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+*.pyc
diff --git a/tools/patman/README b/tools/patman/README
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+# Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium OS Authors.
+#
+# See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+# project.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+# the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+# MA 02111-1307 USA
+#
+
+What is this?
+=============
+
+This tool is a Python script which:
+- Creates patch directly from your branch
+- Cleans them up by removing unwanted tags
+- Inserts a cover letter with change lists
+- Runs the patches through checkpatch.pl and its own checks
+- Optionally emails them out to selected people
+
+It is intended to automate patch creation and make it a less
+error-prone process. It is useful for U-Boot and Linux work so far,
+since it uses the checkpatch.pl script.
+
+It is configured almost entirely by tags it finds in your commits.
+This means that you can work on a number of different branches at
+once, and keep the settings with each branch rather than having to
+git format-patch, git send-email, etc. with the correct parameters
+each time. So for example if you put:
+
+Series-to: fred.blogs@napier.co.nz
+
+in one of your commits, the series will be sent there.
+
+
+How to use this tool
+====================
+
+This tool requires a certain way of working:
+
+- Maintain a number of branches, one for each patch series you are
+working on
+- Add tags into the commits within each branch to indicate where the
+series should be sent, cover letter, version, etc. Most of these are
+normally in the top commit so it is easy to change them with 'git
+commit --amend'
+- Each branch tracks the upstream branch, so that this script can
+automatically determine the number of commits in it (optional)
+- Check out a branch, and run this script to create and send out your
+patches. Weeks later, change the patches and repeat, knowing that you
+will get a consistent result each time.
+
+
+How to configure it
+===================
+
+For most cases patman will locate and use the file 'doc/git-mailrc' in
+your U-Boot directory. This contains most of the aliases you will need.
+
+To add your own, create a file ~/.config/patman directory like this:
+
+>>>>
+# patman alias file
+
+[alias]
+me: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
+
+u-boot: U-Boot Mailing List <u-boot@lists.denx.de>
+wolfgang: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
+others: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>, Fred Bloggs <f.bloggs@napier.net>
+
+<<<<
+
+Aliases are recursive.
+
+The checkpatch.pl in the U-Boot tools/ subdirectory will be located and
+used. Failing that you can put it into your path or ~/bin/checkpatch.pl
+
+
+How to run it
+=============
+
+First do a dry run:
+
+$ ./tools/scripts/patman/patman -n
+
+If it can't detect the upstream branch, try telling it how many patches
+there are in your series:
+
+$ ./tools/scripts/patman/patman -n -c5
+
+This will create patch files in your current directory and tell you who
+it is thinking of sending them to. Take a look at the patch files.
+
+$ ./tools/scripts/patman/patman -n -c5 -s1
+
+Similar to the above, but skip the first commit and take the next 5. This
+is useful if your top commit is for setting up testing.
+
+
+How to add tags
+===============
+
+To make this script useful you must add tags like the following into any
+commit. Most can only appear once in the whole series.
+
+Series-to: email / alias
+        Email address / alias to send patch series to (you can add this
+        multiple times)
+
+Series-cc: email / alias, ...
+        Email address / alias to Cc patch series to (you can add this
+        multiple times)
+
+Series-version: n
+        Sets the version number of this patch series
+
+Series-prefix: prefix
+        Sets the subject prefix. Normally empty but it can be RFC for
+        RFC patches, or RESEND if you are being ignored.
+
+Cover-letter:
+This is the patch set title
+blah blah
+more blah blah
+END
+        Sets the cover letter contents for the series. The first line
+        will become the subject of the cover letter
+
+Series-notes:
+blah blah
+blah blah
+more blah blah
+END
+        Sets some notes for the patch series, which you don't want in
+        the commit messages, but do want to send, The notes are joined
+        together and put after the cover letter. Can appear multiple
+        times.
+
+ Signed-off-by: Their Name <email>
+        A sign-off is added automatically to your patches (this is
+        probably a bug). If you put this tag in your patches, it will
+        override the default signoff that patman automatically adds.
+
+ Tested-by: Their Name <email>
+ Acked-by: Their Name <email>
+        These indicate that someone has acked or tested your patch.
+        When you get this reply on the mailing list, you can add this
+        tag to the relevant commit and the script will include it when
+        you send out the next version. If 'Tested-by:' is set to
+        yourself, it will be removed. No one will believe you.
+
+Series-changes: n
+- Guinea pig moved into its cage
+- Other changes ending with a blank line
+<blank line>
+        This can appear in any commit. It lists the changes for a
+        particular version n of that commit. The change list is
+        created based on this information. Each commit gets its own
+        change list and also the whole thing is repeated in the cover
+        letter (where duplicate change lines are merged).
+
+        By adding your change lists into your commits it is easier to
+        keep track of what happened. When you amend a commit, remember
+        to update the log there and then, knowing that the script will
+        do the rest.
+
+Cc: Their Name <email>
+        This copies a single patch to another email address.
+
+Various other tags are silently removed, like these Chrome OS and
+Gerrit tags:
+
+BUG=...
+TEST=...
+Change-Id:
+Review URL:
+Reviewed-on:
+Reviewed-by:
+
+
+Exercise for the reader: Try adding some tags to one of your current
+patch series and see how the patches turn out.
+
+
+Where Patches Are Sent
+======================
+
+Once the patches are created, patman sends them using gti send-email. The
+whole series is sent to the recipients in Series-to: and Series-cc.
+You can Cc individual patches to other people with the Cc: tag. Tags in the
+subject are also picked up to Cc patches. For example, a commit like this:
+
+>>>>
+commit 10212537b85ff9b6e09c82045127522c0f0db981
+Author: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
+Date:   Mon Nov 7 23:18:44 2011 -0500
+
+    x86: arm: add a git mailrc file for maintainers
+
+    This should make sending out e-mails to the right people easier.
+
+    Cc: sandbox, mikef, ag
+    Cc: afleming
+<<<<
+
+will create a patch which is copied to x86, arm, sandbox, mikef, ag and
+afleming.
+
+
+Example Work Flow
+=================
+
+The basic workflow is to create your commits, add some tags to the top
+commit, and type 'patman' to check and send them.
+
+Here is an example workflow for a series of 4 patches. Let's say you have
+these rather contrived patches in the following order in branch us-cmd in
+your tree where 'us' means your upstreaming activity (newest to oldest as
+output by git log --oneline):
+
+    7c7909c wip
+    89234f5 Don't include standard parser if hush is used
+    8d640a7 mmc: sparc: Stop using builtin_run_command()
+    0c859a9 Rename run_command2() to run_command()
+    a74443f sandbox: Rename run_command() to builtin_run_command()
+
+The first patch is some test things that enable your code to be compiled,
+but that you don't want to submit because there is an existing patch for it
+on the list. So you can tell patman to create and check some patches
+(skipping the first patch) with:
+
+    patman -s1 -n
+
+If you want to do all of them including the work-in-progress one, then
+(if you are tracking an upstream branch):
+
+    patman -n
+
+Let's say that patman reports an error in the second patch. Then:
+
+    git rebase -i HEAD~6
+    <change 'pick' to 'edit' in 89234f5>
+    <use editor to make code changes>
+    git add -u
+    git rebase --continue
+
+Now you have an updated patch series. To check it:
+
+    patman -s1 -n
+
+Let's say it is now clean and you want to send it. Now you need to set up
+the destination. So amend the top commit with:
+
+    git commit --amend
+
+Use your editor to add some tags, so that the whole commit message is:
+
+    The current run_command() is really only one of the options, with
+    hush providing the other. It really shouldn't be called directly
+    in case the hush parser is bring used, so rename this function to
+    better explain its purpose.
+
+    Series-to: u-boot
+    Series-cc: bfin, marex
+    Series-prefix: RFC
+    Cover-letter:
+    Unified command execution in one place
+
+    At present two parsers have similar code to execute commands. Also
+    cmd_usage() is called all over the place. This series adds a single
+    function which processes commands called cmd_process().
+    END
+
+    Change-Id: Ica71a14c1f0ecb5650f771a32fecb8d2eb9d8a17
+
+
+You want this to be an RFC and Cc the whole series to the bfin alias and
+to Marek. Two of the patches have tags (those are the bits at the front of
+the subject that say mmc: sparc: and sandbox:), so 8d640a7 will be Cc'd to
+mmc and sparc, and the last one to sandbox.
+
+Now to send the patches, take off the -n flag:
+
+   patman -s1
+
+The patches will be created, shown in your editor, and then sent along with
+the cover letter. Note that patman's tags are automatically removed so that
+people on the list don't see your secret info.
+
+Of course patches often attract comments and you need to make some updates.
+Let's say one person sent comments and you get an Acked-by: on one patch.
