re-add old build system (for x86 boards/utils)

Everything will be migrated over to the new build system after release.

61 files changed, 4231 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/bucts b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/bucts
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..f7f7edd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/bucts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#  helper script: clean the dependencies that were built in bucts
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the current working directory is the root
+# of libreboot_src or libreboot git
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+# clean bucts
+# --------------------------------------------------------
+
+printf "Cleaning the previous build of bucts\n"
+
+cd "bucts/"
+make clean
+
+printf "\n\n"
+
+# done. go back to main directory.
+cd "../"
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/coreboot b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/coreboot
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..f72e2f1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/coreboot
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#  helper script: clean the dependencies that were built in coreboot
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015, 2016 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#       Copyright (C) 2015 Klemens Nanni <contact@autoboot.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the current working directory is the root
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+# clean coreboot utilities (dependencies for 'build'):
+
+printf "Cleaning the previous build of coreboot and its utilities\n"
+
+# clean coreboot and crossgcc (source archives preserved)
+for payload in coreboot/*; do
+	for board in "${payload}/"*; do
+
+        # Clean coreboot, of course
+		make -C "${board}/" distclean
+
+		# Clean its utilities as well
+		for util in {cbfs,ifd,nvram}tool cbmem; do
+			make -C "${board}/util/${util}/" clean
+		done
+		make -C "${board}/payloads/libpayload/" distclean
+
+        rm -f "${board}/util/crossgcc"
+	done
+done
+
+printf "\n\n"
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/crossgcc b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/crossgcc
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..78a89349
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/crossgcc
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#  helper script: clean the dependencies that were built in coreboot
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015, 2016 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#       Copyright (C) 2015 Klemens Nanni <contact@autoboot.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the current working directory is the root
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+make -C "crossgcc/" crossgcc-clean
+
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/depthcharge b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/depthcharge
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..9751d924
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/depthcharge
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#  helper script: clean the dependencies that were built in depthcharge
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2015 Paul Kocialkowski <contact@paulk.fr>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the current working directory is the root
+# of libreboot_src or libreboot git
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+# clean depthcharge
+# --------------------------------------------------------
+
+cd "depthcharge/"
+
+printf "Cleaning the previous build of depthcharge\n"
+make distclean
+
+# done. go back to main directoy
+cd "../"
+
+printf "\n\n"
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/flashrom b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/flashrom
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..241917f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/flashrom
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#  helper script: clean the dependencies that were built in flashrom
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#       Copyright (C) 2015 Klemens Nanni <contact@autoboot.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the current working directory is the root
+# of git or release archive
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+printf "Cleaning the previous build of flashrom\n"
+
+# clean flashrom
+make -C flashrom clean
+rm -f "flashrom/flashrom_lenovobios_sst"
+rm -f "flashrom/flashrom_lenovobios_macronix"
+
+printf "\n\n"
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/grub b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/grub
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..2b2f6a5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/grub
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#  helper script: clean the dependencies that were built in GRUB
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015, 2016 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#       Copyright (C) 2015 Klemens Nanni <contact@autoboot.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the current working directory is the root
+# of git or release archive
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+printf "Cleaning the previous build of GRUB\n"
+# clean GURB
+[ -d grub/Makefile ] && make -C grub distclean
+
+# Also clean SeaBIOS
+./build clean seabios
+
+printf "\n\n"
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/i945pwm b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/i945pwm
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..91bf6f78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/i945pwm
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#  helper script: clean the dependencies that were built in i945pwm
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the current working directory is the root
+# of libreboot_src or libreboot git
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+# clean i945-pwm utility
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+printf "Cleaning the previous build of i945-pwm\n"
+cd "resources/utilities/i945-pwm/"
+make clean
+cd "../../../"
+printf "\n\n"
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/ich9deblob b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/ich9deblob
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d9019fc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/ich9deblob
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#  helper script: clean the dependencies that were built in ich9deblob
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the current working directory is the root
+# of libreboot_src or libreboot git
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+# clean ich9deblob utility
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+printf "Cleaning the previous build of ich9deblob\n"
+cd "resources/utilities/ich9deblob/"
+make clean
+cd "../../../"
+printf "\n\n"
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/memtest86plus b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/memtest86plus
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..db40be32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/memtest86plus
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#  helper script: clean the dependencies that were built in memtest86+
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#       Copyright (C) 2015 Klemens Nanni <contact@autoboot.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the current working directory is the root
+# of git or release archive
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+printf "Cleaning the previous build of MemTest86+\n"
+
+# clean MemTest86+
+make -C memtest86plus clean
+
+printf "\n\n"
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/rom_images b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/rom_images
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..abf352d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/rom_images
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#  helper script: delete the ROM images
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#       Copyright (C) 2015 Klemens Nanni <contact@autoboot.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the current working directory is the root
+# of git or release archive
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+# Delete the ROM images
+rm -Rf "bin/"
+
+printf "Deleted the bin/ directory containing the ROM images.\n\n"
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/seabios b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/seabios
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..09203ab8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/seabios
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#  helper script: clean the dependencies that were built in seabios
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2015 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the current working directory is the root
+# of libreboot_src or libreboot git
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+# clean bucts
+# --------------------------------------------------------
+
+printf "Cleaning the previous build of seabios\n"
+
+(
+cd "seabios/"
+rm -f "out/bios.bin.vga.elf"
+make distclean
+)
+
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/config/dcmodify b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/config/dcmodify
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..81e8756e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/config/dcmodify
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+#  helper script: run "make menuconfig" on config(s) to modify them
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015, 2016 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the working directory is the root
+# of libreboot_src or git
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+payload="depthcharge"
+configpath="resources/libreboot/config/${payload}"
+
+hackconfig () {
+	board="${1}"
+    cbrevision="$(cat ${configpath}/${board}/cbrevision)"
+    vbootrevision="$(cat ${configpath}/${board}/vbootrevision)"
+(
+	cd "coreboot/${cbrevision}/${cbrevision}/"
+    git checkout ${payload}_${board}
+    (
+        cd "3rdparty/vboot/"
+        git checkout ${payload}_${board}
+    )
+
+	printf "Modifying config for %s (%s payload)\n" "${board}" "${payload}"
+	sleep 2
+
+	if [ ! -d "../../../${configpath}/${board}/" ]; then
+		printf "build/config/dcmodify WARNING: config '%s' does not exist. Skipping.\n" "${board}"
+        git checkout master
+        (
+            cd "3rdparty/vboot/"
+            git checkout master
+        )
+		return
+	fi
+	
+	mv "../../../${configpath}/${board}/config" ".config"
+	make menuconfig
+	mv ".config" "../../../${configpath}/${board}/config"
+
+    git checkout master
+    (
+        cd "3rdparty/vboot/"
+        git checkout master
+    )
+)
+}
+
+if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
+	for config in ${configpath}/*; do hackconfig "${config##*/}"; done
+else
+	for config in "${@}"; do hackconfig "${config}"; done
+fi
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/config/dcreplace b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/config/dcreplace
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d3265ae2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/config/dcreplace
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+#  helper script: run "make menuconfig" on config(s) to replace them
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015, 2016 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the working directory is the root
+# of libreboot_src or git
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+payload="depthcharge"
+configpath="resources/libreboot/config/${payload}"
+
+hackconfig () {
+	board="${1}"
+    cbrevision="$(cat ${configpath}/${board}/cbrevision)"
+    vbootrevision="$(cat ${configpath}/${board}/vbootrevision)"
+(
+	cd "coreboot/${cbrevision}/${cbrevision}/"
+    git checkout ${payload}_${board}
+    (
+        cd "3rdparty/vboot/"
+        git checkout ${payload}_${board}
+    )
+
+	printf "Replacing or creating new config for %s (%s payload)\n" "${board}" "${payload}"
+	sleep 2
+	
+	make menuconfig
+
+	[ ! -d "../../../${configpath}/${board}/" ] && mkdir -p "../../../${configpath}/${board}/"
+	mv ".config" "../../../${configpath}/${board}/config"
+
+    git checkout master
+    (
+        cd "3rdparty/vboot/"
+        git checkout master
+    )
+)
+}
+
+if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
+	for config in ${configpath}/*; do hackconfig "${config##*/}"; done
+else
+	for config in "${@}"; do hackconfig "${config}"; done
+fi
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/config/dcupdate b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/config/dcupdate
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..8d45c9de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/config/dcupdate
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+#  helper script: run "make oldconfig" on all coreboot config files
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015, 2016 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the working directory is the root
+# of libreboot_src or git
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+payload="depthcharge"
+configpath="resources/libreboot/config/${payload}"
+
+hackconfig () {
+	board="${1}"
+    cbrevision="$(cat ${configpath}/${board}/cbrevision)"
+    vbootrevision="$(cat ${configpath}/${board}/vbootrevision)"
+(
+    cd "coreboot/${cbrevision}/${cbrevision}/"
+    git checkout ${payload}_${board}
+    (
+        cd "3rdparty/vboot/"
+        git checkout ${payload}_${board}
+    )
+
+	printf "Updating config for %s (%s payload)\n" "${board}" "${payload}"
+	sleep 2
+
+	if [ ! -d "../../../${configpath}/${board}/" ]; then
+		printf "build/config/dcupdate WARNING: config '%s' does not exist. Skipping.\n" "${board}"
+        git checkout master
+        (
+            cd "3rdparty/vboot/"
+            git checkout master
+        )
+		return
+	fi
+	
+	mv "../../../${configpath}/${board}/config" ".config"
+	make oldconfig
+	mv ".config" "../../../${configpath}/${board}/config"
+
+    git checkout master
+    (
+        cd "3rdparty/vboot/"
+        git checkout master
+    )
+)
+}
+
+if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
+	for config in ${configpath}/*; do hackconfig "${config##*/}"; done
+else
+	for config in "${@}"; do hackconfig "${config}"; done
+fi
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/config/grubmodify b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/config/grubmodify
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..f6075034
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/config/grubmodify
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+#  helper script: run "make menuconfig" on config(s) to modify them
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015, 2016 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the working directory is the root
+# of libreboot_src or git
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+payload="grub"
+configpath="resources/libreboot/config/${payload}"
+
+hackconfig () {
+	board="${1}"
+    cbrevision="$(cat ${configpath}/${board}/cbrevision)"
+    vbootrevision="$(cat ${configpath}/${board}/vbootrevision)"
+(
+    cd "coreboot/${cbrevision}/${cbrevision}/"
+    git checkout ${payload}_${board}
+    (
+        cd "3rdparty/vboot/"
+        git checkout ${payload}_${board}
+    )
+
+	printf "Modifying config for %s (%s payload)\n" "${board}" "${payload}"
+	sleep 2
+
+	if [ ! -d "../../../${configpath}/${board}/" ]; then
+		printf "build/config/grubmodify WARNING: config '%s' does not exist. Skipping.\n" "${board}"
+        git checkout master
+        (
+            cd "3rdparty/vboot/"
+            git checkout master
+        )
+		return
+	fi
+	
+	mv "../../../${configpath}/${board}/config" ".config"
+	make menuconfig
+	mv ".config" "../../../${configpath}/${board}/config"
+
+    git checkout master
+    (
+        cd "3rdparty/vboot/"
+        git checkout master
+    )
+)
+}
+
+if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
+	for config in ${configpath}/*; do hackconfig "${config##*/}"; done
+else
+	for config in "${@}"; do hackconfig "${config}"; done
+fi
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/config/grubreplace b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/config/grubreplace
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..ba8d55b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/config/grubreplace
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+#  helper script: run "make menuconfig" on config(s) to replace them
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015, 2016 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the working directory is the root
+# of libreboot_src or git
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+payload="grub"
+configpath="resources/libreboot/config/${payload}"
+
+hackconfig () {
+	board="${1}"
+    cbrevision="$(cat ${configpath}/${board}/cbrevision)"
+    vbootrevision="$(cat ${configpath}/${board}/vbootrevision)"
+(
+    cd "coreboot/${cbrevision}/${cbrevision}/"
+    git checkout ${payload}_${board}
+    (
+        cd "3rdparty/vboot/"
+        git checkout ${payload}_${board}
+    )
+
+	printf "Replacing or creating new config for %s (%s payload)\n" "${board}" "${payload}"
+	sleep 2
+	
+	make menuconfig
+
+	[ ! -d "../../../${configpath}/${board}/" ] && mkdir -p "../../../${configpath}/${board}/"
+	mv ".config" "../../../${configpath}/${board}/config"
+
+    git checkout master
+    (
