile('69_fill.dts')
+        expected = 8 * chr(0xff) + 8 * chr(0)
+        self.assertEqual(expected, data)
+
+    def testFillNoSize(self):
+        """Test for an fill entry type with no size"""
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as e:
+            self._DoReadFile('70_fill_no_size.dts')
+        self.assertIn("'fill' entry must have a size property",
+                      str(e.exception))
+
+    def _HandleGbbCommand(self, pipe_list):
+        """Fake calls to the futility utility"""
+        if pipe_list[0][0] == 'futility':
+            fname = pipe_list[0][-1]
+            # Append our GBB data to the file, which will happen every time the
+            # futility command is called.
+            with open(fname, 'a') as fd:
+                fd.write(GBB_DATA)
+            return command.CommandResult()
+
+    def testGbb(self):
+        """Test for the Chromium OS Google Binary Block"""
+        command.test_result = self._HandleGbbCommand
+        entry_args = {
+            'keydir': 'devkeys',
+            'bmpblk': 'bmpblk.bin',
+        }
+        data, _, _, _ = self._DoReadFileDtb('71_gbb.dts', entry_args=entry_args)
+
+        # Since futility
+        expected = GBB_DATA + GBB_DATA + 8 * chr(0) + (0x2180 - 16) * chr(0)
+        self.assertEqual(expected, data)
+
+    def testGbbTooSmall(self):
+        """Test for the Chromium OS Google Binary Block being large enough"""
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as e:
+            self._DoReadFileDtb('72_gbb_too_small.dts')
+        self.assertIn("Node '/binman/gbb': GBB is too small",
+                      str(e.exception))
+
+    def testGbbNoSize(self):
+        """Test for the Chromium OS Google Binary Block having a size"""
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as e:
+            self._DoReadFileDtb('73_gbb_no_size.dts')
+        self.assertIn("Node '/binman/gbb': GBB must have a fixed size",
+                      str(e.exception))
+
+    def _HandleVblockCommand(self, pipe_list):
+        """Fake calls to the futility utility"""
+        if pipe_list[0][0] == 'futility':
+            fname = pipe_list[0][3]
+            with open(fname, 'w') as fd:
+                fd.write(VBLOCK_DATA)
+            return command.CommandResult()
+
+    def testVblock(self):
+        """Test for the Chromium OS Verified Boot Block"""
+        command.test_result = self._HandleVblockCommand
+        entry_args = {
+            'keydir': 'devkeys',
+        }
+        data, _, _, _ = self._DoReadFileDtb('74_vblock.dts',
+                                            entry_args=entry_args)
+        expected = U_BOOT_DATA + VBLOCK_DATA + U_BOOT_DTB_DATA
+        self.assertEqual(expected, data)
+
+    def testVblockNoContent(self):
+        """Test we detect a vblock which has no content to sign"""
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as e:
+            self._DoReadFile('75_vblock_no_content.dts')
+        self.assertIn("Node '/binman/vblock': Vblock must have a 'content' "
+                      'property', str(e.exception))
+
+    def testVblockBadPhandle(self):
+        """Test that we detect a vblock with an invalid phandle in contents"""
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as e:
+            self._DoReadFile('76_vblock_bad_phandle.dts')
+        self.assertIn("Node '/binman/vblock': Cannot find node for phandle "
+                      '1000', str(e.exception))
+
+    def testVblockBadEntry(self):
+        """Test that we detect an entry that points to a non-entry"""
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as e:
+            self._DoReadFile('77_vblock_bad_entry.dts')
+        self.assertIn("Node '/binman/vblock': Cannot find entry for node "
+                      "'other'", str(e.exception))
+
+    def testTpl(self):
+        """Test that an image with TPL and ots device tree can be created"""
+        # ELF file with a '__bss_size' symbol
+        with open(self.TestFile('bss_data')) as fd:
+            TestFunctional._MakeInputFile('tpl/u-boot-tpl', fd.read())
+        data = self._DoReadFile('78_u_boot_tpl.dts')
+        self.assertEqual(U_BOOT_TPL_DATA + U_BOOT_TPL_DTB_DATA, data)
+
+    def testUsesPos(self):
+        """Test that the 'pos' property cannot be used anymore"""
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as e:
+           data = self._DoReadFile('79_uses_pos.dts')
+        self.assertIn("Node '/binman/u-boot': Please use 'offset' instead of "
+                      "'pos'", str(e.exception))
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/tools/binman/image.py b/tools/binman/image.py
index 94028f19a51..68126bc3e69 100644
--- a/tools/binman/image.py
+++ b/tools/binman/image.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class Image:
     def AddMissingProperties(self):
         """Add properties that are not present in the device tree
 
-        When binman has completed packing the entries the position and size of
+        When binman has completed packing the entries the offset and size of
         each entry are known. But before this the device tree may not specify
         these. Add any missing properties, with a dummy value, so that the
         size of the entry is correct. That way we can insert the correct values
@@ -73,13 +73,13 @@ class Image:
         """
         self._section.GetEntryContents()
 