+Also, the patch on the list that you were waiting for has been merged,
+so you can drop your wip commit. So you resync with upstream:
+
+    git fetch origin            (or whatever upstream is called)
+    git rebase origin/master
+
+and use git rebase -i to edit the commits, dropping the wip one. You add
+the ack tag to one commit:
+
+    Acked-by: Heiko Schocher <hs@denx.de>
+
+update the Series-cc: in the top commit:
+
+    Series-cc: bfin, marex, Heiko Schocher <hs@denx.de>
+
+and remove the Series-prefix: tag since it it isn't an RFC any more. The
+series is now version two, so the series info in the top commit looks like
+this:
+
+    Series-to: u-boot
+    Series-cc: bfin, marex, Heiko Schocher <hs@denx.de>
+    Series-version: 2
+    Cover-letter:
+    ...
+
+Finally, you need to add a change log to the two commits you changed. You
+add change logs to each individual commit where the changes happened, like
+this:
+
+    Series-changes: 2
+    - Updated the command decoder to reduce code size
+    - Wound the torque propounder up a little more
+
+(note the blank line at the end of the list)
+
+When you run patman it will collect all the change logs from the different
+commits and combine them into the cover letter, if you have one. So finally
+you have a new series of commits:
+
+    faeb973 Don't include standard parser if hush is used
+    1b2f2fe mmc: sparc: Stop using builtin_run_command()
+    cfbe330 Rename run_command2() to run_command()
+    0682677 sandbox: Rename run_command() to builtin_run_command()
+
+so to send them:
+
+    patman
+
+and it will create and send the version 2 series.
+
+General points:
+
+1. When you change back to the us-cmd branch days or weeks later all your
+information is still there, safely stored in the commits. You don't need
+to remember what version you are up to, who you sent the last lot of patches
+to, or anything about the change logs.
+
+2. If you put tags in the subject, patman will Cc the maintainers
+automatically in many cases.
+
+3. If you want to keep the commits from each series you sent so that you can
+compare change and see what you did, you can either create a new branch for
+each version, or just tag the branch before you start changing it:
+
+    git tag sent/us-cmd-rfc
+    ...later...
+    git tag sent/us-cmd-v2
+
+4. If you want to modify the patches a little before sending, you can do
+this in your editor, but be careful!
+
+5. If you want to run git send-email yourself, use the -n flag which will
+print out the command line patman would have used.
+
+6. It is a good idea to add the change log info as you change the commit,
+not later when you can't remember which patch you changed. You can always
+go back and change or remove logs from commits.
+
+
+Other thoughts
+==============
+
+This script has been split into sensible files but still needs work.
+Most of these are indicated by a TODO in the code.
+
+It would be nice if this could handle the In-reply-to side of things.
+
+The tests are incomplete, as is customary. Use the -t flag to run them,
+and make sure you are in the tools/scripts/patman directory first:
+
+    $ cd /path/to/u-boot
+    $ cd tools/scripts/patman
+    $ patman -t
+
+Error handling doesn't always produce friendly error messages - e.g.
+putting an incorrect tag in a commit may provide a confusing message.
+
+There might be a few other features not mentioned in this README. They
+might be bugs. In particular, tags are case sensitive which is probably
+a bad thing.
+
+
+Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
+v1, v2, 19-Oct-11
+revised v3 24-Nov-11
diff --git a/tools/patman/checkpatch.py b/tools/patman/checkpatch.py
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+# Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium OS Authors.
+#
+# See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+# project.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+# the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+# MA 02111-1307 USA
+#
+
+import command
+import gitutil
+import os
+import re
+import terminal
+
+def FindCheckPatch():
+    try_list = [
+        os.getcwd(),
+        os.path.join(os.getcwd(), '..', '..'),
+        os.path.join(gitutil.GetTopLevel(), 'tools'),
+        '%s/bin' % os.getenv('HOME'),
+        ]
+    # Look in current dir
+    for path in try_list:
+        fname = os.path.join(path, 'checkpatch.pl')
+        if os.path.isfile(fname):
+            return fname
+
+    # Look upwwards for a Chrome OS tree
+    while not os.path.ismount(path):
+        fname = os.path.join(path, 'src', 'third_party', 'kernel', 'files',
+                'scripts', 'checkpatch.pl')
+        if os.path.isfile(fname):
+            return fname
+        path = os.path.dirname(path)
+    print 'Could not find checkpatch.pl'
+    return None
+
+def CheckPatch(fname, verbose=False):
+    """Run checkpatch.pl on a file.
+
+    Returns:
+        4-tuple containing:
+            result: False=failure, True=ok
+            problems: List of problems, each a dict:
+                'type'; error or warning
+                'msg': text message
+                'file' : filename
+                'line': line number
+            lines: Number of lines
+    """
+    result = False
+    error_count, warning_count, lines = 0, 0, 0
+    problems = []
+    chk = FindCheckPatch()
+    if not chk:
+        raise OSError, ('Cannot find checkpatch.pl - please put it in your ' +
+                '~/bin directory')
+    item = {}
+    stdout = command.Output(chk, '--no-tree', fname)
+    #pipe = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    #stdout, stderr = pipe.communicate()
+
+    # total: 0 errors, 0 warnings, 159 lines checked
+    re_stats = re.compile('total: (\\d+) errors, (\d+) warnings, (\d+)')
+    re_ok = re.compile('.*has no obvious style problems')
+    re_bad = re.compile('.*has style problems, please review')
+    re_error = re.compile('ERROR: (.*)')
+    re_warning = re.compile('WARNING: (.*)')
+    re_file = re.compile('#\d+: FILE: ([^:]*):(\d+):')
+
+    for line in stdout.splitlines():
+        if verbose:
+            print line
+
+        # A blank line indicates the end of a message
+        if not line and item:
+            problems.append(item)
+            item = {}
+        match = re_stats.match(line)
+        if match:
+            error_count = int(match.group(1))
+            warning_count = int(match.group(2))
+            lines = int(match.group(3))
+        elif re_ok.match(line):
+            result = True
+        elif re_bad.match(line):
+            result = False
+        match = re_error.match(line)
+        if match:
+            item['msg'] = match.group(1)
+            item['type'] = 'error'
+        match = re_warning.match(line)
+        if match:
+            item['msg'] = match.group(1)
+            item['type'] = 'warning'
+        match = re_file.match(line)
+        if match:
+            item['file'] = match.group(1)
+            item['line'] = int(match.group(2))
+
+    return result, problems, error_count, warning_count, lines, stdout
+
+def GetWarningMsg(col, msg_type, fname, line, msg):
+    '''Create a message for a given file/line
+
+    Args:
+        msg_type: Message type ('error' or 'warning')
+        fname: Filename which reports the problem
+        line: Line number where it was noticed
+        msg: Message to report
+    '''
+    if msg_type == 'warning':
+        msg_type = col.Color(col.YELLOW, msg_type)
+    elif msg_type == 'error':
+        msg_type = col.Color(col.RED, msg_type)
+    return '%s: %s,%d: %s' % (msg_type, fname, line, msg)
+
+def CheckPatches(verbose, args):
+    '''Run the checkpatch.pl script on each patch'''
+    error_count = 0
+    warning_count = 0
+    col = terminal.Color()
+
+    for fname in args:
+        ok, problems, errors, warnings, lines, stdout = CheckPatch(fname,
+                verbose)
+        if not ok:
+            error_count += errors
+            warning_count += warnings
+            print '%d errors, %d warnings for %s:' % (errors,
+                    warnings, fname)
+            if len(problems) != error_count + warning_count:
+                print "Internal error: some problems lost"
+            for item in problems:
+                print GetWarningMsg(col, item['type'], item['file'],
+                        item['line'], item['msg'])
+            #print stdout
+    if error_count != 0 or warning_count != 0:
+        str = 'checkpatch.pl found %d error(s), %d warning(s)' % (
+            error_count, warning_count)
+        color = col.GREEN
+        if warning_count:
+            color = col.YELLOW
+        if error_count:
+            color = col.RED
+        print col.Color(color, str)
+        return False
+    return True
diff --git a/tools/patman/command.py b/tools/patman/command.py
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/patman/command.py
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium OS Authors.
+#
+# See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+# project.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+# the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+# MA 02111-1307 USA
+#
+
+import os
+import subprocess
+
+"""Shell command ease-ups for Python."""
+
+def RunPipe(pipeline, infile=None, outfile=None,
+            capture=False, oneline=False, hide_stderr=False):
+    """
+    Perform a command pipeline, with optional input/output filenames.
