* objcopy.c: Add --interleave-width option to allow interleaving

        of more than one byte at a time.
        (copy_width): New variable.
        (copy_options): Add --interleave-width.
        (copy_section): When interleaving copy in units of copy_width
        bytes.
        (copy_main): Parse the new option.
        * doc/binutils: Document the new option.
        * NEWS: Mention the new feature.

        * binutils-all/objcopy.exp: Add test of new --interleave-width
        option.

1 files changed, 38 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
index 0f0d8ee4b8..82c3a675fc 100644
--- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
@@ -1017,7 +1017,8 @@ objcopy [@option{-F} @var{bfdname}|@option{--target=}@var{bfdname}]
         [@option{-x}|@option{--discard-all}]
         [@option{-X}|@option{--discard-locals}]
         [@option{-b} @var{byte}|@option{--byte=}@var{byte}]
-        [@option{-i} @var{interleave}|@option{--interleave=}@var{interleave}]
+        [@option{-i} [@var{breadth}]|@option{--interleave}[=@var{breadth}]]
+        [@option{--interleave-width=}@var{width}]
         [@option{-j} @var{sectionname}|@option{--only-section=}@var{sectionname}]
         [@option{-R} @var{sectionname}|@option{--remove-section=}@var{sectionname}]
         [@option{-p}|@option{--preserve-dates}]
@@ -1239,19 +1240,42 @@ Do not copy compiler-generated local symbols.
 
 @item -b @var{byte}
 @itemx --byte=@var{byte}
-Keep only every @var{byte}th byte of the input file (header data is not
-affected).  @var{byte} can be in the range from 0 to @var{interleave}-1,
-where @var{interleave} is given by the @option{-i} or @option{--interleave}
-option, or the default of 4.  This option is useful for creating files
-to program @sc{rom}.  It is typically used with an @code{srec} output
-target.
-
-@item -i @var{interleave}
-@itemx --interleave=@var{interleave}
-Only copy one out of every @var{interleave} bytes.  Select which byte to
-copy with the @option{-b} or @option{--byte} option.  The default is 4.
-@command{objcopy} ignores this option if you do not specify either @option{-b} or
-@option{--byte}.
+If interleaving has been enabled via the @option{--interleave} option
+then start the range of bytes to keep at the @var{byte}th byte.
+@var{byte} can be in the range from 0 to @var{breadth}-1, where
+@var{breadth} is the value given by the @option{--interleave} option.
+
+@item -i [@var{breadth}]
+@itemx --interleave[=@var{breadth}]
+Only copy a range out of every @var{breadth} bytes.  (Header data is
+not affected).  Select which byte in the range begins the copy with
+the @option{--byte} option.  Select the width of the range with the
+@option{--interleave-width} option.
+
+This option is useful for creating files to program @sc{rom}.  It is
+typically used with an @code{srec} output target.  Note that
+@command{objcopy} will complain if you do not specify the
+@option{--byte} option as well.
+
+The default interleave breadth is 4, so with @option{--byte} set to 0,
+@command{objcopy} would copy the first byte out of every four bytes
+from the input to the output.
+
+@item --interleave-width=@var{width}
+When used with the @option{--interleave} option, copy @var{width}
+bytes at a time.  The start of the range of bytes to be copied is set
+by the @option{--byte} option, and the extent of the range is set with
+the @option{--interleave} option.
+
+The default value for this option is 1.  The value of @var{width} plus
+the @var{byte} value set by the @option{--byte} option must not exceed
+the interleave breadth set by the @option{--interleave} option.
+
+This option can be used to create images for two 16-bit flashes interleaved
+in a 32-bit bus by passing @option{-b 0 -i 4 --interleave-width=2}
+and @option{-b 2 -i 4 --interleave-width=2} to two @command{objcopy}
+commands.  If the input was '12345678' then the outputs would be
+'1256' and '3478' respectively.
 
 @item -p
 @itemx --preserve-dates