Development Tools

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Useful Tools for Developers

This page is intended to host of list of useful tools for developers working on the Rockbox code base.

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USB Listeners

Useful for observing the interaction between firmware updating software and the device, here is a short list of programs which can monitor the USB data stream:

• USB Snoop (Windows)

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Disassemblers

• IDA-Pro

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Firmare Decryption

SimpleFirmwareCrack may help find the encryption scheme of a firmware.

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Fancy Bash Prompt

A script to set a fairly useful bash prompt (can be used in cygwin too I guess, though I'm not sure how good the Windows command prompt's UTF-8 support is). In addition to the usual, username, hostname, time, date and current working directory that a stock bash prompt shows - this will also show version control system specific information for code trees. Currently it only supports subversion and git - but it can easily be expanded to include other systems further down the line.

https://www.rockbox.org/realwiki/pub/Main/DevelopmentTools/fancy_bash_prompt.sh

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Rockbox Auto-Management Utility

RockboxAutoManagementUtility. This application will automate some basic building tasks, like updating, building, and ZIPing. It's purpose is to manage those tasks with more ease and to be a sort of time saver for people who build Rockbox from source very often.

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