-    def GetEntryPositions(self):
-        """Handle entries that want to set the position/size of other entries
+    def GetEntryOffsets(self):
+        """Handle entries that want to set the offset/size of other entries
 
-        This calls each entry's GetPositions() method. If it returns a list
+        This calls each entry's GetOffsets() method. If it returns a list
         of entries to update, it updates them.
         """
-        self._section.GetEntryPositions()
+        self._section.GetEntryOffsets()
 
     def PackEntries(self):
         """Pack all entries into the image"""
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ class Image:
     def SetCalculatedProperties(self):
         self._section.SetCalculatedProperties()
 
+    def SetImagePos(self):
+        self._section.SetImagePos(0)
+
     def ProcessEntryContents(self):
         """Call the ProcessContents() method for each entry
 
@@ -121,5 +124,6 @@ class Image:
         filename = '%s.map' % self._name
         fname = tools.GetOutputFilename(filename)
         with open(fname, 'w') as fd:
-            print('%8s  %8s  %s' % ('Position', 'Size', 'Name'), file=fd)
+            print('%8s  %8s  %8s  %s' % ('ImagePos', 'Offset', 'Size', 'Name'),
+                  file=fd)
             self._section.WriteMap(fd, 0)
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/08_pack.dts b/tools/binman/test/08_pack.dts
index dc63d99dcb0..a88785d8352 100644
--- a/tools/binman/test/08_pack.dts
+++ b/tools/binman/test/08_pack.dts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 		u-boot-fixed {
 			type = "u-boot";
-			pos = <61>;
+			offset = <61>;
 		};
 	};
 };
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/12_pack_inv_align.dts b/tools/binman/test/12_pack_inv_align.dts
index 1d9d80a65cc..d8dd600edb8 100644
--- a/tools/binman/test/12_pack_inv_align.dts
+++ b/tools/binman/test/12_pack_inv_align.dts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 	binman {
 		u-boot {
-			pos = <5>;
+			offset = <5>;
 			align = <4>;
 		};
 	};
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/14_pack_overlap.dts b/tools/binman/test/14_pack_overlap.dts
index 611cfd97300..3895cba3bdb 100644
--- a/tools/binman/test/14_pack_overlap.dts
+++ b/tools/binman/test/14_pack_overlap.dts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 		u-boot-align {
 			type = "u-boot";
-			pos = <3>;
+			offset = <3>;
 		};
 	};
 };
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/21_image_pad.dts b/tools/binman/test/21_image_pad.dts
index bf39dc1b6f7..c6516689d94 100644
--- a/tools/binman/test/21_image_pad.dts
+++ b/tools/binman/test/21_image_pad.dts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 		};
 
 		u-boot {
-			pos = <20>;
+			offset = <20>;
 		};
 	};
 };
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/24_sorted.dts b/tools/binman/test/24_sorted.dts
index 43a7831341c..d35d39f077d 100644
--- a/tools/binman/test/24_sorted.dts
+++ b/tools/binman/test/24_sorted.dts
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 
 	binman {
-		sort-by-pos;
+		sort-by-offset;
 		u-boot {
-			pos = <22>;
+			offset = <22>;
 		};
 
 		u-boot-spl {
-			pos = <1>;
+			offset = <1>;
 		};
 	};
 };
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/25_pack_zero_size.dts b/tools/binman/test/25_pack_zero_size.dts
index 7d2baad3c6d..e863c44e3fd 100644
--- a/tools/binman/test/25_pack_zero_size.dts
+++ b/tools/binman/test/25_pack_zero_size.dts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 		};
 
 		u-boot-spl {
-			pos = <0>;
+			offset = <0>;
 		};
 	};
 };
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/27_pack_4gb_no_size.dts b/tools/binman/test/27_pack_4gb_no_size.dts
index e0b6519e75b..371cca10d58 100644
--- a/tools/binman/test/27_pack_4gb_no_size.dts
+++ b/tools/binman/test/27_pack_4gb_no_size.dts
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 
 	binman {
-		sort-by-pos;
+		sort-by-offset;
 		end-at-4gb;
 		u-boot {
-			pos = <0xfffffff0>;
+			offset = <0xfffffff0>;
 		};
 
 		u-boot-spl {
-			pos = <0xfffffff7>;
+			offset = <0xfffffff7>;
 		};
 	};
 };
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/28_pack_4gb_outside.dts b/tools/binman/test/28_pack_4gb_outside.dts
index 18d6bb5b8af..2216abfb70c 100644
--- a/tools/binman/test/28_pack_4gb_outside.dts
+++ b/tools/binman/test/28_pack_4gb_outside.dts
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 
 	binman {
-		sort-by-pos;
+		sort-by-offset;
 		end-at-4gb;
 		size = <32>;
 		u-boot {
-			pos = <0>;
+			offset = <0>;
 		};
 
