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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Flash configuration field check script for Freescale Kinetis MCUs.
+#
+# This script is supposed to be called from RIOTs
+# unified OpenOCD script (dist/tools/openocd/openocd.sh).
+#
+# Syntax: check-fcfield-hex.sh $HEXFILE
+#
+# @author       Jonas Remmert <j.remmert@phytec.de>
+# @author       Johann Fischer <j.fischer@phytec.de>
+# @author       Joakim Gebart <joakim.gebart@eistec.se>
+
+if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 HEXFILE"
+    echo "Checks the flash configuration field protection bits to avoid flashing a locked image to a Kinetis MCU (protection against accidental bricking)."
+    exit 2
+fi
+
+HEXFILE="$1"
+FCFIELD_START='0x400'
+FCFIELD_END='0x410'
+FCFIELD_AWK_REGEX='^ 0400 '
+
+ACTUAL_FCFIELD=$(arm-none-eabi-objdump --start-address=${FCFIELD_START} --stop-address=${FCFIELD_END} ${HEXFILE} -s | awk -F' ' "/${FCFIELD_AWK_REGEX}/ { print \$2 \$3 \$4 \$5; }")
+EXPECTED_FCFIELD="fffffffffffffffffffffffffeffffff"
+
+if [ "${ACTUAL_FCFIELD}" != "${EXPECTED_FCFIELD}" ]; then
+    echo "Danger of bricking the device during flash!"
+    echo "Flash configuration field of ${HEXFILE}:"
+    arm-none-eabi-objdump --start-address=${FCFIELD_START} --stop-address=${FCFIELD_END} ${HEXFILE} -s
+    echo "Abort flash procedure!"
+    exit 1
+fi
+echo "${HEXFILE} is not locked."
+exit 0