scripts/extract-ikconfig

#!/bin/sh
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# extract-ikconfig - Extract the .config file from a kernel image
#
# This will only work when the kernel was compiled with CONFIG_IKCONFIG.
#
# The obscure use of the "tr" filter is to work around older versions of
# "grep" that report the byte offset of the line instead of the pattern.
#
# (c) 2009, Dick Streefland <dick@streefland.net>
# Licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------

gz1='\037\213\010'
gz2='01'
cf1='IKCFG_ST\037\213\010'
cf2='0123456789'

dump_config()
{
	if	pos=`tr "$cf1\n$cf2" "\n$cf2=" < "$1" | grep -abo "^$cf2"`
	then
		pos=${pos%%:*}
		tail -c+$(($pos+8)) "$1" | zcat -q
		exit 0
	fi
}

# Check invocation:
me=${0##*/}
img=$1
if	[ $# -ne 1 -o ! -s "$img" ]
then
	echo "Usage: $me <kernel-image>" >&2
	exit 2
fi

# Initial attempt for uncompressed images or objects:
dump_config "$img"

# That didn't work, so decompress and try again:
tmp=/tmp/ikconfig$$
trap "rm -f $tmp" 0
for	pos in `tr "$gz1\n$gz2" "\n$gz2=" < "$img" | grep -abo "^$gz2"`
do
	pos=${pos%%:*}
	tail -c+$pos "$img" | zcat 2> /dev/null > $tmp
	dump_config $tmp
done

# Bail out:
echo "$me: Cannot find kernel config." >&2
exit 1