+        cd "3rdparty/vboot/"
+        git checkout master
+    )
+)
+}
+
+if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
+	for config in ${configpath}/*; do hackconfig "${config##*/}"; done
+else
+	for config in "${@}"; do hackconfig "${config}"; done
+fi
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/config/grubupdate b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/config/grubupdate
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..e9d9719c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/config/grubupdate
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+#  helper script: run "make oldconfig" on all coreboot config files
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015, 2016 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the working directory is the root
+# of libreboot_src or git
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+payload="grub"
+configpath="resources/libreboot/config/${payload}"
+
+hackconfig () {
+	board="${1}"
+    cbrevision="$(cat ${configpath}/${board}/cbrevision)"
+    vbootrevision="$(cat ${configpath}/${board}/vbootrevision)"
+(
+    cd "coreboot/${cbrevision}/${cbrevision}/"
+    git checkout ${payload}_${board}
+    (
+        cd "3rdparty/vboot/"
+        git checkout ${payload}_${board}
+    )
+
+	printf "Updating config for %s (%s payload)\n" "${board}" "${payload}"
+	sleep 2
+
+	if [ ! -d "../../../${configpath}/${board}/" ]; then
+		printf "build/config/grubupdate WARNING: config '%s' does not exist. Skipping.\n" "${board}"
+        git checkout master
+        (
+            cd "3rdparty/vboot/"
+            git checkout master
+        )
+		return
+	fi
+	
+	mv "../../../${configpath}/${board}/config" ".config"
+	make oldconfig
+	mv ".config" "../../../${configpath}/${board}/config"
+
+    git checkout master
+    (
+        cd "3rdparty/vboot/"
+        git checkout master
+    )
+)
+}
+
+if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
+	for config in ${configpath}/*; do hackconfig "${config##*/}"; done
+else
+	for config in "${@}"; do hackconfig "${config}"; done
+fi
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/config/seabiosmodify b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/config/seabiosmodify
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..15f9ca48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/config/seabiosmodify
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+#  helper script: update the seabios config
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the working directory is the root
+# of libreboot_src or git
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+(
+cd "seabios/"
+
+for cfgtype in config config_vga; do
+
+    printf "doing config %s\n" "${cfgtype}"
+    sleep 2
+
+    if [ -f "../resources/seabios/config/${cfgtype}" ]; then
+    	cp "../resources/seabios/config/${cfgtype}" ".config"
+    fi
+
+    make menuconfig
+
+    mv ".config" "../resources/seabios/config/${cfgtype}"
+
+done
+)
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/config/seabiosrommodify b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/config/seabiosrommodify
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..df58928e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/config/seabiosrommodify
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+#  helper script: run "make menuconfig" on config(s) to modify them
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015, 2016 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the working directory is the root
+# of libreboot_src or git
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+payload="seabios"
+configpath="resources/libreboot/config/${payload}"
+
+hackconfig () {
+	board="${1}"
+    cbrevision="$(cat ${configpath}/${board}/cbrevision)"
+    vbootrevision="$(cat ${configpath}/${board}/vbootrevision)"
+(
+    cd "coreboot/${cbrevision}/${cbrevision}/"
+    git checkout ${payload}_${board}
+    (
+        cd "3rdparty/vboot/"
+        git checkout ${payload}_${board}
+    )
+
+	printf "Modifying config for %s (%s payload)\n" "${board}" "${payload}"
+	sleep 2
+
+	if [ ! -d "../../../${configpath}/${board}/" ]; then
+		printf "build/config/seabiosmodify WARNING: config '%s' does not exist. Skipping.\n" "${board}"
+        git checkout master
+        (
+            cd "3rdparty/vboot/"
+            git checkout master
+        )
+		return
+	fi
+	
+	mv "../../../${configpath}/${board}/config" ".config"
+	make menuconfig
+	mv ".config" "../../../${configpath}/${board}/config"
+
+    git checkout master
+    (
+        cd "3rdparty/vboot/"
+        git checkout master
+    )
+)
+}
+
+if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
+	for config in ${configpath}/*; do hackconfig "${config##*/}"; done
+else
+	for config in "${@}"; do hackconfig "${config}"; done
+fi
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/config/seabiosromreplace b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/config/seabiosromreplace
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..75453553
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/config/seabiosromreplace
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+#  helper script: run "make menuconfig" on config(s) to replace them
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015, 2016 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the working directory is the root
+# of libreboot_src or git
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+payload="seabios"
+configpath="resources/libreboot/config/${payload}"
+
+hackconfig () {
+	board="${1}"
+    cbrevision="$(cat ${configpath}/${board}/cbrevision)"
+    vbootrevision="$(cat ${configpath}/${board}/vbootrevision)"
+(
+    cd "coreboot/${cbrevision}/${cbrevision}/"
+    git checkout ${payload}_${board}
+    (
+        cd "3rdparty/vboot/"
+        git checkout ${payload}_${board}
+    )
+
+	printf "Replacing or creating new config for %s (%s payload)\n" "${board}" "${payload}"
+	sleep 2
+	
+	make menuconfig
+
+	[ ! -d "../../../${configpath}/${board}/" ] && mkdir -p "../../../${configpath}/${board}/"
+	mv ".config" "../../../${configpath}/${board}/config"
+
+    git checkout master
+    (
+        cd "3rdparty/vboot/"
+        git checkout master
+    )
+)
+}
+
+if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
+	for config in ${configpath}/*; do hackconfig "${config##*/}"; done
+else
+	for config in "${@}"; do hackconfig "${config}"; done
+fi
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/config/seabiosromupdate b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/config/seabiosromupdate
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..1dc4673e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/config/seabiosromupdate
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+#  helper script: run "make oldconfig" on all coreboot config files
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015, 2016 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the working directory is the root
+# of libreboot_src or git
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+payload="seabios"
+configpath="resources/libreboot/config/${payload}"
+
+hackconfig () {
+	board="${1}"
+    cbrevision="$(cat ${configpath}/${board}/cbrevision)"
+    vbootrevision="$(cat ${configpath}/${board}/vbootrevision)"
+(
+    cd "coreboot/${cbrevision}/${cbrevision}/"
+    git checkout ${payload}_${board}
+    (
+        cd "3rdparty/vboot/"
+        git checkout ${payload}_${board}
+    )
+
+	printf "Updating config for %s (%s payload)\n" "${board}" "${payload}"
+	sleep 2
+
+	if [ ! -d "../../../${configpath}/${board}/" ]; then
+		printf "build/config/seabiosupdate WARNING: config '%s' does not exist. Skipping.\n" "${board}"
+        git checkout master
+        (
+            cd "3rdparty/vboot/"
+            git checkout master
+        )
+		return
+	fi
+	
+	mv "../../../${configpath}/${board}/config" ".config"
+	make oldconfig
+	mv ".config" "../../../${configpath}/${board}/config"
+
+    git checkout master
+    (
+        cd "3rdparty/vboot/"
+        git checkout master
+    )
+)
+}
+
+if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
+	for config in ${configpath}/*; do hackconfig "${config##*/}"; done
+else
+	for config in "${@}"; do hackconfig "${config}"; done
+fi
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/config/seabiosupdate b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/config/seabiosupdate
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..17b0204b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/config/seabiosupdate
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+#  helper script: update the seabios config
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the working directory is the root
+# of libreboot_src or git
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+(
+cd seabios/
+
+for cfgtype in config config_vga; do
+
+    printf "doing config %s\n" "${cfgtype}"
+    sleep 2
+
+    if [ -f ../resources/seabios/config/${cfgtype} ]; then
+	    cp ../resources/seabios/config/${cfgtype} .config
+    	make oldconfig
+    	mv .config ../resources/seabios/config/${cfgtype}
+    fi
+
+done
+)
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/dependencies/parabola b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/dependencies/parabola
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..44052418
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/dependencies/parabola
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#  helper script: installs build dependencies for Parabola
+
+# this script is based on the script for Trisquel 7
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#	Copyright (C) 2015 Klemens Nanni <klemens@posteo.de>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+if [ $EUID -ne 0 ]; then
+   printf "This script must be run as root\n" 
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+# Duplications are intentional. Please do not re-factor.
+#
+# This is so that they can moved to separate scripts.
+#
+
+pacman -S --needed wget
+
+# For downloading source code
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+printf "Source Code: In order to download the it, git is needed\n"
+pacman -S --needed git
+
+# For building the documentation
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+pacman -S --needed pandoc texi2html
+
+# For building source code:
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+printf "Building Source Code: development packages\n"
+pacman -S --needed base-devel libstdc++5
+
+pacman -S arm-none-eabi-gcc
+
+pacman -S --needed libpciaccess
+
+[ "$(uname -i)" = x86_64 ] || [ "$(uname -m)" = x86_64 ]
+arch=${?}
+
+# For cross-compiling i686 target on x86_64 host.
+if [ "${arch}" -eq 0 ]; then
+	printf "Cross-Compiling: You are running on 64-bit architecture, however 32-bit libraries are needed\n"
+	pacman -Sl multilib &>/dev/null || (printf "You must enable the multilib repository in /etc/pacman.conf first\n"; exit 1)
+	pacman -S --needed gcc-multilib gcc-libs-multilib lib32-libltdl lib32-libpciaccess lib32-libstdc++5 lib32-glibc lib32-fakeroot
+fi
+
+# Memtest86+ build dependencies
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# pacman -S --needed base-devel
+
+# i945-pwm build dependencies
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# pacman -S base-devel
+
+# Coreboot build dependencies (also requires build-essential and git)
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+printf "Coreboot: Ncurses for menuconfig and a few other tools\n"
+pacman -S ncurses doxygen iasl gdb flex bison
+# pacman -S git base-devel
+
+# For cross-compiling i686 target on x86_64 host.
+if [ "${arch}" -eq 0 ]; then
+	printf "Cross-Compiling: You are running on 64-bit architecture, however 32-bit libraries are needed\n"
+	pacman -S --needed lib32-ncurses
+fi
+
+# GRUB2 build dependencies (also requires build-essential, bison and flex)
+# pacman -S --needed base-devel bison flex
+
+printf "GRUB: Fonts, (crypto) filesystem support, automake, etc.\n"
+pacman -S --needed autogen m4 autoconf help2man freetype2 automake fuse fuse-exfat xz gawk device-mapper libtool python
+pacman -S --needed bdf-unifont # trying this, otherwise there was an error. I'll try AUR if this won't work.
+
+# BucTS build dependencies (external script)
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# pacman -S --needed base-devel
+
+# Flashrom build dependencies (also requires build-essential)
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+printf "Flashrom: Your external programmer will be most probably using PCI bus, FTDI chips need additional libraries\n"
+pacman -S --needed pciutils zlib libftdi libftdi-compat 
+# pacman -S --needed base-devel
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/dependencies/trisquel7 b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/dependencies/trisquel7
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..56184b61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/dependencies/trisquel7
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# for_trisquel7 script: installs build dependencies for Trisquel 7
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+if [ $EUID -ne 0 ]; then
+   printf "This script must be run as root\n" 
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+# Duplications are intentional. Please do not re-factor.
+#
+# This is so that they can moved to separate scripts.
+#
+
+apt-get -y install wget
+
+# For downloading source code
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+apt-get -y install git
+
+# For building the documentation
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+apt-get -y install pandoc texi2html texinfo texlive
+
+# For building source code:
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+apt-get -y install build-essential
+
+# for cross-compiling ARM binaries
+apt-get -y install gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi
+
+[ "$(uname -i)" = x86_64 ] || [ "$(uname -m)" = x86_64 ]
+arch=${?}
+
+# For cross-compiling i686 target on x86_64 host.
+if [ "${arch}" -eq 0 ];	then
+	apt-get -y install gcc-multilib libc6-i386 libc6-dev-i386
+	apt-get -y install lib32stdc++6 g++-multilib dh-autoreconf
+	# recommended, but not sure what for:
+	apt-get -y install lib32tinfo-dev texi2html
+fi
+
+# Memtest86+ build dependencies
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+apt-get -y install build-essential
+
+# i945-pwm build dependencies
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+apt-get -y install build-essential
+
+# Coreboot build dependencies (also requires build-essential and git)
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+apt-get -y install libncurses5-dev doxygen iasl gdb flex bison build-essential git libssl-dev
+
+# For cross-compiling i686 target on x86_64 host.
+[ "${arch}" -eq 0 ] && apt-get -y install lib32ncurses5-dev
+
+# GRUB build dependencies (also requires build-essential, bison and flex)
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+apt-get -y install ttf-unifont libopts25 libselinux1-dev autogen m4 autoconf help2man libopts25-dev libfont-freetype-perl automake autotools-dev build-essential bison flex libfuse-dev liblzma-dev gawk libdevmapper-dev libtool libfreetype6-dev
+
+# BucTS build dependencies (external script)
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+apt-get -y install build-essential
+
+# Flashrom build dependencies (also requires build-essential)
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+apt-get -y install libpci-dev pciutils zlib1g-dev libftdi-dev build-essential libusb-1.0-0-dev libusb-1.0
+
+# For cross-compiling i686 target on x86_64 host.
+[ "${arch}" -eq 0 ] && apt-get -y install lib32z1-dev
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/docs/.master b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/docs/.master
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..4c861353
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/docs/.master
@@ -0,0 +1,275 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+#
+# Libreboot documentation build script
+
+# The function index() borrows from gendocs.sh, part of gnulib, the
+# GNU Portability Library (https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/). The
+# objective is to generate a html document which indexes the libreboot
+# documentation in its various formats.
+#
+# index() does not assume a certain set of formats have been
+# generated. It generates the index based on which files are located
+# in $man_dir.
+
+# INITIALIZATION #
+##################
+
+# Initialization for manual directory
+[ -d docs/manual ] || mkdir docs/manual
+
+# Initialization for building manuals
+pkgname="libreboot"
+name=$(basename $1) # Always defined; users do not execute directly
+constants="docs/constants.texi"
+man_dir="docs/manual/"
+texinfo_src="docs/libreboot.texi"
+resources_dir="docs/resources" # for including in html tar.gz
+css_path=""  # TODO: add css?
+
+# Default variables
+prefix="resources/"
+preprefix="../"
+make_cmd="makeinfo"
+comp_cmd="gzip -f -9 -c"
+c_ext=".gz"
+meta_type="man"
+type="reg"
+is_html="no"
+make_opts=""
+use_install=""
+
+# Initialization for generating eps images
+images_path="docs/resources/images"
+
+# Initialization for making index.html
+template_dir="docs/templates/"
+pkg_title="GNU Libreboot manual"
+pkg_email="example@libreboot.org" # sample
+pkg_name="libreboot"
+cur_date=`date '+%B %d, %Y'`
+
+# In case users try to build more than one format at once.
+if [ $# -gt 2 ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Only one docs format can be built at once."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+case "$2" in
+    "w")
+	meta_type="web";;
+    "")
+	:;; # This is the normal usage case
+    *)
+       	echo "ERROR: Only one docs format can be built at once."