 		u-boot-spl {
-			pos = <0xffffffeb>;
+			offset = <0xffffffeb>;
 		};
 	};
 };
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/29_x86-rom.dts b/tools/binman/test/29_x86-rom.dts
index d49078e19e2..d5c69f9d4a9 100644
--- a/tools/binman/test/29_x86-rom.dts
+++ b/tools/binman/test/29_x86-rom.dts
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 
 	binman {
-		sort-by-pos;
+		sort-by-offset;
 		end-at-4gb;
 		size = <32>;
 		u-boot {
-			pos = <0xffffffe0>;
+			offset = <0xffffffe0>;
 		};
 
 		u-boot-spl {
-			pos = <0xffffffeb>;
+			offset = <0xffffffeb>;
 		};
 	};
 };
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/30_x86-rom-me-no-desc.dts b/tools/binman/test/30_x86-rom-me-no-desc.dts
index 68d3ce09ecd..796cb87afc7 100644
--- a/tools/binman/test/30_x86-rom-me-no-desc.dts
+++ b/tools/binman/test/30_x86-rom-me-no-desc.dts
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 
 	binman {
-		sort-by-pos;
+		sort-by-offset;
 		end-at-4gb;
 		size = <16>;
 		intel-me {
 			filename = "me.bin";
-			pos-unset;
+			offset-unset;
 		};
 	};
 };
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/31_x86-rom-me.dts b/tools/binman/test/31_x86-rom-me.dts
index ee3dac875a6..b8b0a5a74bb 100644
--- a/tools/binman/test/31_x86-rom-me.dts
+++ b/tools/binman/test/31_x86-rom-me.dts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 
 	binman {
-		sort-by-pos;
+		sort-by-offset;
 		end-at-4gb;
 		size = <0x800000>;
 		intel-descriptor {
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 		intel-me {
 			filename = "me.bin";
-			pos-unset;
+			offset-unset;
 		};
 	};
 };
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/34_x86_ucode.dts b/tools/binman/test/34_x86_ucode.dts
index 64a6c2c3d5d..40725731cd3 100644
--- a/tools/binman/test/34_x86_ucode.dts
+++ b/tools/binman/test/34_x86_ucode.dts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 
 	binman {
-		sort-by-pos;
+		sort-by-offset;
 		end-at-4gb;
 		size = <0x200>;
 		u-boot-with-ucode-ptr {
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/35_x86_single_ucode.dts b/tools/binman/test/35_x86_single_ucode.dts
index 973e97f8641..2b1f086a41c 100644
--- a/tools/binman/test/35_x86_single_ucode.dts
+++ b/tools/binman/test/35_x86_single_ucode.dts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 
 	binman {
-		sort-by-pos;
+		sort-by-offset;
 		end-at-4gb;
 		size = <0x200>;
 		u-boot-with-ucode-ptr {
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/37_x86_no_ucode.dts b/tools/binman/test/37_x86_no_ucode.dts
index 9e12156ee2f..6da49c3da6d 100644
--- a/tools/binman/test/37_x86_no_ucode.dts
+++ b/tools/binman/test/37_x86_no_ucode.dts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 
 	binman {
-		sort-by-pos;
+		sort-by-offset;
 		end-at-4gb;
 		size = <0x200>;
 		u-boot-with-ucode-ptr {
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/38_x86_ucode_missing_node.dts b/tools/binman/test/38_x86_ucode_missing_node.dts
index d6cf0d844ed..720677c9c1e 100644
--- a/tools/binman/test/38_x86_ucode_missing_node.dts
+++ b/tools/binman/test/38_x86_ucode_missing_node.dts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 
 	binman {
-		sort-by-pos;
+		sort-by-offset;
 		end-at-4gb;
 		size = <0x200>;
 		u-boot-with-ucode-ptr {
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/39_x86_ucode_missing_node2.dts b/tools/binman/test/39_x86_ucode_missing_node2.dts
index b7e26c5ae41..10ac086d549 100644
--- a/tools/binman/test/39_x86_ucode_missing_node2.dts
+++ b/tools/binman/test/39_x86_ucode_missing_node2.dts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 
 	binman {
-		sort-by-pos;
+		sort-by-offset;
 		end-at-4gb;
 		size = <0x200>;
 		u-boot-with-ucode-ptr {
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/40_x86_ucode_not_in_image.dts b/tools/binman/test/40_x86_ucode_not_in_image.dts
index 67d17d392fd..609725824a5 100644
--- a/tools/binman/test/40_x86_ucode_not_in_image.dts
+++ b/tools/binman/test/40_x86_ucode_not_in_image.dts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 
 	binman {
-		sort-by-pos;
+		sort-by-offset;
 		size = <0x200>;
 		u-boot-with-ucode-ptr {
 		};
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/44_x86_optional_ucode.dts b/tools/binman/test/44_x86_optional_ucode.dts
index abe1322798e..24a7040d318 100644
--- a/tools/binman/test/44_x86_optional_ucode.dts
+++ b/tools/binman/test/44_x86_optional_ucode.dts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 
 	binman {
-		sort-by-pos;
+		sort-by-offset;
 		end-at-4gb;
 		size = <0x200>;
 		u-boot-with-ucode-ptr {
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/45_prop_test.dts b/tools/binman/test/45_prop_test.dts
index d22e460d299..064de2b3167 100644
--- a/tools/binman/test/45_prop_test.dts
+++ b/tools/binman/test/45_prop_test.dts
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 
 	binman {
-		sort-by-pos;
+		sort-by-offset;
 		end-at-4gb;
 		size = <16>;
 		intel-me {
 			filename = "me.bin";
-			pos-unset;
+			offset-unset;
 			intval = <3>;
 			intarray = <5 6>;
 			byteval = [08];
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/49_x86_ucode_spl.dts b/tools/binman/test/49_x86_ucode_spl.dts
index 67db93ad502..350d2c4730b 100644
--- a/tools/binman/test/49_x86_ucode_spl.dts
+++ b/tools/binman/test/49_x86_ucode_spl.dts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 
 	binman {
-		sort-by-pos;
+		sort-by-offset;
 		end-at-4gb;
 		size = <0x200>;
 		u-boot-spl-with-ucode-ptr {
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/53_symbols.dts b/tools/binman/test/53_symbols.dts
index 980b066eb21..9f135676cb0 100644
--- a/tools/binman/test/53_symbols.dts
+++ b/tools/binman/test/53_symbols.dts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 		};
 