+
+    hide_stderr     Don't allow output of stderr (default False)
+    """
+    last_pipe = None
+    while pipeline:
+        cmd = pipeline.pop(0)
+        kwargs = {}
+        if last_pipe is not None:
+            kwargs['stdin'] = last_pipe.stdout
+        elif infile:
+            kwargs['stdin'] = open(infile, 'rb')
+        if pipeline or capture:
+            kwargs['stdout'] = subprocess.PIPE
+        elif outfile:
+            kwargs['stdout'] = open(outfile, 'wb')
+        if hide_stderr:
+            kwargs['stderr'] = open('/dev/null', 'wb')
+
+        last_pipe = subprocess.Popen(cmd, **kwargs)
+
+    if capture:
+        ret = last_pipe.communicate()[0]
+        if not ret:
+            return None
+        elif oneline:
+            return ret.rstrip('\r\n')
+        else:
+            return ret
+    else:
+        return os.waitpid(last_pipe.pid, 0)[1] == 0
+
+def Output(*cmd):
+    return RunPipe([cmd], capture=True)
+
+def OutputOneLine(*cmd):
+    return RunPipe([cmd], capture=True, oneline=True)
+
+def Run(*cmd, **kwargs):
+    return RunPipe([cmd], **kwargs)
+
+def RunList(cmd):
+    return RunPipe([cmd], capture=True)
diff --git a/tools/patman/commit.py b/tools/patman/commit.py
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/patman/commit.py
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium OS Authors.
+#
+# See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+# project.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+# the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+# MA 02111-1307 USA
+#
+
+import re
+
+# Separates a tag: at the beginning of the subject from the rest of it
+re_subject_tag = re.compile('([^:]*):\s*(.*)')
+
+class Commit:
+    """Holds information about a single commit/patch in the series.
+
+    Args:
+        hash: Commit hash (as a string)
+
+    Variables:
+        hash: Commit hash
+        subject: Subject line
+        tags: List of maintainer tag strings
+        changes: Dict containing a list of changes (single line strings).
+            The dict is indexed by change version (an integer)
+        cc_list: List of people to aliases/emails to cc on this commit
+    """
+    def __init__(self, hash):
+        self.hash = hash
+        self.subject = None
+        self.tags = []
+        self.changes = {}
+        self.cc_list = []
+
+    def AddChange(self, version, info):
+        """Add a new change line to the change list for a version.
+
+        Args:
+            version: Patch set version (integer: 1, 2, 3)
+            info: Description of change in this version
+        """
+        if not self.changes.get(version):
+            self.changes[version] = []
+        self.changes[version].append(info)
+
+    def CheckTags(self):
+        """Create a list of subject tags in the commit
+
+        Subject tags look like this:
+
+            propounder: Change the widget to propound correctly
+
+        Multiple tags are supported. The list is updated in self.tag
+
+        Returns:
+            None if ok, else the name of a tag with no email alias
+        """
+        str = self.subject
+        m = True
+        while m:
+            m = re_subject_tag.match(str)
+            if m:
+                tag = m.group(1)
+                self.tags.append(tag)
+                str = m.group(2)
+        return None
+
+    def AddCc(self, cc_list):
+        """Add a list of people to Cc when we send this patch.
+
+        Args:
+            cc_list:    List of aliases or email addresses
+        """
+        self.cc_list += cc_list
diff --git a/tools/patman/gitutil.py b/tools/patman/gitutil.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48ca998
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/patman/gitutil.py
@@ -0,0 +1,372 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium OS Authors.
+#
+# See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+# project.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+# the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+# MA 02111-1307 USA
+#
+
+import command
+import re
+import os
+import series
+import settings
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import terminal
+
+
+def CountCommitsToBranch():
+    """Returns number of commits between HEAD and the tracking branch.
+
+    This looks back to the tracking branch and works out the number of commits
+    since then.
+
+    Return:
+        Number of patches that exist on top of the branch
+    """
+    pipe = [['git', 'log', '--oneline', '@{upstream}..'],
+            ['wc', '-l']]
+    stdout = command.RunPipe(pipe, capture=True, oneline=True)
+    patch_count = int(stdout)
+    return patch_count
+
+def CreatePatches(start, count, series):
+    """Create a series of patches from the top of the current branch.
+
+    The patch files are written to the current directory using
+    git format-patch.
+
+    Args:
+        start: Commit to start from: 0=HEAD, 1=next one, etc.
+        count: number of commits to include
+    Return:
+        Filename of cover letter
+        List of filenames of patch files
+    """
+    if series.get('version'):
+        version = '%s ' % series['version']
+    cmd = ['git', 'format-patch', '-M', '--signoff']
+    if series.get('cover'):
+        cmd.append('--cover-letter')
+    prefix = series.GetPatchPrefix()
+    if prefix:
+        cmd += ['--subject-prefix=%s' % prefix]
+    cmd += ['HEAD~%d..HEAD~%d' % (start + count, start)]
+
+    stdout = command.RunList(cmd)
+    files = stdout.splitlines()
+
+    # We have an extra file if there is a cover letter
+    if series.get('cover'):
+       return files[0], files[1:]
+    else:
+       return None, files
+
+def ApplyPatch(verbose, fname):
+    """Apply a patch with git am to test it
+
+    TODO: Convert these to use command, with stderr option
+
+    Args:
+        fname: filename of patch file to apply
+    """
+    cmd = ['git', 'am', fname]
+    pipe = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+            stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+    stdout, stderr = pipe.communicate()
+    re_error = re.compile('^error: patch failed: (.+):(\d+)')
+    for line in stderr.splitlines():
+        if verbose:
+            print line
+        match = re_error.match(line)
+        if match:
+            print GetWarningMsg('warning', match.group(1), int(match.group(2)),
+                    'Patch failed')
+    return pipe.returncode == 0, stdout
+
+def ApplyPatches(verbose, args, start_point):
+    """Apply the patches with git am to make sure all is well
+
+    Args:
+        verbose: Print out 'git am' output verbatim
+        args: List of patch files to apply
+        start_point: Number of commits back from HEAD to start applying.
+            Normally this is len(args), but it can be larger if a start
+            offset was given.
+    """
+    error_count = 0
+    col = terminal.Color()
+
+    # Figure out our current position
+    cmd = ['git', 'name-rev', 'HEAD', '--name-only']
+    pipe = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    stdout, stderr = pipe.communicate()
+    if pipe.returncode:
+        str = 'Could not find current commit name'
+        print col.Color(col.RED, str)
+        print stdout
+        return False
+    old_head = stdout.splitlines()[0]
+
+    # Checkout the required start point
+    cmd = ['git', 'checkout', 'HEAD~%d' % start_point]
+    pipe = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+            stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+    stdout, stderr = pipe.communicate()
+    if pipe.returncode:
+        str = 'Could not move to commit before patch series'
+        print col.Color(col.RED, str)
+        print stdout, stderr
+        return False
+
+    # Apply all the patches
+    for fname in args:
+        ok, stdout = ApplyPatch(verbose, fname)
+        if not ok:
+            print col.Color(col.RED, 'git am returned errors for %s: will '
+                    'skip this patch' % fname)
+            if verbose:
+                print stdout
+            error_count += 1
+            cmd = ['git', 'am', '--skip']
+            pipe = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+            stdout, stderr = pipe.communicate()
+            if pipe.returncode != 0:
+                print col.Color(col.RED, 'Unable to skip patch! Aborting...')
+                print stdout
+                break
+
+    # Return to our previous position
+    cmd = ['git', 'checkout', old_head]
+    pipe = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+    stdout, stderr = pipe.communicate()
+    if pipe.returncode:
+        print col.Color(col.RED, 'Could not move back to head commit')
+        print stdout, stderr
+    return error_count == 0
+
+def BuildEmailList(in_list, tag=None, alias=None):
+    """Build a list of email addresses based on an input list.
+
+    Takes a list of email addresses and aliases, and turns this into a list
+    of only email address, by resolving any aliases that are present.
+
+    If the tag is given, then each email address is prepended with this
+    tag and a space. If the tag starts with a minus sign (indicating a
+    command line parameter) then the email address is quoted.