+	echo "If you are building html files for the libreboot website, use:"
+	echo "\$ ./build docs <html-type> w"
+	exit 1;;
+esac
+
+### FUNCTIONS ####
+##################
+
+set_constants()
+{
+    echo "@set docsdir $1" > $constants
+    echo "@set useinstall $2" >> $constants
+}
+
+check_eps()
+{
+    printf "INFO: Checking if jpgs have been converted to eps... "
+    for i in $(find $images_path); do
+	tdir_name=$(dirname $i)
+	tfile_name=$(basename ${i,,})
+	tfile_ext=${tfile_name##*.}
+	tfile_base=$(basename -s .jpg ${i,,})
+
+	if [ $tfile_ext = "jpg" ] && [ ! -e "${tdir_name}/${tfile_base}.eps" ]; then
+	    printf "converting ${i} >>>\n           ${tdir_name}/${tfile_base}.eps ...\n\n"
+	    convert $i eps2:${tdir_name}/${tfile_base}.eps # using eps2 reduces file size
+	fi
+    done
+    printf "Done.\n"
+}
+
+# FUNCTION COPIED FROM gendocs.sh
+# Return size of $1 in something resembling kilobytes.
+calcsize()
+{
+  size=`ls -ksl $1 | awk '{print $1}'`
+  echo $size
+}
+
+# Concatenation function called by index
+concat_index()
+{
+    if [ -e $man_dir$1 ]; then
+	if [ -d $man_dir$1 ]; then
+	    echo "<li><a href=\"$1/index.html\">$2</a>$3</li>" >> "${man_dir}index.html"
+	else
+	    echo "<li><a href=\"$1\">$2</a>$3</li>" >> "${man_dir}index.html"
+	fi
+    fi
+}
+
+# Main index function
+build_index()
+{
+    sed \
+      -e "s!%%TITLE%%!$pkg_title!g" \
+      -e "s!%%PACKAGE%%!$pkg_name!g" \
+      -e "s!%%DATE%%!$cur_date!g" \
+    ${template_dir}gendocs_template_header >"${man_dir}index.html"
+
+    for i in $(ls $man_dir); do
+	[ -d $man_dir$i ] || size=`calcsize "${man_dir}${i}"`
+	case $i in
+	    ${pkg_name}.dvi.gz)
+		dvi_gz_size=$size;;
+	    ${pkg_name}_by-node.tar.gz)
+		html_node_tgz_size=$size;;
+	    ${pkg_name}_by-section.tar.gz)
+		html_section_tgz_size=$size;;
+	    ${pkg_name}_one-page.html)
+		html_mono_size=$size;;
+	    ${pkg_name}_one-page.tar.gz)
+		html_mono_gz_size=$size;;
+	    ${pkg_name}.info.gz)
+		info_gz_size=$size;;
+	    ${pkg_name}.pdf)
+		pdf_size=$size;;
+	    ${pkg_name}.pdf.gz)
+		pdf_gz_size=$size;;
+	    ${pkg_name}.ps.gz)
+		ps_gz_size=$size;;
+	    ${pkg_name}.txt)
+		plaintext_size=$size;;
+	    ${pkg_name}.txt.gz)
+		plaintext_gz_size=$size;;
+	    ${pkg_name}.texi.gz)
+		texinfo_gz_size=$size;;
+	    *)
+		:;;
+	esac
+    done
+
+    concat_index "${pkg_name}_one-page.html" "HTML (${html_mono_size}K bytes)" " - entirely on one web page."
+    concat_index "${pkg_name}_by-node" "HTML" " - with one web page per node."
+    concat_index "${pkg_name}_by-section" "HTML" " - with one web page per section."
+    concat_index "${pkg_name}_one-page.tar.gz" "HTML compressed (${html_mono_gz_size}K gzipped tar file)" " - entirely on one web page."
+    concat_index "${pkg_name}_by-node.tar.gz" "HTML compressed (${html_node_tgz_size}K gzipped tar file)" " - with one web page per node."
+    concat_index "${pkg_name}_by-section.tar.gz" "HTML compressed (${html_section_tgz_size}K gzipped tar file)" " - with one web page per section."
+    concat_index "${pkg_name}.info.gz" "Info document (${info_gz_size}K bytes gzipped)."
+    concat_index "${pkg_name}.txt" "ASCII text (${plaintext_size}K bytes)."
+    concat_index "${pkg_name}.txt.gz" "ASCII text compressed (${plaintext_gz_size}K bytes gzipped)."
+    concat_index "${pkg_name}.dvi.gz" "TeX dvi file (${dvi_gz_size}K bytes gzipped)."
+    concat_index "${pkg_name}.pdf" "PDF file (${pdf_size}K bytes)."
+    concat_index "${pkg_name}.pdf.gz" "PDF file compressed (${pdf_gz_size}K bytes gzipped)."
+    concat_index "${pkg_name}.ps.gz" "Postscript file compressed (${ps_gz_size}K bytes gzipped)."
+    concat_index "${pkg_name}.texi.gz" "Texinfo source (${texinfo_gz_size}K bytes gzipped)."
+
+    sed -e "s!%%EMAIL%%!$pkg_email!g" ${template_dir}gendocs_template_footer >>"$man_dir/index.html"
+}
+
+#### OPTIONS #####
+##################
+
+# options to makeinfo/texi2dvi and file names
+case "$name" in
+    "dvi")
+	check_eps
+	make_opts="-q -c -e -o"
+	type="tex"
+	basefile="${pkgname}.dvi";;
+    "html")
+	type="dir"
+	is_html="yes"
+	make_opts="--html --no-warn --split=node --css-include=$css_path -o"
+	basefile="${pkgname}_by-node";;
+    "html-by-section")
+	type="dir"
+	is_html="yes"
+	make_opts="--html --no-warn --split=section --css-include=$css_path -o"
+	basefile="${pkgname}_by-section";;
+    "html-one-page")
+	is_html="yes"
+	make_opts="--html --no-warn --no-split --css-include=$css_path -o"
+	basefile="${pkgname}_one-page.html";;
+    "info")
+	make_opts="--no-warn --no-split -o"
+	basefile="${pkgname}.info";;
+    "pdf")
+	type="tex"
+	make_opts="-q -c -e -p -o"
+	basefile="${pkgname}.pdf";;
+    "plaintext")
+	make_opts="--no-warn --no-split --plaintext -o"
+	basefile="${pkgname}.txt";;
+    "postscript")
+	check_eps
+	make_opts="-q -c -e --ps -o"
+	type="tex"
+	basefile="${pkgname}.ps";; 
+    "texinfo-gz")
+	basefile="${pkgname}.texi"
+	type="texi";;
+esac
+
+# split html and pdf/postscript need special paths to resources
+case "$type" in
+    "dir")
+	preprefix="../../";;
+    "tex")
+	preprefix=""
+	make_cmd="texi2dvi";;
+esac
+
+# compress html using tar
+if [ $is_html = "yes" ]; then
+    comp_cmd="tar czf"
+    c_ext=".tar.gz"
+fi
+
+# set up special paths for web mode
+if [ $meta_type = "web" ]; then
+    if [ $is_html = "yes" ]; then
+	echo "INFO: Using web mode for $name"
+	prefix="docs/"
+	use_install="install/"
+    else
+	echo "WARNING: Using web mode has no effect for non-html output."
+    fi
+fi
+
+# write pathnames (prefixes) to file
+set_constants "$preprefix$prefix" "$use_install"
+
+outfile="$man_dir$basefile"
+
+###### MAIN ######
+##################
+if [ $type = "texi" ]; then 
+    echo "Making compressed manual: $outfile$c_ext..."
+    gzip -f -9 -c $texinfo_src > $outfile$c_ext
+
+else # The normal case
+    echo "Writing manual: $outfile..."
+    $make_cmd $make_opts $outfile $texinfo_src
+    
+    # Don't compress anything if in web mode
+    if [ ! $meta_type = "web" ]; then
+	echo "Making compressed manual: ${outfile%\.html}$c_ext..."
+	# tar and gzip have different usages
+	if [ $is_html = "yes" ]; then
+	    # Include resources in html tar archives, but not .eps
+	    # and remove .html extension for html-one-page
+	    $comp_cmd ${outfile%\.html}$c_ext $outfile $resources_dir --exclude=*eps
+	else 
+	    $comp_cmd $outfile > $outfile$c_ext
+	fi
+	echo "Building index..."
+	build_index # TODO: when building all, do this only once
+    fi
+fi
+
+echo "Done."
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/docs/dvi b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/docs/dvi
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c6f6fe0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/docs/dvi
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+./build docs .master $0 $@
+
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/docs/html b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/docs/html
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c6f6fe0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/docs/html
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+./build docs .master $0 $@
+
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/docs/html-by-section b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/docs/html-by-section
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c6f6fe0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/docs/html-by-section
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+./build docs .master $0 $@
+
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/docs/html-one-page b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/docs/html-one-page
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c6f6fe0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/docs/html-one-page
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+./build docs .master $0 $@
+
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/docs/info b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/docs/info
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c6f6fe0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/docs/info
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+./build docs .master $0 $@
+
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/docs/pdf b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/docs/pdf
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c6f6fe0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/docs/pdf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+./build docs .master $0 $@
+
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/docs/plaintext b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/docs/plaintext
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c6f6fe0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/docs/plaintext
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+./build docs .master $0 $@
+
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/docs/postscript b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/docs/postscript
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c6f6fe0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/docs/postscript
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+./build docs .master $0 $@
+
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/docs/texinfo-gz b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/docs/texinfo-gz
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c6f6fe0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/docs/texinfo-gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+./build docs .master $0 $@
+
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/bucts b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/bucts
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..152c3e30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/bucts
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#  helper script: builds bucts source code
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#	Copyright (C) 2015 Klemens Nanni <contact@autoboot.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the working directory is the root
+# of libreboot_src or git
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+if [ -z ${NPROC+x} ]; then
+    cores="$(nproc)"
+else
+    case ${NPROC} in
+        ''|*[!0-9]*)
+            printf "value '%s' for NPROC is invalid. non-numeric. Exiting.\n" "${NPROC}"
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+    cores="${NPROC}"
+fi
+
+# Build BUC.TS utility (needed for flashing ROM images on X60/T60 while Lenovo BIOS is running)
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+printf "Building bucts\n"
+
+cd "bucts/"
+
+buildtype="unknown"
+if (( $# != 1 )); then
+	buildtype="dynamic"
+else
+	buildtype="static"
+fi
+
+if [ "${buildtype}" = "static" ]; then
+	patch "Makefile" < "../resources/bucts/patch/staticlink.diff"
+fi
+
+make clean
+make -j${cores}
+
+if [ "${buildtype}" = "static" ]; then
+	patch "Makefile" -R < "../resources/bucts/patch/staticlink.diff"
+fi
+
+# done. go back to main directory
+cd "../"
+
+printf "\n\n"
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/coreboot b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/coreboot
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..f934f003
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/coreboot
@@ -0,0 +1,207 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#  helper script: builds the dependencies that coreboot needs before building a ROM image
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015, 2016 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#	Copyright (C) 2015 Klemens Nanni <contact@autoboot.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the working directory is the root
+# of git or release archive
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+HOMEDIR=$(pwd)
+
+# Build utilities needed in coreboot directory
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+printf "Building the utilities in coreboot\n"
+
+# build coreboot utilities (in each revision) and
+# create symlinks to the crossgcc archive
+for payload in $HOMEDIR/coreboot/*; do
+	for board in "${payload}/"*; do
+
+	# cbfstool, cbmem, nvramtool
+	for util in {cbfs,nvram}tool cbmem; do
+        if [ "${util}" = "cbfstool" ]; then
+            sed -i '/.*fmd_scanner.o.*-Wno-unused-function$/ s/$/ -Wno-sign-compare/'  "${board}"/util/cbfstool/Makefile.inc
+        fi
+		make -BC "${board}/util/${util}"
+	done
+	# create symlink to crossgcc
+	(
+
+	ln -fs $HOMEDIR/crossgcc/util/crossgcc/ ${board}/util/crossgcc
+	)
+
+	done
+done
+
+for payloads in $HOMEDIR/resources/libreboot/config/*; do
+
+	if [ ! -d "${payloads}/" ]; then
+		continue
+	fi
+
+	payload="${payloads##*/}"
+
+	for boardconfig in $HOMEDIR/resources/libreboot/config/${payload}/*; do
+
+		if [ ! -d "${boardconfig}/" ]; then
+			continue
+		fi
+
+		boardname="${boardconfig##*/}"
+		cbrevision=$(cat "${boardconfig}/cbrevision")
+		vbootrevision=$(cat "${boardconfig}/vbootrevision")
+
+		reused_coreboot_patches="$HOMEDIR/resources/libreboot/patch/coreboot/${cbrevision}/${payload}/${boardname}/reused.list"
+		reused_vboot_patches="$HOMEDIR/resources/libreboot/patch/vboot/${vbootrevision}/${payload}/${boardname}/reused.list"
+		for reused_patches in "${reused_coreboot_patches}" "${reused_vboot_patches}"; do
+			if [ -f "${reused_patches}" ]; then
+				for patch in $(cat "${reused_patches}"); do
+					if [ ! -f "./${patch}" ]; then
+						printf "%s listed in %s does not exist\n" "${patch}" "${reused_patches}"
+						exit 1
+					fi
+				done
+			fi
+		done
+
+	done
+done
+
+# sanity check (check for invalid paths in the reused.list patch lists before proceeding)
+# in ascending filename order, apply patches from a directory
+apply_patches_from_directory() {
+	patch_directory="${1}" # directory containing the patch files
+
+	if [ -d "${patch_directory}" ]; then
+		for patch in ${patch_directory}/*.patch;  do
+
+			if [ "${patch##*/}" = "*.patch" ]; then # oh so ugly
+				continue # ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly
+			fi # most hideous thing you've ever seen
+
+			git am "${patch}" || continue
+		done
+	fi
+}
+# files listed in the file (if found) are absolute paths, relative to the root of the libreboot src directory
+# the file lists patches patches that should be applied
+apply_patches_from_file() {
+	patch_list="${1}" # file listing the paths to all the patches
+	libreboot_src_root="${2}" # path to the root of the libreboot_src directory
+
+	if [ -f "${patch_list}" ]; then
+		for patchname in $(cat "${patch_list}"); do
+			git am "${libreboot_src_root}/${patchname}" || continue
+		done
+	fi
+}
+
+create_branch() {
+	branchname="${1}"
+    git branch ${branchname}
+    git checkout ${branchname}
+    git checkout master
+}
+
+# use git-init on everything
+# this is so that we can then apply patche
+# for these revisions of vboot and coreboot
+for i in $HOMEDIR/coreboot/*; do
+    if [ ! -d "${i}/" ]; then
+        continue
+    fi
+    for revision in ${i}/*; do
+        if [ ! -d "${revision}/" ]; then
+            continue
+        fi
+        (
+        cd "${revision}/"
+        rm -rf .git
+        git init
+        git add -A .