 		u-boot {
-			pos = <20>;
+			offset = <20>;
 		};
 
 		u-boot-spl2 {
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/55_sections.dts b/tools/binman/test/55_sections.dts
index 2ada395b036..6b306aeda46 100644
--- a/tools/binman/test/55_sections.dts
+++ b/tools/binman/test/55_sections.dts
@@ -24,5 +24,9 @@
 			u-boot {
 			};
 		};
+		section@2 {
+			u-boot {
+			};
+		};
 	};
 };
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/58_x86_ucode_spl_needs_retry.dts b/tools/binman/test/58_x86_ucode_spl_needs_retry.dts
index e2cb80cf6e2..a04adaaf7ba 100644
--- a/tools/binman/test/58_x86_ucode_spl_needs_retry.dts
+++ b/tools/binman/test/58_x86_ucode_spl_needs_retry.dts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	#size-cells = <1>;
 
 	binman {
-		sort-by-pos;
+		sort-by-offset;
 		end-at-4gb;
 		size = <0x200>;
 		u-boot-spl-with-ucode-ptr {
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/62_entry_args.dts b/tools/binman/test/62_entry_args.dts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4d4f102d60c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/binman/test/62_entry_args.dts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/dts-v1/;
+
+/ {
+	#address-cells = <1>;
+	#size-cells = <1>;
+
+	binman {
+		_testing {
+			test-str-fdt = "test0";
+			test-int-fdt = <123>;
+		};
+	};
+};
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/63_entry_args_missing.dts b/tools/binman/test/63_entry_args_missing.dts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1644e2fef3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/binman/test/63_entry_args_missing.dts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/dts-v1/;
+
+/ {
+	#address-cells = <1>;
+	#size-cells = <1>;
+
+	binman {
+		_testing {
+			test-str-fdt = "test0";
+		};
+	};
+};
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/64_entry_args_required.dts b/tools/binman/test/64_entry_args_required.dts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..705be100691
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/binman/test/64_entry_args_required.dts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/dts-v1/;
+
+/ {
+	#address-cells = <1>;
+	#size-cells = <1>;
+
+	binman {
+		_testing {
+			require-args;
+			test-str-fdt = "test0";
+		};
+	};
+};
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/65_entry_args_unknown_datatype.dts b/tools/binman/test/65_entry_args_unknown_datatype.dts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3e4838f4fff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/binman/test/65_entry_args_unknown_datatype.dts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/dts-v1/;
+
+/ {
+	#address-cells = <1>;
+	#size-cells = <1>;
+
+	binman {
+		_testing {
+			test-str-fdt = "test0";
+			test-int-fdt = <123>;
+			force-bad-datatype;
+		};
+	};
+};
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/66_text.dts b/tools/binman/test/66_text.dts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..59b1fed0ef8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/binman/test/66_text.dts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/dts-v1/;
+
+/ {
+	#address-cells = <1>;
+	#size-cells = <1>;
+
+	binman {
+		text {
+			size = <8>;
+			text-label = "test-id";
+		};
+		text2 {
+			type = "text";
+			text-label = "test-id2";
+		};
+		text3 {
+			type = "text";
+			text-label = "test-id3";
+		};
+		/* This one does not use command-line args */
+		text4 {
+			type = "text";
+			text-label = "test-id4";
+			test-id4 = "some text";
+		};
+	};
+};
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/67_fmap.dts b/tools/binman/test/67_fmap.dts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9c0e293ac83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/binman/test/67_fmap.dts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/dts-v1/;
+
+/ {
+	#address-cells = <1>;
+	#size-cells = <1>;
+
+	binman {
+		section@0 {
+			read-only;
+			name-prefix = "ro-";
+			size = <0x10>;
+			pad-byte = <0x21>;
+
+			u-boot {
+			};
+		};
+		section@1 {
+			name-prefix = "rw-";
+			size = <0x10>;
+			pad-byte = <0x61>;
+
+			u-boot {
+			};
+		};
+		fmap {
+		};
+	};
+};
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/68_blob_named_by_arg.dts b/tools/binman/test/68_blob_named_by_arg.dts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e129f843cd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/binman/test/68_blob_named_by_arg.dts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/dts-v1/;
+
+/ {
+	#address-cells = <1>;
+	#size-cells = <1>;
+
+	binman {
+		cros-ec-rw {
+		};
+	};
+};
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/69_fill.dts b/tools/binman/test/69_fill.dts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e372ea37aaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/binman/test/69_fill.dts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/dts-v1/;
+
+/ {
+	#address-cells = <1>;
+	#size-cells = <1>;
+
+	binman {
+		size = <16>;
+		fill {
+			size = <8>;
+			fill-byte = [ff];
+		};
+	};
+};
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/70_fill_no_size.dts b/tools/binman/test/70_fill_no_size.dts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7b1fcf1b68b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/binman/test/70_fill_no_size.dts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/dts-v1/;
+
+/ {
+	#address-cells = <1>;
+	#size-cells = <1>;
+
+	binman {
+		size = <16>;
+		fill {
+			fill-byte = [ff];
+		};
+	};
+};
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/71_gbb.dts b/tools/binman/test/71_gbb.dts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..551756372af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/binman/test/71_gbb.dts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/dts-v1/;
