Objectives

The goal in the context of the project is to gain knowledge and skills about how to start using easy Firmware Modification Kit software. This kit gives the user the ability to make changes to a firmware image without recompiling the firmware sources. It works by extracting the firmware into its component parts, then extracting the file system image (assuming it‘s in one of the supported formats). The user can then make modifications to the extracted file system, and rebuild the firmware image.

Why is this useful? A list of some of the many reasons this might be desired are:

• add initialization scripts;
• install new packages;
• extend/change HTTP managed console;
• remove unneeded packages;
• mix-and-match packages from various flavors of the firmware image.

• https://bitsum.com/firmware_mod_kit.htm
• http://s3.eurecom.fr/docs/bh13us_zaddach.pdf