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+# Copyright (c) 2016 Google, Inc
+# Written by Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier:      GPL-2.0+
+#
+# Entry-type module for blobs, which are binary objects read from files
+#
+
+from entry import Entry
+import fdt_util
+import tools
+
+class Entry_blob(Entry):
+    def __init__(self, image, etype, node):
+        Entry.__init__(self, image, etype, node)
+        self._filename = fdt_util.GetString(self._node, "filename", self.etype)
+
+    def ObtainContents(self):
+        self._filename = self.GetDefaultFilename()
+        self._pathname = tools.GetInputFilename(self._filename)
+        self.ReadContents()
+        return True
+
+    def ReadContents(self):
+        with open(self._pathname) as fd:
+            # We assume the data is small enough to fit into memory. If this
+            # is used for large filesystem image that might not be true.
+            # In that case, Image.BuildImage() could be adjusted to use a
+            # new Entry method which can read in chunks. Then we could copy
+            # the data in chunks and avoid reading it all at once. For now
+            # this seems like an unnecessary complication.
+            self.data = fd.read()
+            self.contents_size = len(self.data)
+        return True
+
+    def GetDefaultFilename(self):
+        return self._filename