--- a/loadtools/flcmplboot.c	Tue Jun 17 05:11:25 2014 +0000
+++ b/loadtools/flcmplboot.c	Tue Jun 17 05:46:21 2014 +0000
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
@@ -12,6 +13,9 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include "flash.h"
 
+extern struct flash_bank_info flash_bank_info[2];
+extern struct flash_cmdset flash_cmdset_intel;
+
 static int hack_enabled;
 static uint32_t boot_sector_size;
 static uint32_t ram_buffer_addr;
@@ -72,3 +76,69 @@
 	}
 	hack_enabled = 1;
 }
+
+flashcmd_erase_program_boot(argc, argv)
+	char **argv;
+{
+	FILE *binf;
+	struct stat filestat;
+	size_t len;
+	char *strtoul_endp;
+
+	if (!hack_enabled) {
+		fprintf(stderr,
+			"Operation not applicable to this target device\n");
+		return(-1);
+	}
+	if (argc < 3 || argc > 4) {
+inv:		fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s %s binfile [length]\n",
+			argv[0], argv[1]);
+		return(-1);
+	}
+	if (flash_get_cfi(0) < 0)
+		return(-1);
+	if (flash_bank_info[0].geom->regions[0].sector_size
+			!= boot_sector_size) {
+		fprintf(stderr,
+		"error: detected flash boot sector size differs from config\n");
+		return(-1);
+	}
+	if (flash_bank_info[0].ops != &flash_cmdset_intel) {
+		fprintf(stderr,
+			"error: operation implemented for Intel flash only\n");
+		return(-1);
+	}
+
+	binf = fopen(argv[2], "r");
+	if (!binf) {
+		perror(argv[2]);
+		return(-1);
+	}
+	fstat(fileno(binf), &filestat);
+	if (!S_ISREG(filestat.st_mode)) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s is not a regular file\n", argv[2]);
+		fclose(binf);
+		return(-1);
+	}
+	if (argc > 3) {
+		len = strtoul(argv[3], &strtoul_endp, 16);
+		if (*strtoul_endp) {
+			fclose(binf);
+			goto inv;
+		}
+		if (len > filestat.st_size) {
+			fprintf(stderr,
+			    "error: specified length exceeds file length\n");
+			fclose(binf);
+			return(-1);
+		}
+	} else
+		len = filestat.st_size;
+	if (len > boot_sector_size) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "error: length exceeds boot sector size\n");
+		fclose(binf);
+		return(-1);
+	}
+
+
+}