+        git commit -m "coreboot revision ${revision##*/}"
+        cd "3rdparty/vboot/"
+        rm -rf .git
+        git init
+        git add -A .
+        git commit -m "coreboot revision ${revision##*/}"
+        )
+    done
+done
+
+for payloads in $HOMEDIR/resources/libreboot/config/*; do
+
+	if [ ! -d "${payloads}/" ]; then
+		continue
+	fi
+
+	payload="${payloads##*/}"
+
+	for boardconfig in $HOMEDIR/resources/libreboot/config/${payload}/*; do
+
+		if [ ! -d "${boardconfig}/" ]; then
+			continue
+		fi
+
+		boardname="${boardconfig##*/}"
+		cbrevision=$(cat "${boardconfig}/cbrevision")
+		vbootrevision=$(cat "${boardconfig}/vbootrevision")
+        branchname="${payload}_${boardname}"
+
+        # the same vboot revision is always used for coreboot revision,
+        # so we don't need to wworry about checking for that here
+
+		# patch that version
+		(
+
+			cd "$HOMEDIR/coreboot/${cbrevision}/${cbrevision}/"
+			create_branch ${branchname}
+
+            git checkout ${branchname}
+
+			# apply patches (coreboot, common to all systems using this revision)
+			apply_patches_from_directory "$HOMEDIR/resources/libreboot/patch/common/coreboot/${cbrevision}"
+			# apply patches re-used from other boards, before applying main patches (common patches for similar boards)
+			apply_patches_from_file "$HOMEDIR/resources/libreboot/patch/coreboot/${cbrevision}/${payload}/${boardname}/reused.list" ../../..
+			# apply patches (coreboot, machine-specific for this revision)
+			apply_patches_from_directory "$HOMEDIR/resources/libreboot/patch/coreboot/${cbrevision}/${payload}/${boardname}"
+
+            git checkout master
+
+			cd "3rdparty/vboot/"
+			# reset to known revision (vboot)
+			create_branch ${branchname}
+
+            git checkout ${branchname}
+
+			# apply patches (vboot, common to all systems using this revision)
+			apply_patches_from_directory "$HOMEDIR/resources/libreboot/patch/common/vboot/${vbootrevision}"
+			# apply patches re-used from other boards, before applying main patches (common patches for similar boards)
+			apply_patches_from_file "$HOMEDIR/resources/libreboot/patch/vboot/${vbootrevision}/${payload}/${boardname}/reused.list" ../../../../..
+			# apply patches (vboot, machine-specific for this revision)
+			apply_patches_from_directory "$HOMEDIR/resources/libreboot/patch/vboot/${vbootrevision}/${payload}/${boardname}"
+
+            git checkout master
+
+		)
+	done
+done
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/crossgcc b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/crossgcc
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..a88427fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/crossgcc
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#  helper script: builds crossgcc, needed by coreboot's build system
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2016 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the working directory is the root
+# of git or release archive
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+if [ -z ${NPROC+x} ]; then
+    cores="$(nproc)"
+else
+    case ${NPROC} in
+        ''|*[!0-9]*)
+            printf "value '%s' for NPROC is invalid. non-numeric. Exiting.\n" "${NPROC}"
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+    cores="${NPROC}"
+fi
+
+(
+cd "crossgcc/"
+for architecture in i386 arm; do
+    make crossgcc-${architecture} CPUS=${cores}
+done
+)
+
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/flashrom b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/flashrom
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..7ed79fcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/flashrom
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#  helper script: builds flashrom source code
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#	Copyright (C) 2015 Klemens Nanni <contact@autoboot.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the working directory is the root
+# of git or release archive
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+if [ -z ${NPROC+x} ]; then
+    cores="$(nproc)"
+else
+    case ${NPROC} in
+        ''|*[!0-9]*)
+            printf "value '%s' for NPROC is invalid. non-numeric. Exiting.\n" "${NPROC}"
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+    cores="${NPROC}"
+fi
+
+# Build "flashrom" (utility for flashing/dumping ROMs)
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+printf "Building flashrom\n"
+
+cd "flashrom/"
+
+make clean
+if (( $# != 1 )); then
+	make -j${cores}
+else
+	if [ "${1}" = "static" ]; then
+		make SHARED=0 CC='gcc -static' -j${cores} CONFIG_ENABLE_LIBUSB1_PROGRAMMERS=no
+	else
+		make -j${cores} CONFIG_ENABLE_LIBUSB1_PROGRAMMERS=no
+	fi
+fi
+
+mv "flashrom" "flashrom_normal"
+
+# build patched binaries for MX25L1605D and SST25VF016B flash chips
+# - these patches are needed for initial installation on an X60 or T60
+# - these patches are for people who have lenovo bios running
+for patchname in "lenovobios_macronix" "lenovobios_sst"
+do
+	# first remove the existing build
+	rm -f "flashrom_${patchname}"
+	
+	# backup the unpatched flashchips.c (it will be patched)
+	cp "flashchips.c" "flashchips.c_"
+	# patch flashchips.c
+	patch "flashchips.c" < "../resources/flashrom/patch/${patchname}.diff"
+	
+	make clean
+	if (( $# != 1 )); then
+		make -j${cores} CONFIG_ENABLE_LIBUSB1_PROGRAMMERS=no
+	else
+		if [ "${1}" = "static" ]; then
+			make SHARED=0 CC='gcc -static' -j${cores} CONFIG_ENABLE_LIBUSB1_PROGRAMMERS=no
+		else
+			make -j${cores} CONFIG_ENABLE_LIBUSB1_PROGRAMMERS=no
+		fi
+	fi
+	
+	# Rename the binary based on the patch name
+	mv "flashrom" "flashrom_${patchname}"
+	
+	# restore unpatched flashchips.c
+	rm -f "flashchips.c"
+	mv "flashchips.c_" "flashchips.c"
+done
+
+mv "flashrom_normal" "flashrom"
+
+cd "../"
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/grub b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/grub
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c663777c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/grub
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#  helper script: builds GRUB2 source code
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#   Copyright (C) 2015, 2016 Klemens Nanni <contact@autoboot.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the working directory is the root
+# of git or release archive
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+if [ -z ${NPROC+x} ]; then
+    cores="$(nproc)"
+else
+    case ${NPROC} in
+        ''|*[!0-9]*)
+            printf "value '%s' for NPROC is invalid. non-numeric. Exiting.\n" "${NPROC}"
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+    cores="${NPROC}"
+fi
+
+# Build GRUB2 as coreboot payload
+
+printf "Building GRUB\n"
+
+# use a subshell to not end up in grub/ in case of build issues
+(
+cd grub/
+
+# clean up first
+[ -d Makefile ] && make distclean
+
+# build
+./autogen.sh
+./configure --with-platform=coreboot
+make -j${cores}
+)
+
+# Also build SeaBIOS, which we use with GRUB to make SeaGRUB
+./build module seabios
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/i945pwm b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/i945pwm
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..730d8e69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/i945pwm
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#  helper script: builds i945-pwm source code
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#	Copyright (C) 2015 Klemens Nanni <contact@autoboot.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the working directory is the root
+# of libreboot_src or git
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+# Build i945-pwm utility
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+printf "Building i945-pwm\n"
+
+cd "resources/utilities/i945-pwm/"
+
+make clean
+# build it
+make
+
+# done. go back to main directory
+cd "../../../"
+
+printf "\n\n"
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/ich9deblob b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/ich9deblob
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..255e22bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/ich9deblob
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#  helper script: builds ich9deblob source code
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#	Copyright (C) 2015 Klemens Nanni <contact@autoboot.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the working directory is the root
+# of libreboot_src or git
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+# Build ich9deblob utility
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+printf "Building ich9deblob\n"
+
+cd "resources/utilities/ich9deblob/"
+
+# clean it first
+make clean
+
+# build ich9deblob
+make
+
+# done. go back to main directory
+cd "../../../"
+
+printf "\n\n"
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/memtest86plus b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/memtest86plus
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..db664457
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/memtest86plus
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#  helper script: builds memtest86+ source code
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#	Copyright (C) 2015 Klemens Nanni <contact@autoboot.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the working directory is the root
+# of git or release archive
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+# Build MemTest86+ payload
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+printf "Building MemTest86+\n"
+
+make -BC memtest86plus
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/seabios b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/seabios
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..2dd436c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/seabios
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#  helper script: builds SeaBIOS source code
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2015 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the working directory is the root
+# of libreboot_src or git
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+# Build SeaBIOS
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+printf "Building SeaBIOS\n"
+
+cd seabios/
+
+cp ../resources/seabios/config/config .config
+
+# clean it first
+[[ -f Makefile ]] && make clean
+
+# build SeaBIOS
+make
+
+mv "out/bios.bin.elf" ../
+
+printf "\n\n"
+
+rm -f .config
+
+make distclean
+
+cp ../resources/seabios/config/config_vga .config
+
+make
+rm -f .config
+
+mv out/bios.bin.elf out/bios.bin.vga.elf
+mv ../bios.bin.elf out/
+
+# done. go back to main directory
+cd ../
+
+# ------------------- DONE ----------------------
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/release/roms b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/release/roms
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..4c165ea0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/release/roms
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+#  helper script: generate the ROM image release archives
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2015 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#	Copyright (C) 2015 Patrick "P. J." McDermott <pj@pehjota.net>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+if [ ! -d bin/ ]; then
+	printf "build/release/roms: no bin/ directory exists. (you haven't built any images)\n"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -f "version" ]; then
+	# _src release archive is being used
+	version="$(cat version)"
+	versiondate="$(cat versiondate)"
+else
+	# git repo is being used
+	version="$(git describe --tags HEAD)"
+	versiondate="$(git show -s --format=%ct)"
+fi
+versiondir="release/oldbuildsystem/${version}"
+romdir="${versiondir}/rom"
+distname="libreboot_${version}"
+
+printf 'Building ROM image release archives for...\n'
+
+cd "bin/"
+
+for payload in *; do
+
+	[ ! -d "../${romdir}/${payload}/" ] && mkdir -p "../${romdir}/${payload}/"
+
+	cd "${payload}/"
+	
+	for board in *; do
+
+		archivename="${distname}_${payload}_${board}"
+
+		printf '...%s' "${payload}/${board}"
+
+		# Delete the old archive
+		rm -f "../../${romdir}/${payload}/${distname}_${board}.tar.xz"
+
+		cp -R "${board}/" "${archivename}/"
+
+		# this has to be done before generating
+		# the "version" file
+		if [ ! -f "version" ]; then
+			# generate ChangeLog and NEWS files
+			rm -f "ChangeLog" "NEWS"
+			git log > "${archivename}/ChangeLog"
+			cp "${archivename}/ChangeLog" "${archivename}/NEWS"
+		else
+			# building from release archive
+			cp "ChangeLog" "${archivename}/"
+			cp "NEWS" "${archivename}/"
+		fi
+
+        if [ -f "../../RELEASE" ]; then
+            rm -f "${archivename}/ChangeLog"
+            rm -f "${archivename}/NEWS"
+            cp "../../RELEASE" "${archivename}/ChangeLog"
+            cp "../../RELEASE" "${archivename}/NEWS"
+        fi
+
+		# Put the version string in the archive.
+		printf '%s\n' "${version}" >"${archivename}/version"
+		# Put the version date string in the archive
+		printf '%s\n' "${versiondate}" >"${archivename}/versiondate"
+
+		# Create the compressed archive.