+
+/ {
+	#address-cells = <1>;
+	#size-cells = <1>;
+
+	binman {
+		gbb {
+			size = <0x2180>;
+			flags {
+				dev-screen-short-delay;
+				load-option-roms;
+				enable-alternate-os;
+				force-dev-switch-on;
+				force-dev-boot-usb;
+				disable-fw-rollback-check;
+				enter-triggers-tonorm;
+				force-dev-boot-legacy;
+				faft-key-override;
+				disable-ec-software-sync;
+				default-dev-boot-legacy;
+				disable-pd-software-sync;
+				disable-lid-shutdown;
+				force-dev-boot-fastboot-full-cap;
+				enable-serial;
+				disable-dwmp;
+			};
+		};
+	};
+};
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/72_gbb_too_small.dts b/tools/binman/test/72_gbb_too_small.dts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c088f36a1d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/binman/test/72_gbb_too_small.dts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/dts-v1/;
+
+/ {
+	binman {
+		gbb {
+			size = <0x200>;
+		};
+	};
+};
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/73_gbb_no_size.dts b/tools/binman/test/73_gbb_no_size.dts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..83be4037852
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/binman/test/73_gbb_no_size.dts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/dts-v1/;
+
+/ {
+	binman {
+		gbb {
+		};
+	};
+};
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/74_vblock.dts b/tools/binman/test/74_vblock.dts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f0c21bfe9fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/binman/test/74_vblock.dts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/dts-v1/;
+
+/ {
+	#address-cells = <1>;
+	#size-cells = <1>;
+
+	binman {
+		u_boot: u-boot {
+		};
+
+		vblock {
+			content = <&u_boot &dtb>;
+			keyblock = "firmware.keyblock";
+			signprivate = "firmware_data_key.vbprivk";
+			version = <1>;
+			kernelkey = "kernel_subkey.vbpubk";
+			preamble-flags = <1>;
+		};
+
+		/*
+		 * Put this after the vblock so that its contents are not
+		 * available when the vblock first tries to obtain its contents
+		 */
+		dtb: u-boot-dtb {
+		};
+	};
+};
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/75_vblock_no_content.dts b/tools/binman/test/75_vblock_no_content.dts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..676d9474b31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/binman/test/75_vblock_no_content.dts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/dts-v1/;
+
+/ {
+	#address-cells = <1>;
+	#size-cells = <1>;
+
+	binman {
+		u_boot: u-boot {
+		};
+
+		vblock {
+			keyblock = "firmware.keyblock";
+			signprivate = "firmware_data_key.vbprivk";
+			version = <1>;
+			kernelkey = "kernel_subkey.vbpubk";
+			preamble-flags = <1>;
+		};
+
+		dtb: u-boot-dtb {
+		};
+	};
+};
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/76_vblock_bad_phandle.dts b/tools/binman/test/76_vblock_bad_phandle.dts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ffbd0c335c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/binman/test/76_vblock_bad_phandle.dts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/dts-v1/;
+
+/ {
+	#address-cells = <1>;
+	#size-cells = <1>;
+
+	binman {
+		u_boot: u-boot {
+		};
+
+		vblock {
+			content = <1000>;
+			keyblock = "firmware.keyblock";
+			signprivate = "firmware_data_key.vbprivk";
+			version = <1>;
+			kernelkey = "kernel_subkey.vbpubk";
+			preamble-flags = <1>;
+		};
+
+		dtb: u-boot-dtb {
+		};
+	};
+};
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/77_vblock_bad_entry.dts b/tools/binman/test/77_vblock_bad_entry.dts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..764c42a56e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/binman/test/77_vblock_bad_entry.dts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/dts-v1/;
+
+/ {
+	#address-cells = <1>;
+	#size-cells = <1>;
+
+	binman {
+		u_boot: u-boot {
+		};
+
+		vblock {
+			content = <&u_boot &other>;
+			keyblock = "firmware.keyblock";
+			signprivate = "firmware_data_key.vbprivk";
+			version = <1>;
+			kernelkey = "kernel_subkey.vbpubk";
+			preamble-flags = <1>;
+		};
+
+		dtb: u-boot-dtb {
+		};
+	};
+
+	other: other {
+	};
+};
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/78_u_boot_tpl.dts b/tools/binman/test/78_u_boot_tpl.dts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6c60b4c46f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/binman/test/78_u_boot_tpl.dts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/dts-v1/;
+
+/ {
+	binman {
+		u-boot-tpl {
+		};
+		u-boot-tpl-dtb {
+		};
+	};
+};
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/79_uses_pos.dts b/tools/binman/test/79_uses_pos.dts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7638b9b5e0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/binman/test/79_uses_pos.dts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/dts-v1/;
+
+/ {
+	binman {
+		u-boot {
+			pos = <10>;
+		};
+	};
+};
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/u_boot_binman_syms b/tools/binman/test/u_boot_binman_syms
index 2e02dc0ca9e..126a1a62309 100755
--- a/tools/binman/test/u_boot_binman_syms
+++ b/tools/binman/test/u_boot_binman_syms
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/u_boot_binman_syms.c b/tools/binman/test/u_boot_binman_syms.c
index d8371610a5b..4898f983e32 100644
--- a/tools/binman/test/u_boot_binman_syms.c
+++ b/tools/binman/test/u_boot_binman_syms.c
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
 #define CONFIG_BINMAN
 #include <binman_sym.h>
 