+
+    Args:
+        in_list:        List of aliases/email addresses
+        tag:            Text to put before each address
+
+    Returns:
+        List of email addresses
+
+    >>> alias = {}
+    >>> alias['fred'] = ['f.bloggs@napier.co.nz']
+    >>> alias['john'] = ['j.bloggs@napier.co.nz']
+    >>> alias['mary'] = ['Mary Poppins <m.poppins@cloud.net>']
+    >>> alias['boys'] = ['fred', ' john']
+    >>> alias['all'] = ['fred ', 'john', '   mary   ']
+    >>> BuildEmailList(['john', 'mary'], None, alias)
+    ['j.bloggs@napier.co.nz', 'Mary Poppins <m.poppins@cloud.net>']
+    >>> BuildEmailList(['john', 'mary'], '--to', alias)
+    ['--to "j.bloggs@napier.co.nz"', \
+'--to "Mary Poppins <m.poppins@cloud.net>"']
+    >>> BuildEmailList(['john', 'mary'], 'Cc', alias)
+    ['Cc j.bloggs@napier.co.nz', 'Cc Mary Poppins <m.poppins@cloud.net>']
+    """
+    quote = '"' if tag and tag[0] == '-' else ''
+    raw = []
+    for item in in_list:
+        raw += LookupEmail(item, alias)
+    result = []
+    for item in raw:
+        if not item in result:
+            result.append(item)
+    if tag:
+        return ['%s %s%s%s' % (tag, quote, email, quote) for email in result]
+    return result
+
+def EmailPatches(series, cover_fname, args, dry_run, cc_fname,
+        self_only=False, alias=None):
+    """Email a patch series.
+
+    Args:
+        series: Series object containing destination info
+        cover_fname: filename of cover letter
+        args: list of filenames of patch files
+        dry_run: Just return the command that would be run
+        cc_fname: Filename of Cc file for per-commit Cc
+        self_only: True to just email to yourself as a test
+
+    Returns:
+        Git command that was/would be run
+
+    >>> alias = {}
+    >>> alias['fred'] = ['f.bloggs@napier.co.nz']
+    >>> alias['john'] = ['j.bloggs@napier.co.nz']
+    >>> alias['mary'] = ['m.poppins@cloud.net']
+    >>> alias['boys'] = ['fred', ' john']
+    >>> alias['all'] = ['fred ', 'john', '   mary   ']
+    >>> alias[os.getenv('USER')] = ['this-is-me@me.com']
+    >>> series = series.Series()
+    >>> series.to = ['fred']
+    >>> series.cc = ['mary']
+    >>> EmailPatches(series, 'cover', ['p1', 'p2'], True, 'cc-fname', False, \
+            alias)
+    'git send-email --annotate --to "f.bloggs@napier.co.nz" --cc \
+"m.poppins@cloud.net" --cc-cmd "./patman --cc-cmd cc-fname" cover p1 p2'
+    >>> EmailPatches(series, None, ['p1'], True, 'cc-fname', False, alias)
+    'git send-email --annotate --to "f.bloggs@napier.co.nz" --cc \
+"m.poppins@cloud.net" --cc-cmd "./patman --cc-cmd cc-fname" p1'
+    >>> series.cc = ['all']
+    >>> EmailPatches(series, 'cover', ['p1', 'p2'], True, 'cc-fname', True, \
+            alias)
+    'git send-email --annotate --to "this-is-me@me.com" --cc-cmd "./patman \
+--cc-cmd cc-fname" cover p1 p2'
+    >>> EmailPatches(series, 'cover', ['p1', 'p2'], True, 'cc-fname', False, \
+            alias)
+    'git send-email --annotate --to "f.bloggs@napier.co.nz" --cc \
+"f.bloggs@napier.co.nz" --cc "j.bloggs@napier.co.nz" --cc \
+"m.poppins@cloud.net" --cc-cmd "./patman --cc-cmd cc-fname" cover p1 p2'
+    """
+    to = BuildEmailList(series.get('to'), '--to', alias)
+    if not to:
+        print ("No recipient, please add something like this to a commit\n"
+            "Series-to: Fred Bloggs <f.blogs@napier.co.nz>")
+        return
+    cc = BuildEmailList(series.get('cc'), '--cc', alias)
+    if self_only:
+        to = BuildEmailList([os.getenv('USER')], '--to', alias)
+        cc = []
+    cmd = ['git', 'send-email', '--annotate']
+    cmd += to
+    cmd += cc
+    cmd += ['--cc-cmd', '"%s --cc-cmd %s"' % (sys.argv[0], cc_fname)]
+    if cover_fname:
+        cmd.append(cover_fname)
+    cmd += args
+    str = ' '.join(cmd)
+    if not dry_run:
+        os.system(str)
+    return str
+
+
+def LookupEmail(lookup_name, alias=None, level=0):
+    """If an email address is an alias, look it up and return the full name
+
+    TODO: Why not just use git's own alias feature?
+
+    Args:
+        lookup_name: Alias or email address to look up
+
+    Returns:
+        tuple:
+            list containing a list of email addresses
+
+    Raises:
+        OSError if a recursive alias reference was found
+        ValueError if an alias was not found
+
+    >>> alias = {}
+    >>> alias['fred'] = ['f.bloggs@napier.co.nz']
+    >>> alias['john'] = ['j.bloggs@napier.co.nz']
+    >>> alias['mary'] = ['m.poppins@cloud.net']
+    >>> alias['boys'] = ['fred', ' john', 'f.bloggs@napier.co.nz']
+    >>> alias['all'] = ['fred ', 'john', '   mary   ']
+    >>> alias['loop'] = ['other', 'john', '   mary   ']
+    >>> alias['other'] = ['loop', 'john', '   mary   ']
+    >>> LookupEmail('mary', alias)
+    ['m.poppins@cloud.net']
+    >>> LookupEmail('arthur.wellesley@howe.ro.uk', alias)
+    ['arthur.wellesley@howe.ro.uk']
+    >>> LookupEmail('boys', alias)
+    ['f.bloggs@napier.co.nz', 'j.bloggs@napier.co.nz']
+    >>> LookupEmail('all', alias)
+    ['f.bloggs@napier.co.nz', 'j.bloggs@napier.co.nz', 'm.poppins@cloud.net']
+    >>> LookupEmail('odd', alias)
+    Traceback (most recent call last):
+    ...
+    ValueError: Alias 'odd' not found
+    >>> LookupEmail('loop', alias)
+    Traceback (most recent call last):
+    ...
+    OSError: Recursive email alias at 'other'
+    """
+    if not alias:
+        alias = settings.alias
+    lookup_name = lookup_name.strip()
+    if '@' in lookup_name: # Perhaps a real email address
+        return [lookup_name]
+
+    lookup_name = lookup_name.lower()
+
+    if level > 10:
+        raise OSError, "Recursive email alias at '%s'" % lookup_name
+
+    out_list = []
+    if lookup_name:
+        if not lookup_name in alias:
+            raise ValueError, "Alias '%s' not found" % lookup_name
+        for item in alias[lookup_name]:
+            todo = LookupEmail(item, alias, level + 1)
+            for new_item in todo:
+                if not new_item in out_list:
+                    out_list.append(new_item)
+
+    #print "No match for alias '%s'" % lookup_name
+    return out_list
+
+def GetTopLevel():
+    """Return name of top-level directory for this git repo.
+
+    Returns:
+        Full path to git top-level directory
+
+    This test makes sure that we are running tests in the right subdir
+
+    >>> os.path.realpath(os.getcwd()) == \
+            os.path.join(GetTopLevel(), 'tools', 'scripts', 'patman')
+    True
+    """
+    return command.OutputOneLine('git', 'rev-parse', '--show-toplevel')
+
+def GetAliasFile():
+    """Gets the name of the git alias file.
+
+    Returns:
+        Filename of git alias file, or None if none
+    """
+    fname = command.OutputOneLine('git', 'config', 'sendemail.aliasesfile')
+    if fname:
+        fname = os.path.join(GetTopLevel(), fname.strip())
+    return fname
+
+def Setup():
+    """Set up git utils, by reading the alias files."""
+    settings.Setup('')
+
+    # Check for a git alias file also
+    alias_fname = GetAliasFile()
+    if alias_fname:
+        settings.ReadGitAliases(alias_fname)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import doctest
+
+    doctest.testmod()
diff --git a/tools/patman/patchstream.py b/tools/patman/patchstream.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be40af3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/patman/patchstream.py
@@ -0,0 +1,444 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium OS Authors.
+#
+# See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+# project.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+# the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+# MA 02111-1307 USA
+#
+
+import os
+import re
+import shutil
+import tempfile
+
+import command
+import commit
+import gitutil
+from series import Series
+
+# Tags that we detect and remove
+re_remove = re.compile('^BUG=|^TEST=|^Change-Id:|^Review URL:'
+    '|Reviewed-on:|Reviewed-by:')
+
+# Lines which are allowed after a TEST= line
+re_allowed_after_test = re.compile('^Signed-off-by:')
+
+# The start of the cover letter
+re_cover = re.compile('^Cover-letter:')
+
+# Patch series tag
+re_series = re.compile('^Series-(\w*): *(.*)')
+
+# Commit tags that we want to collect and keep
+re_tag = re.compile('^(Tested-by|Acked-by|Signed-off-by|Cc): (.*)')
+
+# The start of a new commit in the git log
+re_commit = re.compile('^commit (.*)')
+
+# We detect these since checkpatch doesn't always do it
+re_space_before_tab = re.compile('^[+].* \t')
+
+# States we can be in - can we use range() and still have comments?