+		tar -c "${archivename}/" | xz -9e >"../../${romdir}/${payload}/${archivename}.tar.xz"
+
+		rm -Rf "${archivename:?}/"
+
+		printf ' OK\n'
+		
+	done
+	
+	cd "../"
+	
+done
+
+cd "../"
+
+printf 'ROM image release archives are stored in %s/\n' "${romdir}"
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/release/sha512sums b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/release/sha512sums
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..11967acb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/release/sha512sums
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+#  helper script: create sha512sum file for the current snapshot
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2015 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+if [ -f "version" ]; then
+	# _src release archive is being used
+	version="$(cat version)"
+	versiondate="$(cat versiondate)"
+else
+	# git repo is being used
+	version="$(git describe --tags HEAD)"
+	versiondate="$(git show -s --format=%ct)"
+fi
+versiondir="release/oldbuildsystem/${version}"
+sha512filename="SHA512SUMS"
+sha512filepath="${versiondir}/${sha512filename}"
+
+if [ ! -d "${versiondir}/" ]; then
+
+	printf "build/release/sha512sums: directory %s/ does not exist. You haven't generated any archives yet.\n" "${versiondir}"
+	exit 1
+
+fi
+
+# delete the old file
+rm -f "${sha512filepath}"
+
+# create sha512sum file
+printf "Creating list of SHA512 sums in %s...\n" "${sha512filepath}"
+(cd "${versiondir}/" && for file in $(find -type f); do sha512sum "${file}" >> "${sha512filename}"; done)
+printf "...done.\n"
+
+printf "\n"
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/release/src b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/release/src
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..0fde6899
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/release/src
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+#  helper script: generate the source release archive
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#	Copyright (C) 2015 Patrick "P. J." McDermott <pj@pehjota.net>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+printf 'Building the source release archive\n'
+
+if [ -f "version" ]; then
+	# _src release archive is being used
+	version="$(cat version)"
+	versiondate="$(cat versiondate)"
+else
+	# git repo is being used
+	version="$(git describe --tags HEAD)"
+	versiondate="$(git show -s --format=%ct)"
+fi
+versiondir="release/oldbuildsystem/${version}"
+distname="libreboot_${version}_src"
+distdir="${versiondir}/${distname}"
+
+printf 'Deleting old source release archives\n'
+rm -f "${distdir}.tar.xz"
+rm -Rf "${distdir:?}/"
+
+mkdir -p "${distdir}/"
+
+printf 'Copying sources to %s/\n' "${distdir}"
+for resource in *; do
+	if [ "${resource}" = "release" ]; then
+		continue
+	fi
+	cp -R "${resource}" "${distdir}/"
+done
+
+# this has to be done before generating
+# the "version" file
+if [ ! -f "version" ]; then
+	# generate ChangeLog and NEWS files
+	rm -f "ChangeLog" "NEWS"
+	git log > "${distdir}/ChangeLog"
+	cp "${distdir}/ChangeLog" "${distdir}/NEWS"
+else
+	# building from release archive
+	cp "ChangeLog" "${distdir}/"
+	cp "NEWS" "${distdir}/"
+fi
+
+if [ -f "RELEASE" ]; then
+    rm -f "${distdir}/ChangeLog"
+    rm -f "${distdir}/NEWS"
+    cp "RELEASE" "${distdir}/ChangeLog"
+    cp "RELEASE" "${distdir}/NEWS"
+fi
+
+# include version information
+printf '%s\n' "${version}" >"${distdir}/version"
+# include version date information
+printf '%s\n' "${versiondate}" >"${distdir}/versiondate"
+
+printf 'Cleaning files in %s/\n' "${distdir}"
+
+# Clean old builds.
+(cd "${distdir}/" && ./build clean all)
+printf '\n'
+
+# Delete Git repositories and properties and Subversion administrative
+# directories and properties.
+rm -Rf "${distdir}/bucts/".git*
+rm -Rf "${distdir}/flashrom/".git*
+rm -Rf "${distdir}/grub/".git*
+rm -Rf "${distdir}/depthcharge/".git*
+rm -Rf "${distdir}/seabios/".git*
+
+rm -f "${distdir}"/*.vim
+
+# Delete useless files.
+rm -Rf "${distdir}/TODO/"
+rm -f "${distdir}/push"
+
+# Delete the deblob scripts.
+# Since the source archive doesn't distribute the download scripts and already
+# comes with a deblobbed coreboot, the deblobbing scripts aren't needed at all.
+rm -Rf "${distdir}/resources/utilities/coreboot-libre/"
+
+# Download scripts not needed, because the modules already exist
+# in the src release archive
+rm -f "${distdir}/download"
+rm -Rf "${distdir}/resources/scripts/helpers/download/"
+
+# Other patches aren't needed in the release, either
+rm -Rf "${distdir}/resources/depthcharge/patch/"
+rm -Rf "${distdir}/resources/grub/patch/"
+rm -Rf "${distdir}/resources/memtest86plus/patch/"
+
+# ich9deblob: There are certain files in there that the user most likely does
+# not want to share.
+rm -f "${distdir}/resources/utilities/ich9deblob/"*.bin
+rm -f "${distdir}/resources/utilities/ich9deblob/"*.rom
+rm -f "${distdir}/resources/utilities/ich9deblob/mk"*.[ch]
+rm -f "${distdir}/mk"*.[ch]
+rm -f "${distdir}/"*.bin
+rm -f "${distdir}/"*.rom
+
+# Remove any GRUB payload ELF executables that may exist
+rm -f "${distdir}/resources/utilities/grub-assemble/grub_txtmode.elf"
+rm -f "${distdir}/resources/utilities/grub-assemble/grub_vesafb.elf"
+
+printf 'Creating %s.tar.xz\n' "${distdir}"
+(cd "${versiondir}/" && tar -c "${distname}/" | xz -9e >"${distname}.tar.xz")
+
+rm -Rf "${distdir:?}/"
+
+printf 'Source release archive is stored in %s/\n' "${versiondir}"
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/release/tobuild b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/release/tobuild
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..bdf6ca77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/release/tobuild
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#  helper: prepare a small source archive for those utils
+#  that don't easily cross-compile. Then the tarball can be extracted
+#  on those systems with the target architecture, and compiled.
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+if [ -f "version" ]; then
+	# _src release archive is being used
+	version="$(cat version)"
+	versiondate="$(cat versiondate)"
+else
+	# git repo is being used
+	version="$(git describe --tags HEAD)"
+	versiondate="$(git show -s --format=%ct)"
+fi
+versiondir="release/oldbuildsystem/${version}"
+distname="libreboot_${version}_tobuild"
+distdir="${versiondir}/${distname}"
+
+printf "Creating source archive for flashrom and bucts\n"
+
+# delete the old data
+rm -Rf "${distdir:?}/"
+rm -f "${distdir}.tar.xz"
+
+# this is where they will go
+mkdir -p "${distdir}/"
+
+# flashrom
+cp -R "flashrom/" "${distdir}/"
+rm -f "${distdir}/flashrom/flashrom_lenovobios_sst"
+rm -f "${distdir}/flashrom/flashrom_lenovobios_macronix"
+(cd "${distdir}/flashrom/" && make clean)
+mkdir -p "${distdir}/resources/flashrom/"
+cp -R "resources/flashrom/patch/" "${distdir}/resources/flashrom/"
+
+# bucts
+cp -R "bucts/" "${distdir}/"
+(cd "${distdir}/bucts/" && make clean)
+mkdir -p "${distdir}/resources/bucts/"
+cp -R "resources/bucts/patch/" "${distdir}/resources/bucts/"
+
+# the build script will be needed
+cp build "${distdir}/"
+# needed build scripts (helpers)
+mkdir -p "${distdir}/resources/scripts/helpers/build/"
+mkdir -p "${distdir}/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/"
+mkdir -p "${distdir}/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/"
+cp "resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/bucts" "${distdir}/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/"
+cp "resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/flashrom" "${distdir}/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/"
+cp "resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/bucts" "${distdir}/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/"
+cp "resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/flashrom" "${distdir}/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/"
+cp "resources/scripts/misc/powertop.trisquel7" "${distdir}/"
+
+# this has to be done before generating
+# the "version" file
+if [ ! -f "version" ]; then
+	# generate ChangeLog and NEWS files
+	rm -f "ChangeLog" "NEWS"
+	git log > "${distdir}/ChangeLog"
+	cp "${distdir}/ChangeLog" "${distdir}/NEWS"
+else
+	# building from release archive
+	cp "ChangeLog" "${distdir}/"
+	cp "NEWS" "${distdir}/"
+fi
+
+if [ -f "RELEASE" ]; then
+    rm -f "${distdir}/ChangeLog"
+    rm -f "${distdir}/NEWS"
+    cp "RELEASE" "${distdir}/ChangeLog"
+    cp "RELEASE" "${distdir}/NEWS"
+fi
+
+# include version information
+printf '%s\n' "${version}" >"${distdir}/version"
+# include version date information
+printf '%s\n' "${versiondate}" >"${distdir}/versiondate"
+
+# that is all. now tar it up
+(cd "${versiondir}/" && tar -c "${distname}/" | xz -9e >"${distname}.tar.xz")
+
+# and delete the directory
+rm -Rf "${distdir:?}/"
+
+printf "\n"
+printf "Tar archive created: %s\n" "${distdir}.tar.xz"
+printf "NOTE: don't forget to add ARM binaries for flashrom.\n"
+printf "NOTE: don't forget to add i386 binaries for flashrom/bucts.\n"
+printf "The archive %s.tar.xz has been created with everything needed to build these utilities.\n\n" "${distname}"
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/release/util b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/release/util
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..7dcfa28b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/release/util
@@ -0,0 +1,250 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+#  helper script: generate the release archives
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015, 2016 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the current working directory when running
+# it is the root directory of the libreboot git repository clone.
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+arch="unknown"
+if [ "$(uname -i)" = "i686" ] || [ "$(uname -m)" = "i686" ]
+	then
+		arch="i686"
+		echo "Running on i686. ok."
+		sleep 2
+elif [ "$(uname -i)" = "x86_64" ] || [ "$(uname -m)" = "x86_64" ]
+	then
+		arch="x86_64"
+		echo "Running on x86_64. ok."
+		sleep 2
+else
+	echo "This script must be run on an i686 or x86_64 host. x86_64 is recommended."
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -f "version" ]; then
+	# _src release archive is being used
+	version="$(cat version)"
+	versiondate="$(cat versiondate)"
+else
+	# git repo is being used
+	version="$(git describe --tags HEAD)"
+	versiondate="$(git show -s --format=%ct)"
+fi
+versiondir="release/oldbuildsystem/${version}"
+distname="libreboot_${version}_util"
+distdir="${versiondir}/${distname}"
+
+printf "Creating utility archive (static executables)\n"
+
+# delete the old data
+rm -Rf "${distdir:?}/"
+rm -f "${distdir}.tar.xz"
+
+# this is where they will go
+mkdir -p "${distdir}/"
+
+# this has to be done before generating
+# the "version" file
+if [ ! -f "version" ]; then
+	# generate ChangeLog and NEWS files
+	rm -f "ChangeLog" "NEWS"
+	git log > "${distdir}/ChangeLog"
+	cp "${distdir}/ChangeLog" "${distdir}/NEWS"
+else
+	# building from release archive
+	cp "ChangeLog" "${distdir}/"
+	cp "NEWS" "${distdir}/"
+fi
+
+if [ -f "RELEASE" ]; then
+    rm -f "${distdir}/ChangeLog"
+    rm -f "${distdir}/NEWS"
+    cp "RELEASE" "${distdir}/ChangeLog"
+    cp "RELEASE" "${distdir}/NEWS"
+fi
+
+# include version information
+printf '%s\n' "${version}" >"${distdir}/version"
+# include version date information
+printf '%s\n' "${versiondate}" >"${distdir}/versiondate"
+
+# --------------
+# BUC.TS related
+# --------------
+# X60/T60: BUC.TS utility is needed to flash libreboot while Lenovo BIOS is running
+# Include it statically compiled
+cp -R "bucts" "bucts_/"
+# make it statically compile
+./build module bucts static
+mkdir -p "${distdir}/bucts/${arch}/"
+mv "bucts/bucts" "${distdir}/bucts/${arch}/"
+rm -Rf "bucts/"
+mv "bucts_/" "bucts/"
+
+# ----------------
+# Flashrom related
+# ----------------
+# Flashrom is used to install libreboot on supported targets
+# Include it statically compiled
+cp -R "flashrom/" "flashrom_/"
+# make it statically compile
+./build module flashrom static
+mkdir -p "${distdir}/flashrom/${arch}/"
+mv "flashrom/flashrom" "${distdir}/flashrom/${arch}/"
+mv "flashrom/flashrom_lenovobios_sst" "${distdir}/flashrom/${arch}/"
+mv "flashrom/flashrom_lenovobios_macronix" "${distdir}/flashrom/${arch}/"
+rm -Rf "flashrom/"
+mv "flashrom_/" "flashrom/"
+
+ # ----------------
+# cbfstool related
+# ----------------
+# build cbfstool, compiled (statically linked) and include the binary
+
+mkdir -p "${distdir}/cbfstool/${arch}/"
+
+cd "crossgcc/util/"
+cp -R "cbfstool" "cbfstool_/"
+cd "cbfstool/"
+sed -i '/.*fmd_scanner.o.*-Wno-unused-function$/ s/$/ -Wno-sign-compare/'  Makefile.inc # build fix for latest flex version
+make clean
+make SHARED=0 CC='gcc -static'
+
+mv "cbfstool" "../../../${distdir}/cbfstool/${arch}/"
+
+if [ "${arch}" = "x86_64" ]
+       then
+               # Now build 32-bit binaries
+               make clean
+               make SHARED=0 CC='gcc -static -m32'
+               mkdir "../../../${distdir}/cbfstool/i686"
+               mv "cbfstool" "../../../${distdir}/cbfstool/i686/"
+fi
+
+# cross-compile for ARM
+make clean
+make SHARED=0 CC='arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc -static'
+mkdir "../../../${distdir}/cbfstool/armv7l/"
+mv "cbfstool" "../../../${distdir}/cbfstool/armv7l/"
+
+cd ../
+rm -Rf "cbfstool/"
+mv "cbfstool_/" "cbfstool/"
+cd ../../
+
+
+# ----------------
+# ich9deblob related
+# ----------------
+# build ich9deblob, compiled (statically linked) and include the binary
+
+mkdir -p "${distdir}/ich9deblob/${arch}"
+
+cd "resources/utilities/"
+cp -R "ich9deblob" "ich9deblob_/"
+cd "ich9deblob/"
+make clean
+make SHARED=0 CC='gcc -static'
+
+mv "ich9deblob" "../../../${distdir}/ich9deblob/${arch}/"
+mv "ich9gen" "../../../${distdir}/ich9deblob/${arch}/"
+mv "demefactory" "../../../${distdir}/ich9deblob/${arch}/"
+
+if [ "${arch}" = "x86_64" ]
+	then
+		# Now build 32-bit binaries
+		make clean
+		make SHARED=0 CC='gcc -static -m32'
+		mkdir "../../../${distdir}/ich9deblob/i686/"
+		mv "ich9deblob" "../../../${distdir}/ich9deblob/i686/"
+		mv "ich9gen" "../../../${distdir}/ich9deblob/i686/"
+		mv "demefactory" "../../../${distdir}/ich9deblob/i686/"
+fi
+
+# cross-compile for ARM
+make clean
+make SHARED=0 CC='arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc -static'
+mkdir "../../../${distdir}/ich9deblob/armv7l"
+mv "ich9deblob" "../../../${distdir}/ich9deblob/armv7l/"
+mv "ich9gen" "../../../${distdir}/ich9deblob/armv7l/"
+mv "demefactory" "../../../${distdir}/ich9deblob/armv7l/"
+
+cd "../"
+rm -Rf "ich9deblob/"
+mv "ich9deblob_/" "ich9deblob/"
+cd "../../"
+
+# -----------------
+# nvramtool related
+# -----------------
+# build nvramtool, compiled (statically linked) and include the binary
+cd "crossgcc/util/"
+cp -R "nvramtool/" "nvramtool_/"
+cd "nvramtool/"
+make clean
+make SHARED=0 CC='gcc -static'
+
+mkdir -p "../../../${distdir}/nvramtool/${arch}/"
+
+mv "nvramtool" "../../../${distdir}/nvramtool/${arch}/"
+
+if [ "${arch}" = "x86_64" ]
+       then
+               # Now build 32-bit binaries
+               make clean
+               make SHARED=0 CC='gcc -static -m32'
+               mkdir "../../../${distdir}/nvramtool/i686/"
+               mv "nvramtool" "../../../${distdir}/nvramtool/i686/"
+fi
+
+cd "../"
+rm -Rf "nvramtool/"
+mv "nvramtool_/" "nvramtool/"
+cd "../../"
+
+# -------------
+# Miscellaneous
+# -------------
+
+# Flashing script
+cp "flash" "${distdir}/"
+
+# powertop script
+cp "resources/scripts/misc/powertop.trisquel7" "${distdir}/"
+
+printf "\n\n"
+
+# ### Create the release tarballs
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+printf "Compressing %s/ into %s.tar.xz\n" "${distdir}" "${distdir}.tar.xz"
+# create lzma compressed util archive
+(cd "${versiondir}/" && tar -c "${distname}/" | xz -9e >"${distname}.tar.xz")
+
+printf "done\n\n"
+
+# ### Delete the uncompressed release directories
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# The uncompressed archives are no longer needed
+rm -Rf "${distdir:?}/"
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/roms/withdepthcharge b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/roms/withdepthcharge
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..1df97a23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/roms/withdepthcharge
@@ -0,0 +1,207 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#  helper script: build ROM images with depthcharge and put them in ./bin/
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015, 2016 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#	Copyright (C) 2015 Paul Kocialkowski <contact@paulk.fr>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the working directory is the
+# root of libreboot_src or libreboot git.