-binman_sym_declare(unsigned long, u_boot_spl, pos);
-binman_sym_declare(unsigned long long, u_boot_spl2, pos);
-binman_sym_declare(unsigned long, u_boot_any, pos);
+binman_sym_declare(unsigned long, u_boot_spl, offset);
+binman_sym_declare(unsigned long long, u_boot_spl2, offset);
+binman_sym_declare(unsigned long, u_boot_any, image_pos);
diff --git a/tools/dtoc/fdt.py b/tools/dtoc/fdt.py
index 9d69b426c14..d36179bad36 100644
--- a/tools/dtoc/fdt.py
+++ b/tools/dtoc/fdt.py
@@ -181,7 +181,15 @@ class Node:
         self.subnodes = []
         self.props = {}
 
-    def _FindNode(self, name):
+    def GetFdt(self):
+        """Get the Fdt object for this node
+
+        Returns:
+            Fdt object
+        """
+        return self._fdt
+
+    def FindNode(self, name):
         """Find a node given its name
 
         Args:
@@ -314,6 +322,17 @@ class Fdt:
             with open(self._fname) as fd:
                 self._fdt_obj = libfdt.Fdt(fd.read())
 
+    def LookupPhandle(self, phandle):
+        """Look up a phandle
+
+        Args:
+            phandle: Phandle to look up (int)
+
+        Returns:
+            Node object the phandle points to
+        """
+        return self.phandle_to_node.get(phandle)
+
     def Scan(self, root='/'):
         """Scan a device tree, building up a tree of Node objects
 
@@ -349,7 +368,7 @@ class Fdt:
         if len(parts) < 2:
             return None
         for part in parts[1:]:
-            node = node._FindNode(part)
+            node = node.FindNode(part)
             if not node:
                 return None
         return node
diff --git a/tools/dtoc/fdt_util.py b/tools/dtoc/fdt_util.py
index 5b631419a92..5fbfc8877bd 100644
--- a/tools/dtoc/fdt_util.py
+++ b/tools/dtoc/fdt_util.py
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 # Written by Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
 #
 
+# Utility functions for reading from a device tree. Once the upstream pylibfdt
+# implementation advances far enough, we should be able to drop these.
+
 import os
 import struct
 import sys
@@ -90,6 +93,16 @@ def EnsureCompiled(fname, capture_stderr=False):
     return dtb_output
 
 def GetInt(node, propname, default=None):
+    """Get an integer from a property
+
+    Args:
+        node: Node object to read from
+        propname: property name to read
+        default: Default value to use if the node/property do not exist
+
+    Returns:
+        Integer value read, or default if none
+    """
     prop = node.props.get(propname)
     if not prop:
         return default
@@ -100,6 +113,16 @@ def GetInt(node, propname, default=None):
     return value
 
 def GetString(node, propname, default=None):
+    """Get a string from a property
+
+    Args:
+        node: Node object to read from
+        propname: property name to read
+        default: Default value to use if the node/property do not exist
+
+    Returns:
+        String value read, or default if none
+    """
     prop = node.props.get(propname)
     if not prop:
         return default
@@ -110,6 +133,79 @@ def GetString(node, propname, default=None):
     return value
 
