kobopatch

An improved patching system for Kobo eReaders. See https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=297338. Download patches for v4.9.11311+ here.

Features

• Zlib replacement.
• Add additional files.
• Add additional symlinks.
• Translation file support.
• Simplified BLX instruction replacement.
• Multi-version configuration file.
• Extensible patch file.
• Built-in generation of Kobo update files.
• Additional instructions.
• Single executable.
• Automated testing of patches.
• Comprehensive log file and error messages.
• Modular and embeddable.
• Structured patch file format.
• Backwards-compatible with old patch format.

Usage

Usage: kobopatch [OPTIONS] [CONFIG_FILE]

Options:
  -f, --firmware string   firmware file to be used (can also use a testdata tarball from kobopatch-patches)
  -h, --help              show this help text
  -t, --run-tests         test all patches (instead of running kobopatch)

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

cssextract extracts zlib-compressed from a binary file
Usage: cssextract BINARY_FILE

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

Usage: kobopatch-apply [OPTIONS]

Options:
  -h, --help                  show this help text
  -i, --input string          the file to patch (required)
  -o, --output string         the file to write the patched output to (will be overwritten if exists) (required)
  -p, --patch-file string     the file containing the patches (required)
  -f, --patch-format string   the patch format (one of: kobopatch,patch32lsb) (default "kobopatch")
  -v, --verbose               show verbose output from patchlib