+STATE_MSG_HEADER = 0        # Still in the message header
+STATE_PATCH_SUBJECT = 1     # In patch subject (first line of log for a commit)
+STATE_PATCH_HEADER = 2      # In patch header (after the subject)
+STATE_DIFFS = 3             # In the diff part (past --- line)
+
+class PatchStream:
+    """Class for detecting/injecting tags in a patch or series of patches
+
+    We support processing the output of 'git log' to read out the tags we
+    are interested in. We can also process a patch file in order to remove
+    unwanted tags or inject additional ones. These correspond to the two
+    phases of processing.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, series, name=None, is_log=False):
+        self.skip_blank = False          # True to skip a single blank line
+        self.found_test = False          # Found a TEST= line
+        self.lines_after_test = 0        # MNumber of lines found after TEST=
+        self.warn = []                   # List of warnings we have collected
+        self.linenum = 1                 # Output line number we are up to
+        self.in_section = None           # Name of start...END section we are in
+        self.notes = []                  # Series notes
+        self.section = []                # The current section...END section
+        self.series = series             # Info about the patch series
+        self.is_log = is_log             # True if indent like git log
+        self.in_change = 0               # Non-zero if we are in a change list
+        self.blank_count = 0             # Number of blank lines stored up
+        self.state = STATE_MSG_HEADER    # What state are we in?
+        self.tags = []                   # Tags collected, like Tested-by...
+        self.signoff = []                # Contents of signoff line
+        self.commit = None               # Current commit
+
+    def AddToSeries(self, line, name, value):
+        """Add a new Series-xxx tag.
+
+        When a Series-xxx tag is detected, we come here to record it, if we
+        are scanning a 'git log'.
+
+        Args:
+            line: Source line containing tag (useful for debug/error messages)
+            name: Tag name (part after 'Series-')
+            value: Tag value (part after 'Series-xxx: ')
+        """
+        if name == 'notes':
+            self.in_section = name
+            self.skip_blank = False
+        if self.is_log:
+            self.series.AddTag(self.commit, line, name, value)
+
+    def CloseCommit(self):
+        """Save the current commit into our commit list, and reset our state"""
+        if self.commit and self.is_log:
+            self.series.AddCommit(self.commit)
+            self.commit = None
+
+    def FormatTags(self, tags):
+        out_list = []
+        for tag in sorted(tags):
+            if tag.startswith('Cc:'):
+                tag_list = tag[4:].split(',')
+                out_list += gitutil.BuildEmailList(tag_list, 'Cc:')
+            else:
+                out_list.append(tag)
+        return out_list
+
+    def ProcessLine(self, line):
+        """Process a single line of a patch file or commit log
+
+        This process a line and returns a list of lines to output. The list
+        may be empty or may contain multiple output lines.
+
+        This is where all the complicated logic is located. The class's
+        state is used to move between different states and detect things
+        properly.
+
+        We can be in one of two modes:
+            self.is_log == True: This is 'git log' mode, where most output is
+                indented by 4 characters and we are scanning for tags
+
+            self.is_log == False: This is 'patch' mode, where we already have
+                all the tags, and are processing patches to remove junk we
+                don't want, and add things we think are required.
+
+        Args:
+            line: text line to process
+
+        Returns:
+            list of output lines, or [] if nothing should be output
+        """
+        # Initially we have no output. Prepare the input line string
+        out = []
+        line = line.rstrip('\n')
+        if self.is_log:
+            if line[:4] == '    ':
+                line = line[4:]
+
+        # Handle state transition and skipping blank lines
+        series_match = re_series.match(line)
+        commit_match = re_commit.match(line) if self.is_log else None
+        tag_match = None
+        if self.state == STATE_PATCH_HEADER:
+            tag_match = re_tag.match(line)
+        is_blank = not line.strip()
+        if is_blank:
+            if (self.state == STATE_MSG_HEADER
+                    or self.state == STATE_PATCH_SUBJECT):
+                self.state += 1
+
+            # We don't have a subject in the text stream of patch files
+            # It has its own line with a Subject: tag
+            if not self.is_log and self.state == STATE_PATCH_SUBJECT:
+                self.state += 1
+        elif commit_match:
+            self.state = STATE_MSG_HEADER
+
+        # If we are in a section, keep collecting lines until we see END
+        if self.in_section:
+            if line == 'END':
+                if self.in_section == 'cover':
+                    self.series.cover = self.section
+                elif self.in_section == 'notes':
+                    if self.is_log:
+                        self.series.notes += self.section
+                else:
+                    self.warn.append("Unknown section '%s'" % self.in_section)
+                self.in_section = None
+                self.skip_blank = True
+                self.section = []
+            else:
+                self.section.append(line)
+
+        # Detect the commit subject
+        elif not is_blank and self.state == STATE_PATCH_SUBJECT:
+            self.commit.subject = line
+
+        # Detect the tags we want to remove, and skip blank lines
+        elif re_remove.match(line):
+            self.skip_blank = True
+
+            # TEST= should be the last thing in the commit, so remove
+            # everything after it
+            if line.startswith('TEST='):
+                self.found_test = True
+        elif self.skip_blank and is_blank:
+            self.skip_blank = False
+
+        # Detect the start of a cover letter section
+        elif re_cover.match(line):
+            self.in_section = 'cover'
+            self.skip_blank = False
+
+        # If we are in a change list, key collected lines until a blank one
+        elif self.in_change:
+            if is_blank:
+                # Blank line ends this change list
+                self.in_change = 0
+            else:
+                self.series.AddChange(self.in_change, self.commit, line)
+            self.skip_blank = False
+
+        # Detect Series-xxx tags
+        elif series_match:
+            name = series_match.group(1)
+            value = series_match.group(2)
+            if name == 'changes':
+                # value is the version number: e.g. 1, or 2
+                try:
+                    value = int(value)
+                except ValueError as str:
+                    raise ValueError("%s: Cannot decode version info '%s'" %
+                        (self.commit.hash, line))
+                self.in_change = int(value)
+            else:
+                self.AddToSeries(line, name, value)
+                self.skip_blank = True
+
+        # Detect the start of a new commit
+        elif commit_match:
+            self.CloseCommit()
+            self.commit = commit.Commit(commit_match.group(1)[:7])
+
+        # Detect tags in the commit message
+        elif tag_match:
+            # Onlly allow a single signoff tag
+            if tag_match.group(1) == 'Signed-off-by':
+                if self.signoff:
+                    self.warn.append('Patch has more than one Signed-off-by '
+                            'tag')
+                self.signoff += [line]
+
+            # Remove Tested-by self, since few will take much notice
+            elif (tag_match.group(1) == 'Tested-by' and
+                    tag_match.group(2).find(os.getenv('USER') + '@') != -1):
+                self.warn.append("Ignoring %s" % line)
+            elif tag_match.group(1) == 'Cc':
+                self.commit.AddCc(tag_match.group(2).split(','))
+            else:
+                self.tags.append(line);
+
+        # Well that means this is an ordinary line
+        else:
+            pos = 1
+            # Look for ugly ASCII characters
+            for ch in line:
+                # TODO: Would be nicer to report source filename and line
+                if ord(ch) > 0x80:
+                    self.warn.append("Line %d/%d ('%s') has funny ascii char" %
+                        (self.linenum, pos, line))
+                pos += 1
+
+            # Look for space before tab
+            m = re_space_before_tab.match(line)
+            if m:
+                self.warn.append('Line %d/%d has space before tab' %
+                    (self.linenum, m.start()))
+
+            # OK, we have a valid non-blank line
+            out = [line]
+            self.linenum += 1
+            self.skip_blank = False
+            if self.state == STATE_DIFFS:
+                pass
+
+            # If this is the start of the diffs section, emit our tags and
+            # change log
+            elif line == '---':
+                self.state = STATE_DIFFS
+
+                # Output the tags (signeoff first), then change list
+                out = []
+                if self.signoff:
+                    out += self.signoff
+                log = self.series.MakeChangeLog(self.commit)
+                out += self.FormatTags(self.tags)
+                out += [line] + log
+            elif self.found_test:
+                if not re_allowed_after_test.match(line):
+                    self.lines_after_test += 1
+
+        return out
+
+    def Finalize(self):
+        """Close out processing of this patch stream"""
+        self.CloseCommit()
+        if self.lines_after_test:
+            self.warn.append('Found %d lines after TEST=' %
+                    self.lines_after_test)
+
+    def ProcessStream(self, infd, outfd):
+        """Copy a stream from infd to outfd, filtering out unwanting things.