 def GetBool(node, propname, default=False):
+    """Get an boolean from a property
+
+    Args:
+        node: Node object to read from
+        propname: property name to read
+        default: Default value to use if the node/property do not exist
+
+    Returns:
+        Boolean value read, or default if none (if you set this to True the
+            function will always return True)
+    """
     if propname in node.props:
         return True
     return default
+
+def GetByte(node, propname, default=None):
+    """Get an byte from a property
+
+    Args:
+        node: Node object to read from
+        propname: property name to read
+        default: Default value to use if the node/property do not exist
+
+    Returns:
+        Byte value read, or default if none
+    """
+    prop = node.props.get(propname)
+    if not prop:
+        return default
+    value = prop.value
+    if isinstance(value, list):
+        raise ValueError("Node '%s' property '%s' has list value: expecting "
+                         "a single byte" % (node.name, propname))
+    if len(value) != 1:
+        raise ValueError("Node '%s' property '%s' has length %d, expecting %d" %
+                         (node.name, propname, len(value), 1))
+    return ord(value[0])
+
+def GetPhandleList(node, propname):
+    """Get a list of phandles from a property
+
+    Args:
+        node: Node object to read from
+        propname: property name to read
+
+    Returns:
+        List of phandles read, each an integer
+    """
+    prop = node.props.get(propname)
+    if not prop:
+        return None
+    value = prop.value
+    if not isinstance(value, list):
+        value = [value]
+    return [fdt32_to_cpu(v) for v in value]
+
+def GetDatatype(node, propname, datatype):
+    """Get a value of a given type from a property
+
+    Args:
+        node: Node object to read from
+        propname: property name to read
+        datatype: Type to read (str or int)
+
+    Returns:
+        value read, or None if none
+
+    Raises:
+        ValueError if datatype is not str or int
+    """
+    if datatype == str:
+        return GetString(node, propname)
+    elif datatype == int:
+        return GetInt(node, propname)
+    raise ValueError("fdt_util internal error: Unknown data type '%s'" %
+                     datatype)
diff --git a/tools/dtoc/test_fdt.py b/tools/dtoc/test_fdt.py
index f085b1dd1a9..6fe03ac53d0 100755
--- a/tools/dtoc/test_fdt.py
+++ b/tools/dtoc/test_fdt.py
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ class TestFdt(unittest.TestCase):
             fdt.CheckErr(-libfdt.NOTFOUND, 'hello')
         self.assertIn('FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND: hello', str(e.exception))
 
+    def testGetFdt(self):
+        node = self.dtb.GetNode('/spl-test')
+        self.assertEqual(self.dtb, node.GetFdt())
 
 class TestNode(unittest.TestCase):
     """Test operation of the Node class"""
@@ -155,12 +158,12 @@ class TestNode(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(prop.value, value)
 
     def testFindNode(self):
-        """Tests that we can find a node using the _FindNode() functoin"""
-        node = self.dtb.GetRoot()._FindNode('i2c@0')
+        """Tests that we can find a node using the FindNode() functoin"""
+        node = self.dtb.GetRoot().FindNode('i2c@0')
         self.assertEqual('i2c@0', node.name)
-        subnode = node._FindNode('pmic@9')
+        subnode = node.FindNode('pmic@9')
         self.assertEqual('pmic@9', subnode.name)
-        self.assertEqual(None, node._FindNode('missing'))
+        self.assertEqual(None, node.FindNode('missing'))
 
     def testRefreshMissingNode(self):
         """Test refreshing offsets when an extra node is present in dtb"""
@@ -188,6 +191,14 @@ class TestNode(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertIn("Internal error, property 'notstring' missing, offset ",
                       str(e.exception))
 
+    def testLookupPhandle(self):
+        """Test looking up a single phandle"""
+        dtb = fdt.FdtScan('tools/dtoc/dtoc_test_phandle.dts')
+        node = dtb.GetNode('/phandle-source2')
+        prop = node.props['clocks']
+        target = dtb.GetNode('/phandle-target')
+        self.assertEqual(target, dtb.LookupPhandle(fdt32_to_cpu(prop.value)))
+
 
 class TestProp(unittest.TestCase):
     """Test operation of the Prop class"""
@@ -380,6 +391,36 @@ class TestFdtUtil(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(True, fdt_util.GetBool(self.node, 'missing', True))
         self.assertEqual(False, fdt_util.GetBool(self.node, 'missing', False))
 