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+if [ -z ${NPROC+x} ]; then
+	cores="$(nproc)"
+else
+	case ${NPROC} in
+		''|*[!0-9]*)
+			printf "value '%s' for NPROC is invalid. non-numeric. Exiting.\n" "${NPROC}"
+			exit 1
+			;;
+	esac
+	cores="${NPROC}"
+fi
+
+printf "Building ROM images with the depthcharge payload\n"
+
+if [ ! -d "bin/" ]
+then
+	mkdir "bin/"
+fi
+
+if [ -f "version" ]; then
+	# _src release archive is being used
+	version="$(cat "version")"
+else
+	# git repo is being used
+	version="$(git describe --tags HEAD)" # note: in libreboot, coreboot/.git doesn't exist, this uses libreboot .git
+fi
+
+# Build libpayload
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+buildlibpayload() {
+	family="${1}"
+	board="${2}"
+	cbrevision="${3}"
+	vbootrevision="${4}"
+
+	( 
+		cd "coreboot/${cbrevision}/${cbrevision}/"
+		git checkout depthcharge_${board}
+
+		(
+			cd "3rdparty/vboot/"
+			git checkout depthcharge_${board}
+		)
+
+		cd "payloads/libpayload/"
+
+		make distclean
+		rm -Rf "install/"
+
+		make KBUILD_DEFCONFIG="configs/config.$family" defconfig
+		make -j${cores}
+		make DESTDIR="install" install
+
+		cd "../../"
+		git checkout master
+		cd "3rdparty/vboot/"
+		git checkout master
+	)
+}
+
+# Build depthcharge
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+builddepthcharge() {
+	board="${1}"
+	cbrevision="${2}"
+	vbootrevision="${3}"
+
+	(
+		(
+			cd "coreboot/${cbrevision}/${cbrevision}/"
+			git checkout depthcharge_${board}
+
+			cd "3rdparty/vboot/"
+			git checkout depthcharge_${board}
+		)
+
+		cd "depthcharge/"
+
+		make distclean
+		rm -f "../coreboot/${cbrevision:?}/${cbrevision:?}/payload.elf"
+
+		make BOARD="${board}" defconfig
+		make BOARD="${board}" LIBPAYLOAD_DIR="$(pwd)/../coreboot/${cbrevision}/${cbrevision}/payloads/libpayload/install/libpayload" VB_SOURCE="$(pwd)/../coreboot/${cbrevision}/${cbrevision}/3rdparty/vboot" -j${cores} depthcharge_unified
+
+		cp "build/depthcharge.elf" "../coreboot/${cbrevision}/${cbrevision}/payload.elf"
+
+		cd "../coreboot/${cbrevision}/${cbrevision}/"
+		git checkout master
+
+		cd "3rdparty/vboot/"
+		git checkout master
+	)
+}
+
+# Build coreboot
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+buildcoreboot() {
+	board="${1}"
+	cbrevision="${2}"
+	vbootrevision="${3}"
+
+	(
+		cd "coreboot/${cbrevision}/${cbrevision}"
+		git checkout depthcharge_${board}
+
+		(
+			cd "3rdparty/vboot/"
+			git checkout depthcharge_${board}
+		)
+
+		make distclean
+		rm -f ".coreboot-version"
+		rm -f *.img
+
+		printf 'libreboot-%s' "${version}" > "ro-frid"
+		printf 'libreboot-%s\n' "${version}" > ".coreboot-version" # needed for reproducible builds in coreboot
+
+		make KBUILD_DEFCONFIG="$(pwd)/../../../resources/libreboot/config/depthcharge/${board}/config" defconfig
+		make -j${cores}
+
+		cbfs_size=$( grep CONFIG_CBFS_SIZE ".config" | sed "s/.*[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*//g" )
+		cbfs_size=$( printf "%d\n" "${cbfs_size}" )
+		cbfs_size=$(( $cbfs_size / 1024 ))
+
+		dd if="build/coreboot.rom" of="coreboot.img" bs=1024 count="${cbfs_size}"
+
+		objcopy -I binary -O binary --pad-to=0x100 --gap-fill=0x00 "ro-frid" "ro-frid.img"
+
+		# prepare directory for new images
+		rm -Rf "${board:?}/"
+		mkdir "${board}/"
+		# move the images into the newly created directory
+		mv "coreboot.img" "${board}/"
+		mv "ro-frid.img" "${board}/"
+		# copy the scripts too
+		cp "../../../resources/libreboot/install/depthcharge/cros-flash-replace" "${board}/"
+		cp "../../../resources/libreboot/install/depthcharge/${board}/layout.txt" "${board}/"
+		# delete the old images from ../bin
+		rm -Rf "../../../bin/depthcharge/${board}/"
+		# now put the new images in ./bin/depthcharge/
+		[ ! -d "../../../bin/depthcharge/" ] && mkdir -p "../../../bin/depthcharge/"
+		mv "${board}/" "../../../bin/depthcharge/"
+
+		# clean this up
+		rm -f "payload.elf"
+		rm -f *.img
+
+		git checkout master
+
+		cd "3rdparty/vboot/"
+		git checkout master
+	)
+}
+
+# Build ROM images for supported boards
+buildrom() {
+	board="${1}"
+	cbrevision="$(cat resources/libreboot/config/depthcharge/${board}/cbrevision)"
+	vbootrevision="$(cat resources/libreboot/config/depthcharge/${board}/vbootrevision)"
+
+	if [ -f "resources/libreboot/config/depthcharge/${board}/config" ]; then
+		family=$( echo ${board} |sed "s/_.*//g" )
+
+		buildlibpayload "${family}" "${board}" "${cbrevision}" "${vbootrevision}"
+		builddepthcharge "${board}" "${cbrevision}" "${vbootrevision}" 
+		buildcoreboot "${board}" "${cbrevision}" "${vbootrevision}"
+	fi
+}
+
+if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
+	for board in "${@}"; do
+		buildrom "${board}"
+	done
+else
+	for board in resources/libreboot/config/depthcharge/*; do
+		buildrom "${board##*/}"
+	done
+fi
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/roms/withgrub b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/roms/withgrub
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..be2fbc49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/roms/withgrub
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+#  helper script: build ROM images with SeaGRUB and put them in ./bin/
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015, 2016 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#	Copyright (C) 2015 Klemens Nanni <contact@autoboot.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the working directory is the root
+# of git or release archive
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+printf "Building ROM images with the GRUB payload\n"
+
+# The GRUB files should be deleted first
+rm -f "coreboot/grub"*.{elf,cfg}
+rm -f "coreboot/"*/*/grub*.{elf,cfg}
+
+[ -d bin ] || mkdir "bin/"
+
+# Put GRUB payloads and config files
+# in the coreboot directory, ready for next step
+(
+cd "coreboot/"
+for romtype in txtmode vesafb; do
+	cd ../resources/utilities/grub-assemble
+	./gen.sh ${romtype}
+	rm -f "../../../coreboot/grub_${romtype}.elf"
+	mv "grub_${romtype}.elf" "../../../coreboot/"
+	cd "../../../coreboot"
+
+	# GRUB configuration files
+	for keylayout in ../resources/utilities/grub-assemble/keymap/original/*; do
+		keymap="${keylayout##*/}"
+		cat ../resources/grub/config/extra/{common,"${romtype}"}.cfg > "grub_${keymap}_${romtype}.cfg"
+		printf "keymap %s\n" "${keymap}" >> "grub_${keymap}_${romtype}.cfg"
+		cat ../resources/grub/config/menuentries/{common,"${romtype}"}.cfg >> "grub_${keymap}_${romtype}.cfg"
+		# grubtest.cfg should be able to switch back to grub.cfg
+		sed "s/grubtest.cfg/grub.cfg/" < "grub_${keymap}_${romtype}.cfg" > "grub_${keymap}_${romtype}_test.cfg"
+	done
+done
+)
+
+# Build ROM images for supported boards
+buildrom() {
+	board="$1"
+	if [ -f "resources/libreboot/config/grub/${board}/config" ]; then
+		./build roms withgrub_helper "${board}"
+	fi
+}
+
+if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
+	for board in "${@}"; do
+		buildrom "${board}"
+	done
+else
+	for board in resources/libreboot/config/grub/*; do
+		buildrom "${board##*/}"
+	done
+fi
+
+# Needed on i945 systems for the bucts/dd trick (documented)
+# This enables the ROM to be flashed over the lenovo bios firmware
+for i945board in "x60" "t60"
+do
+	if [ -d "bin/grub/${i945board}/" ]; then
+		cd "bin/grub/${i945board}/"
+		for i945rom in *
+		do
+			dd if="${i945rom}" of=top64k.bin bs=1 skip=$[$(stat -c %s "${i945rom}") - 0x10000] count=64k
+			dd if=top64k.bin of="${i945rom}" bs=1 seek=$[$(stat -c %s "${i945rom}") - 0x20000] count=64k conv=notrunc
+			rm -f top64k.bin
+		done
+		cd "../../../"
+	fi
+done
+
+# Build the deblobbed descriptor+gbe regions for GM45/ICH9M targets.
+# Then put them in the ROM images.
+if [ -d "bin/grub/" ]; then
+	cd "bin/grub/"
+	for board in "x200" "r400" "t400" "t500"
+	do
+		for romsize in "4m" "8m" "16m"
+		do	
+			if [ -d "${board}_${romsize}b/" ]; then
+				cd "${board}_${romsize}b/"
+				if [ -f "../../../gm45macaddress" ]; then
+					../../../resources/utilities/ich9deblob/ich9gen --macaddress $(cat ../../../gm45macaddress)
+				else
+					../../../resources/utilities/ich9deblob/ich9gen
+				fi
+				for rom in *.rom
+				do
+					dd if="ich9fdgbe_${romsize}.bin" of="${rom}" bs=1 count=12k conv=notrunc
+				done
+				rm -f "ich9fd"*.bin "mk"*.[ch]
+				cd "../"
+			fi
+		done
+	done
+	cd ../../
+fi
+
+# The GRUB files are no longer needed
+rm -f "coreboot/"*.{elf,cfg}
+rm -f "coreboot/"*/*/*.{elf,cfg}
+
+printf "\n\n"
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/roms/withgrub_helper b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/roms/withgrub_helper
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d974eeca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/roms/withgrub_helper
@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#  helper script: create ROM images for a given system, with SeaGRUB
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015, 2016 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#	Copyright (C) 2015 Klemens Nanni <contact@autoboot.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the working directory is the root
+# of git or release archive
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+if [ -z ${NPROC+x} ]; then
+    cores="$(nproc)"
+else
+    case ${NPROC} in
+        ''|*[!0-9]*)
+            printf "value '%s' for NPROC is invalid. non-numeric. Exiting.\n" "${NPROC}"
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+    cores="${NPROC}"
+fi
+
+if (( $# != 1 )); then
+	printf "Usage: ./buildrom-withgrub boardname\n"
+	printf "Example: ./buildrom-withgrub x60\n"
+	printf "You need to specify exactly 1 argument\n"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+boardtarget="${1}"
+
+if [ -f "version" ]; then
+	# release archive is being used
+	version="$(cat version)"
+else
+	# git repo is being used
+	version="$(git describe --tags HEAD)"
+fi
+
+printf "GRUB Helper script: build ROM images for '%s'\n" "${boardtarget}"
+
+(
+cbrevision="$(cat resources/libreboot/config/grub/${boardtarget}/cbrevision)"
+vbootrevision="$(cat resources/libreboot/config/grub/${boardtarget}/vbootrevision)"
+branchname="grub_${boardtarget}"
+
+cd "coreboot/${cbrevision}/${cbrevision}/"
+git checkout ${branchname}
+(
+    cd "3rdparty/vboot/"
+    git checkout ${branchname}
+)
+
+# Make sure to remove these first
+rm -f *.{elf,cfg}
+
+printf 'libreboot-%s\n' "${version}" > ".coreboot-version" # needed for reproducible builds in coreboot
+
+# Build ROM images with text-mode and corebootfb modes.