+
+        This is used to process patch files one at a time.
+
+        Args:
+            infd: Input stream file object
+            outfd: Output stream file object
+        """
+        # Extract the filename from each diff, for nice warnings
+        fname = None
+        last_fname = None
+        re_fname = re.compile('diff --git a/(.*) b/.*')
+        while True:
+            line = infd.readline()
+            if not line:
+                break
+            out = self.ProcessLine(line)
+
+            # Try to detect blank lines at EOF
+            for line in out:
+                match = re_fname.match(line)
+                if match:
+                    last_fname = fname
+                    fname = match.group(1)
+                if line == '+':
+                    self.blank_count += 1
+                else:
+                    if self.blank_count and (line == '-- ' or match):
+                        self.warn.append("Found possible blank line(s) at "
+                                "end of file '%s'" % last_fname)
+                    outfd.write('+\n' * self.blank_count)
+                    outfd.write(line + '\n')
+                    self.blank_count = 0
+        self.Finalize()
+
+
+def GetMetaData(start, count):
+    """Reads out patch series metadata from the commits
+
+    This does a 'git log' on the relevant commits and pulls out the tags we
+    are interested in.
+
+    Args:
+        start: Commit to start from: 0=HEAD, 1=next one, etc.
+        count: Number of commits to list
+    """
+    pipe = [['git', 'log', '--reverse', 'HEAD~%d' % start, '-n%d' % count]]
+    stdout = command.RunPipe(pipe, capture=True)
+    series = Series()
+    ps = PatchStream(series, is_log=True)
+    for line in stdout.splitlines():
+        ps.ProcessLine(line)
+    ps.Finalize()
+    return series
+
+def FixPatch(backup_dir, fname, series, commit):
+    """Fix up a patch file, by adding/removing as required.
+
+    We remove our tags from the patch file, insert changes lists, etc.
+    The patch file is processed in place, and overwritten.
+
+    A backup file is put into backup_dir (if not None).
+
+    Args:
+        fname: Filename to patch file to process
+        series: Series information about this patch set
+        commit: Commit object for this patch file
+    Return:
+        A list of errors, or [] if all ok.
+    """
+    handle, tmpname = tempfile.mkstemp()
+    outfd = os.fdopen(handle, 'w')
+    infd = open(fname, 'r')
+    ps = PatchStream(series)
+    ps.commit = commit
+    ps.ProcessStream(infd, outfd)
+    infd.close()
+    outfd.close()
+
+    # Create a backup file if required
+    if backup_dir:
+        shutil.copy(fname, os.path.join(backup_dir, os.path.basename(fname)))
+    shutil.move(tmpname, fname)
+    return ps.warn
+
+def FixPatches(series, fnames):
+    """Fix up a list of patches identified by filenames
+
+    The patch files are processed in place, and overwritten.
+
+    Args:
+        series: The series object
+        fnames: List of patch files to process
+    """
+    # Current workflow creates patches, so we shouldn't need a backup
+    backup_dir = None  #tempfile.mkdtemp('clean-patch')
+    count = 0
+    for fname in fnames:
+        commit = series.commits[count]
+        commit.patch = fname
+        result = FixPatch(backup_dir, fname, series, commit)
+        if result:
+            print '%d warnings for %s:' % (len(result), fname)
+            for warn in result:
+                print '\t', warn
+            print
+        count += 1
+    print 'Cleaned %d patches' % count
+    return series
+
+def InsertCoverLetter(fname, series, count):
+    """Inserts a cover letter with the required info into patch 0
+
+    Args:
+        fname: Input / output filename of the cover letter file
+        series: Series object
+        count: Number of patches in the series
+    """
+    fd = open(fname, 'r')
+    lines = fd.readlines()
+    fd.close()
+
+    fd = open(fname, 'w')
+    text = series.cover
+    prefix = series.GetPatchPrefix()
+    for line in lines:
+        if line.startswith('Subject:'):
+            # TODO: if more than 10 patches this should save 00/xx, not 0/xx
+            line = 'Subject: [%s 0/%d] %s\n' % (prefix, count, text[0])
+
+        # Insert our cover letter
+        elif line.startswith('*** BLURB HERE ***'):
+            # First the blurb test
+            line = '\n'.join(text[1:]) + '\n'
+            if series.get('notes'):
+                line += '\n'.join(series.notes) + '\n'
+
+            # Now the change list
+            out = series.MakeChangeLog(None)
+            line += '\n' + '\n'.join(out)
+        fd.write(line)
+    fd.close()
diff --git a/tools/patman/patman b/tools/patman/patman
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..6cc3d7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/patman/patman
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+patman.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/patman/patman.py b/tools/patman/patman.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..cfe06d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/patman/patman.py
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium OS Authors.
+#
+# See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+# project.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+# the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+# MA 02111-1307 USA
+#
+
+"""See README for more information"""
+
+from optparse import OptionParser
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+import unittest
+
+# Our modules
+import checkpatch
+import command
+import gitutil
+import patchstream
+import terminal
+import test
+
+
+parser = OptionParser()
+parser.add_option('-H', '--full-help', action='store_true', dest='full_help',
+       default=False, help='Display the README file')
+parser.add_option('-c', '--count', dest='count', type='int',
+       default=-1, help='Automatically create patches from top n commits')
+parser.add_option('-i', '--ignore-errors', action='store_true',
+       dest='ignore_errors', default=False,
+       help='Send patches email even if patch errors are found')
+parser.add_option('-n', '--dry-run', action='store_true', dest='dry_run',
+       default=False, help="Do a try run (create but don't email patches)")
+parser.add_option('-s', '--start', dest='start', type='int',
+       default=0, help='Commit to start creating patches from (0 = HEAD)')
+parser.add_option('-t', '--test', action='store_true', dest='test',
+                  default=False, help='run tests')
+parser.add_option('-v', '--verbose', action='store_true', dest='verbose',
+       default=False, help='Verbose output of errors and warnings')
+parser.add_option('--cc-cmd', dest='cc_cmd', type='string', action='store',
+       default=None, help='Output cc list for patch file (used by git)')
+parser.add_option('--no-tags', action='store_false', dest='process_tags',
+                  default=True, help="Don't process subject tags as aliaes")
+
+parser.usage = """patman [options]
+
+Create patches from commits in a branch, check them and email them as
+specified by tags you place in the commits. Use -n to """
+
+(options, args) = parser.parse_args()
+
+# Run our meagre tests
+if options.test:
+    import doctest
+
+    sys.argv = [sys.argv[0]]
+    suite = unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromTestCase(test.TestPatch)
+    result = unittest.TestResult()
+    suite.run(result)
+
+    suite = doctest.DocTestSuite('gitutil')
+    suite.run(result)
+
+    # TODO: Surely we can just 'print' result?
+    print result
+    for test, err in result.errors:
+        print err
+    for test, err in result.failures:
+        print err
+
+# Called from git with a patch filename as argument
+# Printout a list of additional CC recipients for this patch
+elif options.cc_cmd:
+    fd = open(options.cc_cmd, 'r')
+    re_line = re.compile('(\S*) (.*)')
+    for line in fd.readlines():
+        match = re_line.match(line)
+        if match and match.group(1) == args[0]:
+            for cc in match.group(2).split(', '):
+                cc = cc.strip()
+                if cc:
+                    print cc
+    fd.close()
+
+elif options.full_help:
+    pager = os.getenv('PAGER')
+    if not pager:
+        pager = 'more'
+    fname = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]), 'README')
+    command.Run(pager, fname)
+
+# Process commits, produce patches files, check them, email them
+else:
+    gitutil.Setup()
+
+    if options.count == -1:
+        # Work out how many patches to send if we can
+        options.count = gitutil.CountCommitsToBranch() - options.start
+
+    col = terminal.Color()
+    if not options.count:
+        str = 'No commits found to process - please use -c flag'
+        print col.Color(col.RED, str)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    # Read the metadata from the commits
+    if options.count:
+        series = patchstream.GetMetaData(options.start, options.count)
+        cover_fname, args = gitutil.CreatePatches(options.start, options.count,
+                series)
+
+    # Fix up the patch files to our liking, and insert the cover letter
+    series = patchstream.FixPatches(series, args)
+    if series and cover_fname and series.get('cover'):
+        patchstream.InsertCoverLetter(cover_fname, series, options.count)
+
+    # Do a few checks on the series
+    series.DoChecks()
+
+    # Check the patches, and run them through 'git am' just to be sure
+    ok = checkpatch.CheckPatches(options.verbose, args)
+    if not gitutil.ApplyPatches(options.verbose, args,
+            options.count + options.start):
+        ok = False
+
+    # Email the patches out (giving the user time to check / cancel)
+    cmd = ''
+    if ok or options.ignore_errors:
+        cc_file = series.MakeCcFile(options.process_tags)
+        cmd = gitutil.EmailPatches(series, cover_fname, args,
+                options.dry_run, cc_file)
+        os.remove(cc_file)
+
+    # For a dry run, just show our actions as a sanity check
+    if options.dry_run:
+        series.ShowActions(args, cmd, options.process_tags)
diff --git a/tools/patman/series.py b/tools/patman/series.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05d9e73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/patman/series.py
@@ -0,0 +1,238 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium OS Authors.