+    def testGetByte(self):
+        self.assertEqual(5, fdt_util.GetByte(self.node, 'byteval'))
+        self.assertEqual(3, fdt_util.GetByte(self.node, 'missing', 3))
+
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as e:
+            fdt_util.GetByte(self.node, 'longbytearray')
+        self.assertIn("property 'longbytearray' has list value: expecting a "
+                      'single byte', str(e.exception))
+
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as e:
+            fdt_util.GetByte(self.node, 'intval')
+        self.assertIn("property 'intval' has length 4, expecting 1",
+                      str(e.exception))
+
+    def testGetPhandleList(self):
+        dtb = fdt.FdtScan('tools/dtoc/dtoc_test_phandle.dts')
+        node = dtb.GetNode('/phandle-source2')
+        self.assertEqual([1], fdt_util.GetPhandleList(node, 'clocks'))
+        node = dtb.GetNode('/phandle-source')
+        self.assertEqual([1, 2, 11, 3, 12, 13, 1],
+                         fdt_util.GetPhandleList(node, 'clocks'))
+        self.assertEqual(None, fdt_util.GetPhandleList(node, 'missing'))
+
+    def testGetDataType(self):
+        self.assertEqual(1, fdt_util.GetDatatype(self.node, 'intval', int))
+        self.assertEqual('message', fdt_util.GetDatatype(self.node, 'stringval',
+                                                         str))
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as e:
+            self.assertEqual(3, fdt_util.GetDatatype(self.node, 'boolval',
+                                                     bool))
     def testFdtCellsToCpu(self):
         val = self.node.props['intarray'].value
         self.assertEqual(0, fdt_util.fdt_cells_to_cpu(val, 0))
diff --git a/tools/patman/command.py b/tools/patman/command.py
index 598bfdcd90b..14edcdaffd2 100644
--- a/tools/patman/command.py
+++ b/tools/patman/command.py
@@ -61,8 +61,12 @@ def RunPipe(pipe_list, infile=None, outfile=None,
     """
     if test_result:
         if hasattr(test_result, '__call__'):
-            return test_result(pipe_list=pipe_list)
-        return test_result
+            result = test_result(pipe_list=pipe_list)
+            if result:
+                return result
+        else:
+            return test_result
+        # No result: fall through to normal processing
     result = CommandResult()
     last_pipe = None
     pipeline = list(pipe_list)
diff --git a/tools/patman/tools.py b/tools/patman/tools.py
index 700cb4505d4..e80481438b5 100644
--- a/tools/patman/tools.py
+++ b/tools/patman/tools.py
@@ -3,16 +3,26 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2016 Google, Inc
 #
 
+import command
 import os
 import shutil
 import tempfile
 
 import tout
 
+# Output directly (generally this is temporary)
 outdir = None
-indirs = None
+
+# True to keep the output directory around after exiting
 preserve_outdir = False
 
+# Path to the Chrome OS chroot, if we know it
+chroot_path = None
+
+# Search paths to use for Filename(), used to find files
+search_paths = []
+
+
 def PrepareOutputDir(dirname, preserve=False):
     """Select an output directory, ensuring it exists.
 
@@ -106,8 +116,8 @@ def GetInputFilename(fname):
         if os.path.exists(pathname):
             return pathname
 
-    raise ValueError("Filename '%s' not found in input path (%s)" %
-                     (fname, ','.join(indir)))
+    raise ValueError("Filename '%s' not found in input path (%s) (cwd='%s')" %
+                     (fname, ','.join(indir), os.getcwd()))
 
 def Align(pos, align):
     if align:
@@ -117,3 +127,67 @@ def Align(pos, align):
 
 def NotPowerOfTwo(num):
     return num and (num & (num - 1))
+
+def Run(name, *args):
+    command.Run(name, *args, cwd=outdir)
+
+def Filename(fname):
+    """Resolve a file path to an absolute path.
+
+    If fname starts with ##/ and chroot is available, ##/ gets replaced with
+    the chroot path. If chroot is not available, this file name can not be
+    resolved, `None' is returned.
+
+    If fname is not prepended with the above prefix, and is not an existing
+    file, the actual file name is retrieved from the passed in string and the
+    search_paths directories (if any) are searched to for the file. If found -
+    the path to the found file is returned, `None' is returned otherwise.
+
+    Args:
+      fname: a string,  the path to resolve.
+
+    Returns:
+      Absolute path to the file or None if not found.
+    """
+    if fname.startswith('##/'):
+      if chroot_path:
+        fname = os.path.join(chroot_path, fname[3:])
+      else:
+        return None
+
+    # Search for a pathname that exists, and return it if found
+    if fname and not os.path.exists(fname):
+        for path in search_paths:
+            pathname = os.path.join(path, os.path.basename(fname))
+            if os.path.exists(pathname):
+                return pathname
+
+    # If not found, just return the standard, unchanged path
+    return fname
+
+def ReadFile(fname):
+    """Read and return the contents of a file.
+
+    Args:
+      fname: path to filename to read, where ## signifiies the chroot.
+
+    Returns:
+      data read from file, as a string.
+    """
+    with open(Filename(fname), 'rb') as fd:
+        data = fd.read()
+    #self._out.Info("Read file '%s' size %d (%#0x)" %
+                   #(fname, len(data), len(data)))
+    return data
+
+def WriteFile(fname, data):
+    """Write data into a file.
+
+    Args:
+        fname: path to filename to write
+        data: data to write to file, as a string
+    """
+    #self._out.Info("Write file '%s' size %d (%#0x)" %
+                   #(fname, len(data), len(data)))
+    with open(Filename(fname), 'wb') as fd:
+        fd.write(data)