+
+if [ "${boardtarget}" = "qemu_i440fx_piix4" ] || [ "${boardtarget}" = "qemu_q35_ich9" ]
+then
+	# assume that the default config enable framebuffer mode, duplicate and patch for text-mode
+	# necessary, otherwise it will ask you to enter the Y/X resolution of the framebuffer at build time
+	cp "../../../resources/libreboot/config/grub/${boardtarget}/config" "config_vesafb"
+	sed 's/CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_KEEP_VESA_MODE=y/# CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_KEEP_VESA_MODE is not set/' < "config_vesafb" > "config_txtmode"
+else
+	# assume that the default config enables text-mode, duplicate and patch for framebuffer mode
+	cp "../../../resources/libreboot/config/grub/${boardtarget}/config" "config_txtmode"
+	sed 's/# CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_KEEP_VESA_MODE is not set/CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_KEEP_VESA_MODE=y/' < "config_txtmode" > "config_vesafb"
+fi
+
+for romtype in txtmode vesafb
+do
+	if [ "${boardtarget}" = "kgpe-d16" ] || [ "${boardtarget}" = "ga-g41m-es2l" ] || [ "${boardtarget}" = "kcma-d8" ] || [ "${boardtarget}" = "d510mo" ]; then
+		if [ "${romtype}" = "vesafb" ]; then
+			printf "Only text-mode is reported to work on KGPE-D16, KCMA-D8, D510MO and ga-g41m-es2l\n"
+			printf "TODO: get tpearson to fix it\n"
+			continue
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	# Build coreboot ROM image
+	make clean
+	mv "config_${romtype}" ".config"
+	cp "../../grub_${romtype}.elf" "grub.elf"
+    if [ "${boardtarget}" = "d510mo" ] || [ "${boardtarget}" = "ga-g41m-es2l" ]; then
+        # Do not use SeaGRUB 
+        cp grub.elf payload.elf
+	    make -j${cores}
+        mv "build/coreboot.rom" "${boardtarget}_${romtype}.rom"
+
+        # We dont need seabios.elf anymore
+        rm -f "payload.elf"
+    else
+        # Use SeaGRUB
+        cp "../../../seabios/out/bios.bin.elf" "payload.elf"
+	    make -j${cores}
+
+	    mv "build/coreboot.rom" "${boardtarget}_${romtype}.rom"
+
+        # We dont need seabios.elf anymore
+         rm -f "payload.elf"
+        # Add the grub.elf to CBFS
+        ./util/cbfstool/cbfstool "${boardtarget}_${romtype}.rom" add-payload -c lzma -f grub.elf -n img/grub2
+
+        # Set bootorder so that seabios loads grub by default
+        printf "/rom@img/grub2\n" > bootorder
+        ./util/cbfstool/cbfstool "${boardtarget}_${romtype}.rom" add -f bootorder -n bootorder -t raw
+        rm -f bootorder
+
+        # Add 0s delay to seabios, so that the user is not burdened by seeing
+        # that horrible interface that seabios has
+        ./util/cbfstool/cbfstool "${boardtarget}_${romtype}.rom" add-int -i 0 -n etc/show-boot-menu || "already exists"
+
+        # keyboard spinup timeout
+       ./util/cbfstool/cbfstool "${boardtarget}_${romtype}.rom" remove -n etc/ps2-keyboard-spinup || printf "does not exist"
+       ./util/cbfstool/cbfstool "${boardtarget}_${romtype}.rom" add-int -i 3000 -n etc/ps2-keyboard-spinup || printf "already exists"
+    fi
+
+    printf "%s\n" "${version}" > lbversion
+    ./util/cbfstool/cbfstool "${boardtarget}_${romtype}.rom" add -f lbversion -n lbversion -t raw
+    rm -f "lbversion"
+
+    # we dont need that grub.elf now
+    rm -f "grub.elf"
+
+	# .config no longer needed
+	rm -f ".config"
+
+	# Add the background image
+	if [ "$romtype" = "vesafb" ]
+	then
+		if [ "$1" = "macbook21" ] || [ "$1" = "x200_4mb" ] || [ "$1" = "x200_8mb" ] || [ "$1" = "x200_16mb" ] || [ "$1" = "r400_4mb" ] || [ "$1" = "r400_8mb" ] || [ "$1" = "r400_16mb" ] || [ "$1" = "t400_4mb" ] || [ "$1" = "t400_8mb" ] || [ "$1" = "t400_16mb" ] || [ "$1" = "t500_4mb" ] || [ "$1" = "t500_8mb" ] || [ "$1" = "t500_16mb" ]
+		then
+			./util/cbfstool/cbfstool "${boardtarget}_${romtype}.rom" add -f ../../../resources/grub/background/gnulove.jpg -n background.jpg -t raw
+		else
+			./util/cbfstool/cbfstool "${boardtarget}_${romtype}.rom" add -f ../../../resources/grub/background/background.jpg -n background.jpg -t raw
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	# Add the correct GRUB configuration file for this image.
+	for keylayout in ../../../resources/utilities/grub-assemble/keymap/original/*
+	do
+		keymap="${keylayout##*/}"
+
+		# copy the images based on the keymap
+		cp "${boardtarget}_${romtype}.rom" "${boardtarget}_${keymap}_${romtype}.rom"
+
+		# Insert grub config into the image
+		./util/cbfstool/cbfstool "${boardtarget}_${keymap}_${romtype}.rom" add -f ../../"grub_${keymap}_${romtype}.cfg" -n grub.cfg -t raw
+		# Insert grub test config into the image (for the user to test modifications to before modifying the main one)
+		./util/cbfstool/cbfstool "${boardtarget}_${keymap}_${romtype}.rom" add -f ../../"grub_${keymap}_${romtype}_test.cfg" -n grubtest.cfg -t raw
+	done
+
+	# This config-less ROM is no longer needed
+	rm -f "${boardtarget}_${romtype}.rom"
+done
+
+# Clean up and prepare bin/ containing all ROM images
+
+# move ROM images into the newly created directory
+rm -Rf "${boardtarget:?}/"
+mkdir "${boardtarget}/"
+mv "${boardtarget}"*.rom "${boardtarget}/"
+
+# delete old ROM images
+rm -Rf "../../../bin/grub/${boardtarget}/"
+# put new ROM images in ../bin/grub/
+[ -d "../../../bin/grub/" ] || mkdir -p "../../../bin/grub/"
+mv "${boardtarget}/" "../../../bin/grub/"
+
+# version info file no longer needed
+rm -f ".coreboot-version"
+
+git checkout master
+(
+    cd "3rdparty/vboot/"
+    git checkout master
+)
+)
+
+printf "\n\n"
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/roms/withseabios b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/roms/withseabios
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..5b69c452
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/roms/withseabios
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+#  helper script: build ROM images with SeaBIOS and put them in ./bin/seabios/
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015, 2016 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#	Copyright (C) 2015 Klemens Nanni <contact@autoboot.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the working directory is the root
+# of git or release archive
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+printf "Building ROM images with the SeaBIOS payload\n"
+
+[ -d bin ] || mkdir "bin/"
+
+# Build ROM images for supported boards
+buildrom() {
+	board="$1"
+	if [ -f "resources/libreboot/config/seabios/${board}/config" ]; then
+		./build roms withseabios_helper "${board}"
+	fi
+}
+
+if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
+	for board in "${@}"; do
+		buildrom "${board}"
+	done
+else
+	for board in resources/libreboot/config/seabios/*; do
+		buildrom "${board##*/}"
+	done
+fi
+
+# The SeaBIOS files are no longer needed
+rm -f coreboot/*.{elf,cfg}
+rm -f coreboot/*/*/*.{elf,cfg}
+
+printf "\n\n"
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/roms/withseabios_helper b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/roms/withseabios_helper
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..56d03d65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/roms/withseabios_helper
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#  helper script: create ROM images for a given system, with SeaBIOS
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015, 2016 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#	Copyright (C) 2015 Klemens Nanni <contact@autoboot.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the working directory is the root
+# of git or release archive
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+if [ -z ${NPROC+x} ]; then
+    cores="$(nproc)"
+else
+    case ${NPROC} in
+        ''|*[!0-9]*)
+            printf "value '%s' for NPROC is invalid. non-numeric. Exiting.\n" "${NPROC}"
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+    cores="${NPROC}"
+fi
+
+if (( $# != 1 )); then
+	printf "Usage: ./buildrom-withseabios boardname\n"
+	printf "Example: ./buildrom-withseabios x60\n"
+	printf "You need to specify exactly 1 argument\n"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+boardtarget="${1}"
+
+if [ -f "version" ]; then
+	# release archive is being used
+	version="$(cat version)"
+else
+	# git repo is being used
+	version="$(git describe --tags HEAD)"
+fi
+
+printf "SeaBIOS Helper script: build ROM images for '%s'\n" "${boardtarget}"
+
+(
+cbrevision="$(cat resources/libreboot/config/seabios/${boardtarget}/cbrevision)"
+vbootrevision="$(cat resources/libreboot/config/seabios/${boardtarget}/vbootrevision)"
+branchname="seabios_${boardtarget}"
+
+cd "coreboot/${cbrevision}/${cbrevision}/"
+git checkout ${branchname}
+(
+    cd "3rdparty/vboot/"
+    git checkout ${branchname}
+)
+
+# Make sure to remove these first
+rm -f *{elf,cfg}
+
+printf 'libreboot-%s\n' "${version}" > ".coreboot-version" # needed for reproducible builds in coreboot
+
+# Build ROM images with text-mode and corebootfb modes.
+
+for romtype in txtmode vesafb
+do
+	if [ "${boardtarget}" = "kgpe-d16" ] || [ "${boardtarget}" = "kcma-d8" ] || [ "${boardtarget}" = "d945gclf" ]; then
+		if [ "${romtype}" = "vesafb" ]; then
+			printf "Only text-mode is reported to work on KGPE-D16, KCMA-D8, d945gclf\n"
+			continue
+		fi
+	fi
+
+    if [ "${boardtarget}" = "qemu_i440fx_piix4" ] || [ "${boardtarget}" = "qemu_q35_ich9" ]
+    then
+    	# assume that the default config enable framebuffer mode, duplicate and patch for text-mode
+    	# necessary, otherwise it will ask you to enter the Y/X resolution of the framebuffer at build time
+    	cp "../../../resources/libreboot/config/seabios/${boardtarget}/config" "config_vesafb"
+    	sed 's/CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_KEEP_VESA_MODE=y/# CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_KEEP_VESA_MODE is not set/' < "config_vesafb" > "config_txtmode"
+    else
+    	# assume that the default config enables text-mode, duplicate and patch for framebuffer mode
+    	cp "../../../resources/libreboot/config/seabios/${boardtarget}/config" "config_txtmode"
+    	sed 's/# CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_KEEP_VESA_MODE is not set/CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_KEEP_VESA_MODE=y/' < "config_txtmode" > "config_vesafb"
+    fi
+
+	# Build coreboot ROM image
+	make clean
+	cp "../../../seabios/out/bios.bin.vga.elf" "payload.elf"
+    mv "config_${romtype}" .config
+    make -j${cores}
+	rm -f "payload.elf"
+	mv "build/coreboot.rom" "${boardtarget}_${romtype}.rom"
+
+    # Now add SeaVGABIOS (SeaBIOS wrapper for coreboot native video init)
+    ./util/cbfstool/cbfstool "${boardtarget}_${romtype}.rom" add -f ../../../seabios/out/vgabios.bin -n vgaroms/vgabios.bin -t raw 
+
+	# .config no longer needed
+	rm -f ".config"
+done
+
+# Clean up and prepare bin/ containing all ROM images
+
+# move ROM images into the newly created directory
+rm -Rf "${boardtarget:?}/"
+mkdir "${boardtarget}/"
+mv "${boardtarget}"*.rom "${boardtarget}/"
+
+# delete old ROM images
+rm -Rf "../../../bin/seabios/${boardtarget}/"
+# put new ROM images in ../bin/grub/
+[ -d "../../../bin/seabios/" ] || mkdir -p "../../../bin/seabios/"
+mv "${boardtarget}/" "../../../bin/seabios/"
+
+# version info file no longer needed
+rm -f ".coreboot-version"
+
+git checkout master
+(
+    cd "3rdparty/vboot/"
+    git checkout master
+)
+)
+
+printf "\n\n"
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/download/bucts b/resources/scripts/helpers/download/bucts
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..e516ade8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/download/bucts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#  helper script: downloads bucts and patches it
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the working directory is the
+# root of libreboot_src or libreboot git.
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+# Get bucts and checkout last revision used
+
+# Remove the old version that may exist
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+printf "Downloading bucts\n"
+
+rm -Rf "bucts/"
+
+# Get bucts
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# download it using git
+git clone git://git.stuge.se/bucts.git
+
+# modifications are required
+cd "bucts/"
+
+# Reset to the last commit that was tested
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+printf "Patching bucts to not require git for building\n"
+git reset --hard dc27919d7a66a6e8685ce07c71aefa4f03ef7c07
+
+# Apply patches
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+git am "../resources/bucts/patch/0001-Makefile-don-t-use-git.patch"
+
+# we're done
+cd "../"
+
+printf "\n\n"
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/download/coreboot b/resources/scripts/helpers/download/coreboot
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..daa3b649
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/download/coreboot
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#  helper script: downloads coreboot and patches/deblobs it
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015, 2016 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#	Copyright (C) 2015 Paul Kocialkowski <contact@paulk.fr>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the working directory is the
+# root of libreboot_src or libreboot git.