+#
+# See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+# project.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+# the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+# MA 02111-1307 USA
+#
+
+import os
+
+import gitutil
+import terminal
+
+# Series-xxx tags that we understand
+valid_series = ['to', 'cc', 'version', 'changes', 'prefix', 'notes'];
+
+class Series(dict):
+    """Holds information about a patch series, including all tags.
+
+    Vars:
+        cc: List of aliases/emails to Cc all patches to
+        commits: List of Commit objects, one for each patch
+        cover: List of lines in the cover letter
+        notes: List of lines in the notes
+        changes: (dict) List of changes for each version, The key is
+            the integer version number
+    """
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.cc = []
+        self.to = []
+        self.commits = []
+        self.cover = None
+        self.notes = []
+        self.changes = {}
+
+    # These make us more like a dictionary
+    def __setattr__(self, name, value):
+        self[name] = value
+
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        return self[name]
+
+    def AddTag(self, commit, line, name, value):
+        """Add a new Series-xxx tag along with its value.
+
+        Args:
+            line: Source line containing tag (useful for debug/error messages)
+            name: Tag name (part after 'Series-')
+            value: Tag value (part after 'Series-xxx: ')
+        """
+        # If we already have it, then add to our list
+        if name in self:
+            values = value.split(',')
+            values = [str.strip() for str in values]
+            if type(self[name]) != type([]):
+                raise ValueError("In %s: line '%s': Cannot add another value "
+                        "'%s' to series '%s'" %
+                            (commit.hash, line, values, self[name]))
+            self[name] += values
+
+        # Otherwise just set the value
+        elif name in valid_series:
+            self[name] = value
+        else:
+            raise ValueError("In %s: line '%s': Unknown 'Series-%s': valid "
+                        "options are %s" % (self.commit.hash, line, name,
+                            ', '.join(valid_series)))
+
+    def AddCommit(self, commit):
+        """Add a commit into our list of commits
+
+        We create a list of tags in the commit subject also.
+
+        Args:
+            commit: Commit object to add
+        """
+        commit.CheckTags()
+        self.commits.append(commit)
+
+    def ShowActions(self, args, cmd, process_tags):
+        """Show what actions we will/would perform
+
+        Args:
+            args: List of patch files we created
+            cmd: The git command we would have run
+            process_tags: Process tags as if they were aliases
+        """
+        col = terminal.Color()
+        print 'Dry run, so not doing much. But I would do this:'
+        print
+        print 'Send a total of %d patch%s with %scover letter.' % (
+                len(args), '' if len(args) == 1 else 'es',
+                self.get('cover') and 'a ' or 'no ')
+
+        # TODO: Colour the patches according to whether they passed checks
+        for upto in range(len(args)):
+            commit = self.commits[upto]
+            print col.Color(col.GREEN, '   %s' % args[upto])
+            cc_list = []
+            if process_tags:
+                cc_list += gitutil.BuildEmailList(commit.tags)
+            cc_list += gitutil.BuildEmailList(commit.cc_list)
+
+            for email in cc_list:
+                if email == None:
+                    email = col.Color(col.YELLOW, "<alias '%s' not found>"
+                            % tag)
+                if email:
+                    print '      Cc: ',email
+        print
+        for item in gitutil.BuildEmailList(self.get('to', '<none>')):
+            print 'To:\t ', item
+        for item in gitutil.BuildEmailList(self.cc):
+            print 'Cc:\t ', item
+        print 'Version: ', self.get('version')
+        print 'Prefix:\t ', self.get('prefix')
+        if self.cover:
+            print 'Cover: %d lines' % len(self.cover)
+        if cmd:
+            print 'Git command: %s' % cmd
+
+    def MakeChangeLog(self, commit):
+        """Create a list of changes for each version.
+
+        Return:
+            The change log as a list of strings, one per line
+
+            Changes in v1:
+            - Fix the widget
+            - Jog the dial
+
+            Changes in v2:
+            - Jog the dial back closer to the widget
+
+            etc.
+        """
+        final = []
+        need_blank = False
+        for change in sorted(self.changes):
+            out = []
+            for this_commit, text in self.changes[change]:
+                if commit and this_commit != commit:
+                    continue
+                if text not in out:
+                    out.append(text)
+            if out:
+                out = ['Changes in v%d:' % change] + sorted(out)
+                if need_blank:
+                    out = [''] + out
+                final += out
+                need_blank = True
+        if self.changes:
+            final.append('')
+        return final
+
+    def DoChecks(self):
+        """Check that each version has a change log
+
+        Print an error if something is wrong.
+        """
+        col = terminal.Color()
+        if self.get('version'):
+            changes_copy = dict(self.changes)
+            for version in range(2, int(self.version) + 1):
+                if self.changes.get(version):
+                    del changes_copy[version]
+                else:
+                    str = 'Change log missing for v%d' % version
+                    print col.Color(col.RED, str)
+            for version in changes_copy:
+                str = 'Change log for unknown version v%d' % version
+                print col.Color(col.RED, str)
+        elif self.changes:
+            str = 'Change log exists, but no version is set'
+            print col.Color(col.RED, str)
+
+    def MakeCcFile(self, process_tags):
+        """Make a cc file for us to use for per-commit Cc automation
+
+        Args:
+            process_tags: Process tags as if they were aliases
+        Return:
+            Filename of temp file created
+        """
+        # Look for commit tags (of the form 'xxx:' at the start of the subject)
+        fname = '/tmp/patman.%d' % os.getpid()
+        fd = open(fname, 'w')
+        for commit in self.commits:
+            list = []
+            if process_tags:
+                list += gitutil.BuildEmailList(commit.tags)
+            list += gitutil.BuildEmailList(commit.cc_list)
+            print >>fd, commit.patch, ', '.join(list)
+
+        fd.close()
+        return fname
+
+    def AddChange(self, version, commit, info):
+        """Add a new change line to a version.
+
+        This will later appear in the change log.
+
+        Args:
+            version: version number to add change list to
+            info: change line for this version
+        """
+        if not self.changes.get(version):
+            self.changes[version] = []
+        self.changes[version].append([commit, info])
+
+    def GetPatchPrefix(self):
+        """Get the patch version string
+
+        Return:
+            Patch string, like 'RFC PATCH v5' or just 'PATCH'
+        """
+        version = ''
+        if self.get('version'):
+            version = ' v%s' % self['version']
+
+        # Get patch name prefix
+        prefix = ''
+        if self.get('prefix'):
+            prefix = '%s ' % self['prefix']
+        return '%sPATCH%s' % (prefix, version)
diff --git a/tools/patman/settings.py b/tools/patman/settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..049c709
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/patman/settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium OS Authors.
+#
+# See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+# project.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+# the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+# MA 02111-1307 USA
+#
+
+import ConfigParser
+import os
+import re
+
+import command
+
+
+def ReadGitAliases(fname):
+    """Read a git alias file. This is in the form used by git:
+
+    alias uboot  u-boot@lists.denx.de
+    alias wd     Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
+
+    Args:
+        fname: Filename to read
+    """
+    try:
+        fd = open(fname, 'r')
+    except IOError:
+        print "Warning: Cannot find alias file '%s'" % fname
+        return
+
+    re_line = re.compile('alias\s+(\S+)\s+(.*)')
+    for line in fd.readlines():
+        line = line.strip()
+        if not line or line[0] == '#':
+            continue
+
+        m = re_line.match(line)
+        if not m:
+            print "Warning: Alias file line '%s' not understood" % line
+            continue
+
+        list = alias.get(m.group(1), [])
+        for item in m.group(2).split(','):
+            item = item.strip()
+            if item:
+                list.append(item)
+        alias[m.group(1)] = list
+
+    fd.close()
+
+def Setup(config_fname=''):
+    """Set up the settings module by reading config files.
+
+    Args:
+        config_fname:   Config filename to read ('' for default)
+    """
+    settings = ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser()
+    if config_fname == '':
+        config_fname = '%s/.config/patman' % os.getenv('HOME')
+    if config_fname:
+        settings.read(config_fname)
+
+    for name, value in settings.items('alias'):
+        alias[name] = value.split(',')
+
+
+# These are the aliases we understand, indexed by alias. Each member is a list.
+alias = {}
diff --git a/tools/patman/terminal.py b/tools/patman/terminal.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..838c828
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/patman/terminal.py
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium OS Authors.
+#
+# See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+# project.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+# the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+# MA 02111-1307 USA
+#
+
+"""Terminal utilities
+
+This module handles terminal interaction including ANSI color codes.
+"""
+
+class Color(object):
+  """Conditionally wraps text in ANSI color escape sequences."""
+  BLACK, RED, GREEN, YELLOW, BLUE, MAGENTA, CYAN, WHITE = range(8)
+  BOLD = -1
+  COLOR_START = '\033[1;%dm'
+  BOLD_START = '\033[1m'
+  RESET = '\033[0m'
+
+  def __init__(self, enabled=True):
+    """Create a new Color object, optionally disabling color output.
+
+    Args:
+      enabled: True if color output should be enabled. If False then this
+        class will not add color codes at all.
+    """
+    self._enabled = enabled
+
+  def Start(self, color):
+    """Returns a start color code.
+
+    Args:
+      color: Color to use, .e.g BLACK, RED, etc.
+
+    Returns:
+      If color is enabled, returns an ANSI sequence to start the given color,
+      otherwise returns empty string
+    """
+    if self._enabled:
+      return self.COLOR_START % (color + 30)
+    return ''
+
+  def Stop(self):
+    """Retruns a stop color code.
+
+    Returns:
+      If color is enabled, returns an ANSI color reset sequence, otherwise
+      returns empty string
+    """
+    if self._enabled:
+      return self.RESET
+    return ''
+
+  def Color(self, color, text):
+    """Returns text with conditionally added color escape sequences.
+
+    Keyword arguments:
+      color: Text color -- one of the color constants defined in this class.
+      text: The text to color.
+
+    Returns:
+      If self._enabled is False, returns the original text. If it's True,
+      returns text with color escape sequences based on the value of color.
+    """
+    if not self._enabled:
+      return text
+    if color == self.BOLD:
+      start = self.BOLD_START
+    else:
+      start = self.COLOR_START % (color + 30)
+    return start + text + self.RESET
diff --git a/tools/patman/test.py b/tools/patman/test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf42480
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/patman/test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,250 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium OS Authors.
+#
+# See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+# project.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+# the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+# MA 02111-1307 USA
+#
+
+import os
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+
+import checkpatch
+import gitutil
+import patchstream
+import series
+
+
+class TestPatch(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Test this program
+
+    TODO: Write tests for the rest of the functionality
+    """
+
+    def testBasic(self):
+        """Test basic filter operation"""
+        data='''
+
+From 656c9a8c31fa65859d924cd21da920d6ba537fad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
+Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 09:58:51 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH (resend) 3/7] Tegra2: Add more clock support
+
+This adds functions to enable/disable clocks and reset to on-chip peripherals.
+
+BUG=chromium-os:13875
+TEST=build U-Boot for Seaboard, boot
+
+Change-Id: I80fe1d0c0b7dd10aa58ce5bb1d9290b6664d5413
+
+Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/6900006
+
+Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
+---
+ arch/arm/cpu/armv7/tegra2/Makefile         |    2 +-
+ arch/arm/cpu/armv7/tegra2/ap20.c           |   57 ++----
+ arch/arm/cpu/armv7/tegra2/clock.c          |  163 +++++++++++++++++
+'''
+        expected='''
+
+From 656c9a8c31fa65859d924cd21da920d6ba537fad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
+Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 09:58:51 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH (resend) 3/7] Tegra2: Add more clock support
+
+This adds functions to enable/disable clocks and reset to on-chip peripherals.
+
+Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
+---
+ arch/arm/cpu/armv7/tegra2/Makefile         |    2 +-
+ arch/arm/cpu/armv7/tegra2/ap20.c           |   57 ++----
+ arch/arm/cpu/armv7/tegra2/clock.c          |  163 +++++++++++++++++
+'''
+        out = ''
+        inhandle, inname = tempfile.mkstemp()
+        infd = os.fdopen(inhandle, 'w')
+        infd.write(data)
+        infd.close()
+
+        exphandle, expname = tempfile.mkstemp()
+        expfd = os.fdopen(exphandle, 'w')
+        expfd.write(expected)
+        expfd.close()
+
+        patchstream.FixPatch(None, inname, series.Series(), None)
+        rc = os.system('diff -u %s %s' % (inname, expname))
+        self.assertEqual(rc, 0)
+
+        os.remove(inname)
+        os.remove(expname)
+
+    def GetData(self, data_type):
+        data='''
+From 4924887af52713cabea78420eff03badea8f0035 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
+Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 10:14:41 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Add microsecond boot time measurement
+
+This defines the basics of a new boot time measurement feature. This allows
+logging of very accurate time measurements as the boot proceeds, by using
+an available microsecond counter.
+
+%s
+---
+ README              |   11 ++++++++
+ common/bootstage.c  |   50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ include/bootstage.h |   71 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ include/common.h    |    8 ++++++
+ 5 files changed, 141 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
+ create mode 100644 common/bootstage.c
+ create mode 100644 include/bootstage.h
+
+diff --git a/README b/README
+index 6f3748d..f9e4e65 100644
+--- a/README
++++ b/README
+@@ -2026,6 +2026,17 @@ The following options need to be configured:
+		example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment,
+		the following checkpoints are implemented:
+
++- Time boot progress
++		CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE
++
++		Define this option to enable microsecond boot stage timing
++		on supported platforms. For this to work your platform
++		needs to define a function timer_get_us() which returns the
++		number of microseconds since reset. This would normally
++		be done in your SOC or board timer.c file.
++
++		You can add calls to bootstage_mark() to set time markers.
++
+ - Standalone program support:
+		CONFIG_STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR
+
+diff --git a/common/bootstage.c b/common/bootstage.c
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000..2234c87
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/common/bootstage.c
+@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
++/*
++ * Copyright (c) 2011, Google Inc. All rights reserved.
++ *
++ * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
++ * project.
++ *
++ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
++ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
++ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
++ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
++ *
++ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
++ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
++ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
++ * GNU General Public License for more details.
++ *
++ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
++ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
++ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
++ * MA 02111-1307 USA
++ */
++
++
++/*
++ * This module records the progress of boot and arbitrary commands, and
++ * permits accurate timestamping of each. The records can optionally be
++ * passed to kernel in the ATAGs
++ */
++
++#include <common.h>
++
++
++struct bootstage_record {
++	uint32_t time_us;
++	const char *name;
++};
++
++static struct bootstage_record record[BOOTSTAGE_COUNT];
++
++uint32_t bootstage_mark(enum bootstage_id id, const char *name)
++{
++	struct bootstage_record *rec = &record[id];
++
++	/* Only record the first event for each */
++%sif (!rec->name) {
++		rec->time_us = (uint32_t)timer_get_us();
++		rec->name = name;
++	}
++%sreturn rec->time_us;
++}
+--
+1.7.3.1
+'''
+        signoff = 'Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>\n'
+        tab = '	'
+        if data_type == 'good':
+            pass
+        elif data_type == 'no-signoff':
+            signoff = ''
+        elif data_type == 'spaces':
+            tab = '   '
+        else:
+            print 'not implemented'
+        return data % (signoff, tab, tab)
+
+    def SetupData(self, data_type):
+        inhandle, inname = tempfile.mkstemp()
+        infd = os.fdopen(inhandle, 'w')
+        data = self.GetData(data_type)
+        infd.write(data)
+        infd.close()
+        return inname
+
+    def testCheckpatch(self):
+        """Test checkpatch operation"""
+        inf = self.SetupData('good')
+        result, problems, err, warn, lines, stdout = checkpatch.CheckPatch(inf)
+        self.assertEqual(result, True)
+        self.assertEqual(problems, [])
+        self.assertEqual(err, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(warn, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(lines, 67)
+        os.remove(inf)
+
+        inf = self.SetupData('no-signoff')
+        result, problems, err, warn, lines, stdout = checkpatch.CheckPatch(inf)
+        self.assertEqual(result, False)
+        self.assertEqual(len(problems), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(err, 1)
+        self.assertEqual(warn, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(lines, 67)
+        os.remove(inf)
+
+        inf = self.SetupData('spaces')
+        result, problems, err, warn, lines, stdout = checkpatch.CheckPatch(inf)
+        self.assertEqual(result, False)
+        self.assertEqual(len(problems), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(err, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(warn, 2)
+        self.assertEqual(lines, 67)
+        os.remove(inf)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
+    gitutil.RunTests()