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+if [ -f "version" ]; then
+	# _src release archive is being used
+	version="libreboot-$(cat version)"
+else
+	# git repo is being used
+	version="libreboot-$(git describe --tags HEAD)"
+fi
+
+make_coreboot_src_directory() {
+    payload="${1}"
+    cbrevision="${2}"
+    vbootrevision="${3}"
+    firmwarepath="${4}" # libreboot_src/coreboot/
+(
+    cd "${firmwarepath}/"
+    # copy coreboot directory there
+    rm -Rf "${payload:?}/${cbrevision:?}/"
+    if [ ! -d "${payload}/" ]; then
+        mkdir -p "${payload}/"
+    fi
+    cp -R "coreboot/" "${payload}/${cbrevision}/"
+
+    # We need to reset that revision of coreboot to the specified revision
+    cd "${payload}/${cbrevision}/"
+    git reset --hard ${cbrevision}
+
+    if [ "${vbootrevision}" != "no_vboot_revision" ]; then
+        # reset vboot revision. in practise, we always use the same
+        # vboot revision on all boards that use a given coreboot revision
+        cd "3rdparty/vboot/"
+        git reset --hard ${vbootrevision}
+    fi
+)
+}
+
+printf "Downloading coreboot, patching coreboot and deblobbing coreboot\n"
+
+# This grabs current base used, and applies patches
+# This is also used to run the deblob scripts.
+
+# Remove the old version that may exist
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+rm -Rf "coreboot/"
+
+mkdir "coreboot/"
+
+cd "coreboot/"
+
+# Get latest coreboot:
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# download it using git
+git clone https://review.coreboot.org/coreboot || git clone https://github.com/coreboot/coreboot.git
+
+# there are modifications required
+cd "coreboot/"
+
+# Define a common version (based on the libreboot version)
+# Most likely redundant, because the build system needs to update
+# this every time when building a ROM image anyway
+printf '%s\n' "${version}" >".coreboot-version"
+
+# vboot submodule is needed
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+git submodule update --init --checkout -- 3rdparty/vboot/
+
+# Create branches, with patches in each branch
+# Create separate coreboot source directories *for each board*
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+for payloads in ../../resources/libreboot/config/*; do
+
+	if [ ! -d "${payloads}/" ]; then
+		continue
+	fi
+
+	payload="${payloads##*/}"
+
+	for boardconfig in ../../resources/libreboot/config/${payload}/*; do
+
+		if [ ! -d "${boardconfig}/" ]; then
+			continue
+		fi
+
+		cbrevision=$(cat "${boardconfig}/cbrevision")
+		vbootrevision=$(cat "${boardconfig}/vbootrevision")
+
+        # the same vboot revision is always used for coreboot revision,
+        # so we don't need to wworry about checking for that here
+
+        if [ -d "../${cbrevision}/${cbrevision}" ]; then
+            continue
+            # the directory already exists, no need to recreate it
+        fi
+
+		make_coreboot_src_directory ${cbrevision} ${cbrevision} ${vbootrevision} ..
+	done
+done
+
+# go back to _src/coreboot/ (containing all coreboot directories)
+cd "../"
+# delete the gitted one (not needed anymore)
+rm -Rf "coreboot/"
+
+# Run coreboot-libre deblob scripts
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+printf "Deleting .git* in coreboot/ (history inside .git contains the blobs that were deleted)\n"
+rm -Rf */*/.git*
+rm -Rf */*/3rdparty/*/.git*
+
+# Delete crossgcc from non-crossgcc coreboot archives
+# (the build system will create symlinks later when building the ROM images)
+for payload in *; do
+	if [ "${payload##*/}" != "crossgcc" ]; then
+		rm -Rf ${payload:?}/*/util/crossgcc/
+	fi
+done
+cd "../"
+
+printf "Deblobbing coreboot\n"
+./resources/utilities/coreboot-libre/deblob
+
+printf "\n\n"
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/download/crossgcc b/resources/scripts/helpers/download/crossgcc
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..6b77917c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/download/crossgcc
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#  helper script: downloads crossgcc, for building coreboot
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2016 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the working directory is the
+# root of libreboot_src or libreboot git.
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+if [ -f "version" ]; then
+	# _src release archive is being used
+	version="libreboot-$(cat version)"
+else
+	# git repo is being used
+	version="libreboot-$(git describe --tags HEAD)"
+fi
+
+# coreboot revisios used for crossgcc
+crossgccrevision="00aa45391ddb22b5ac24151d54615ca1d89eb745"
+vbootrevision="d187cd3fc792f8bcefbee4587c83eafbd08441fc"
+
+rm -Rf "crossgcc/"
+(
+    git clone https://review.coreboot.org/coreboot crossgcc || git clone https://github.com/coreboot/coreboot.git crossgcc
+    cd "crossgcc/"
+    git reset --hard ${crossgccrevision}
+    git submodule update --init --checkout -- 3rdparty/vboot/
+    (
+        cd 3rdparty/vboot/
+        git reset --hard ${vbootrevision}
+    )
+    rm -Rf .git* */*/.git*
+)
+
+printf "Deblobbing coreboot\n"
+./resources/utilities/coreboot-libre/deblob
+
+
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/download/depthcharge b/resources/scripts/helpers/download/depthcharge
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..9827a346
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/download/depthcharge
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#  helper script: downloads depthcharge and patches it
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2015 Paul Kocialkowski <contact@paulk.fr>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the working directory is the
+# root of libreboot_src or libreboot git.
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+# Get depthcharge and patch it
+
+printf "Downloading depthcharge\n"
+
+rm -Rf "depthcharge/"
+
+# Get depthcharge
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# download depthcharge from git
+git clone https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/platform/depthcharge
+
+# enter the tree to patch it
+cd "depthcharge/"
+
+# reset to the latest previously tested revision
+git reset --hard 065ba14bc56c9044247fef6337d8f9e9a3055820
+
+# Patch depthcharge
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+printf "arm: armv7-a march abi flag for ARMv7 hardware\n"
+git am "../resources/depthcharge/patch/0001-arm-armv7-a-march-abi-flag-for-ARMv7-hardware.patch"
+
+printf "Coreboot image integration removal\n"
+git am "../resources/depthcharge/patch/0002-Coreboot-image-integration-removal.patch"
+
+printf "DOTCONFIG location correction\n"
+git am "../resources/depthcharge/patch/0003-DOTCONFIG-location-correction.patch"
+
+printf "Adaptation for a read-only boot path when no vboot handoff data is found\n"
+git am "../resources/depthcharge/patch/0004-Adaptation-for-a-read-only-boot-path-when-no-vboot-h.patch"
+
+printf "vboot: Only initialize cparams once\n"
+git am "../resources/depthcharge/patch/0005-vboot-Only-initialize-cparams-once.patch"
+
+printf "Proper firmware index report for read-only boot path\n"
+git am "../resources/depthcharge/patch/0006-Proper-firmware-index-report-for-read-only-boot-path.patch"
+
+printf "fdt: nonvolatile-context-storage report to mkbp for EC NV storage\n"
+git am "../resources/depthcharge/patch/0007-fdt-nonvolatile-context-storage-report-to-mkbp-for-E.patch"
+
+printf "vboot: Display callbacks for developer and recovery mode screens\n"
+git am "../resources/depthcharge/patch/0008-vboot-Display-callbacks-for-developer-and-recovery-m.patch"
+
+# leave the tree
+cd "../"
+
+printf "\n\n"
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/download/flashrom b/resources/scripts/helpers/download/flashrom
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..e7a58949
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/download/flashrom
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#  helper script: downloads flashrom and patches it
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the working directory is the
+# root of libreboot_src or libreboot git.
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+# Get flashrom at the last previously tested revision
+
+# Remove the old version that may still exist:
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+printf "Downloading flashrom\n"
+
+rm -Rf "flashrom/"
+
+# Get flashrom
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# download it using git
+git clone https://github.com/stefanct/flashrom.git
+
+(
+cd "flashrom/"
+
+# reset to known revision
+git checkout 0.9.9
+git reset --hard
+
+# Apply patches
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+printf "Enabling whitelist for X200S, X200 Tablet, T400, T500 and R400\n"
+git am "../resources/flashrom/patch/0001-New-laptops-whitelisted-ThinkPad-R400-and-ThinkPad-T.patch"
+
+printf "Enabling whitelist for Libiquity Taurinus X200\n"
+git am "../resources/flashrom/patch/0002-Add-whitelist-for-Taurinus-X200-laptop.patch"
+
+# Remove redundant definitions for the flash chips that
+# supported libreboot systems use. This removes the need
+# for the user to run with the "-c" argument on these systems
+printf "Patching flashchips.c to remove the redundant entries\n"
+git am "../resources/flashrom/patch/0003-purged-chips.patch"
+)
+
+printf "\n\n"
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/download/grub b/resources/scripts/helpers/download/grub
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d0d42817
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/download/grub
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#  helper script: Downloads GRUB and patches it.
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015, 2016 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the working directory is the
+# root of libreboot_src or libreboot git.
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+# Remove the old version that may still exist
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+printf "Downloading GRUB\n"
+
+rm -Rf "grub/"
+
+# Get latest GRUB
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# download it using git
+git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/grub.git || git clone http://git.savannah.gnu.org/r/grub.git
+
+# modifications are required
+cd "grub/"
+
+# reset to known revision
+git reset --hard 7f2a856faec951b7ab816880bd26e1e10b17a596
+
+# Apply patches
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Replace "GNU GRUB version" in GRUB screen with "FREE AS IN FREEDOM"
+git am "../resources/grub/patch/0001-grub-core-normal-main.c-Display-FREE-AS-IN-FREEDOM-n.patch"
+
+# GRUB enhancement patches from grub.johnlane.ie (rebased in libreboot's GRUB, unofficially, on 30 November 2015)
+git am "../resources/grub/patch/grub.johnlane.ie/0001-Cryptomount-support-LUKS-detached-header.patch"
+git am "../resources/grub/patch/grub.johnlane.ie/0002-Cryptomount-support-key-files.patch"
+git am "../resources/grub/patch/grub.johnlane.ie/0003-Cryptomount-luks-allow-multiple-passphrase-attempts.patch"
+git am "../resources/grub/patch/grub.johnlane.ie/0004-Cryptomount-support-plain-dm-crypt.patch"
+git am "../resources/grub/patch/grub.johnlane.ie/0005-Cryptomount-support-for-hyphens-in-UUID.patch"
+# hotfix from kl3 (merged from autoboot) (ditto)
+git am "../resources/grub/patch/grub.johnlane.ie/0006-grub-core-disk-cryptodisk.c-Point-to-const-char.patch"
+
+# Needed for reproducible builds in GRUB
+git am "../resources/grub/patch/reproducible/0001-mkstandalone-add-argument-fixed-time-to-override-mti.patch"
+git am "../resources/grub/patch/reproducible/0002-mkrescue-add-argument-fixed-time-to-get-reproducible.patch"
+git am "../resources/grub/patch/reproducible/0003-Makefile-use-FIXED_TIMESTAMP-for-mkstandalone-if-set.patch"
+
+cd "../"
+
+# Also download SeaBIOS, which we use with GRUB, to implement SeaGRUB
+./download seabios
+
+printf "\n\n"
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/download/memtest86plus b/resources/scripts/helpers/download/memtest86plus
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..920d16fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/download/memtest86plus
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#  helper script: Downloads MemTest86+ and patches it
+#
+#	Copyright (C) 2014, 2015 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#	Copyright (C) 2015 Joseph Michael Thompson <jmt@josepht.me>
+#	Copyright (C) 2015 Klemens Nanni <contact@autoboot.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the working directory is the
+# root of libreboot_src or libreboot git.
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+# Get the last version of MemTest86+ used, apply patches, build it.
+
+# Remove the old version that may exist
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+printf "Downloading MemTest86+\n"
+
+rm -Rf "memtest86plus/"
+
+# Get latest memtest86+:
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# download it using wget
+wget http://www.memtest.org/download/5.01/memtest86+-5.01.tar.gz
+
+if [ "$(sha512sum memtest86+-5.01.tar.gz | cut -c1-128)" = "d872db35ef733ec8f49094251f2bf6b98cc80eb06d04044be3aecf28d534f24ba293a08b9979b112dbd07cf27368148939a33a32c7010fc9581a3a5b150c94d7" ]; then
+	printf "Valid checksum for memtest86plus\n"
+else
+	rm -f "memtest86+-5.01.tar.gz"
+	printf "Invalid checksum for memtest86plus\n"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+# extract it
+tar -xzf "memtest86+-5.01.tar.gz"
+
+# delete the tar file (no longer needed)
+rm -f "memtest86+-5.01.tar.gz"
+
+# make direcotory name consistent
+mv "memtest86+-5.01/" "memtest86plus/"
+
+# Apply necessary patches
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(
+cd "memtest86plus/"
+for patch in ../resources/memtest86plus/patch/*; do
+	patch < "${patch}"
+done
+)
+
+printf "\n\n"
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/download/seabios b/resources/scripts/helpers/download/seabios
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..39036ebb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/download/seabios
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+#   Copyright (C) 2015, 2016 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# This script assumes that the working directory is the
+# root of libreboot_src or libreboot git.
+
+[ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
+set -u -e
+
+# Get SeaBIOS, revert to commit last used and apply patches.
+
+# Remove the old version that may still exist
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+printf "Downloading SeaBIOS\n"
+
+rm -rf "seabios/"
+
+# Get latest SeaBIOS
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# download it using git
+git clone git://git.seabios.org/seabios.git seabios
+
+(
+# modifications are required
+cd "seabios/"
+
+# Reset to the last commit that was tested (we use stable releases for seabios)
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+git reset --hard rel-1.9.1
+)
+
+