diff --git a/iop/scripts/cfe_upgrade.sh b/iop/scripts/cfe_upgrade.sh
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+++ b/iop/scripts/cfe_upgrade.sh
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+# this is a developer helper script to install firmware on a remote host running in CFE mode
+
+function usage {
+	echo "usage: $0 cfe_upgrade <host> <file>"
+}
+
+function cfe_upgrade {
+	if [ -z "$1" ] ; then
+		usage
+		echo "Error: host required"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+	if [ -z "$2" ] ; then
+		usage
+		echo "Error: firmware filename required"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+	if [ ! -e $2 ] ; then
+		usage
+		echo "Error: firmware file does not exist"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+	IMAGE=`basename $2`
+	echo "CFE upgrade host: $1 with file $IMAGE"
+	[ "$2" ] && [ -e "$2" ] &&  curl -i -F filedata=@$2  http://$1/upload.cgi && echo "upgrade done!"
+}
+
+register_command "cfe_upgrade" "<host> <file>  Install firmware on remote host in CFE mode"
+
+function cfe_upgrade_latest {
+	if [ -z "$1" ] ; then
+		echo "usage: $0 cfe_upgrade_latest <host>"
+		echo "Error: host required"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+	{ cd `dirname $0`
+		IMAGE=`ls -Art bin/*/*.y | tail -n1`
+		[ "$IMAGE" ] && [ -e "$IMAGE" ] && ./iop cfe_upgrade $1 $IMAGE
+	}
+}
+
+register_command "cfe_upgrade_latest" "<host>  Install latest firmware on remote host in CFE mode"
diff --git a/iop/scripts/scp_changes.sh b/iop/scripts/scp_changes.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad7664615
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iop/scripts/scp_changes.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+# this is a developer helper script to SCP changed files to remote host
+
+ROOT=build_dir/target-mips_uClibc-0.9.33.2/root-iopsys-brcm63xx-mips/
+ROOT_OLD=tmp/root_old/
+ROOT_TMP=tmp/root_tmp/
+
+function scp_changes_reset {
+	{ cd `dirname $0`
+		rm -rf "$ROOT_OLD"
+		mkdir -p "$ROOT_OLD"
+		cp -a "$ROOT"* "$ROOT_OLD"
+	}
+}
+
+function scp_changes {
+	if [ -z "$1" ] ; then
+		echo "usage: $0 scp_changes <host/-r(eset)/-p(retend)>"
+		echo "Error: host required"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+	{ cd `dirname $0`
+		if [ ! -d $ROOT ]; then
+			echo "$ROOT does not exist"
+			echo "please build the project first"
+			exit 1;
+		fi
+		if [ "$1" = "-r" ]; then
+			echo "reset changes"
+			scp_changes_reset
+			exit 0
+		fi
+		if [ ! -d $ROOT_OLD ]; then
+			echo "$ROOT_OLD does not exist"
+			echo "you didn't store state of previous buildroot"
+			#echo "please run ./scp_changes_reset.sh"
+			echo "doing it now"
+			scp_changes_reset
+			exit 1;
+		fi
+		FILES=`diff -rq "$ROOT" "$ROOT_OLD" 2>&1 | sed -ne "s?^Files .* and $ROOT_OLD\\(.*\\) differ?\\1?p" -ne "s?^Only in $ROOT\\(.*\\): \\(.*\\)?\\1/\\2?p"`
+		if [ "$1" = "-p" ]; then
+			echo "files that would be copied:"
+			echo $FILES
+			exit 0
+		fi
+		for f in $FILES
+		do
+			mkdir -p "$ROOT_TMP`dirname $f`"
+			cp -af "$ROOT$f" "$ROOT_TMP$f"
+		done
+		if [ -d "$ROOT_TMP" ]; then
+			echo "scp changed files to $1"
+			pushd "$ROOT_TMP" 2>&1 >/dev/null
+			scp -r * root@$1:/
+			RETVAL=$?
+			popd 2>&1 >/dev/null
+			rm -rf "$ROOT_TMP"
+			if [ "$RETVAL" -eq 0 ]; then
+				scp_changes_reset
+			else
+				echo "scp error"
+				exit $RETVAL
+			fi
+		else
+			echo "no change"
+		fi
+	}
+}
+
+register_command "scp_changes" "<host/-r(eset)/-p(retend)>  SCP only changed files to device"
diff --git a/iop/scripts/ssh_install_key.sh b/iop/scripts/ssh_install_key.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..9e40a5d1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iop/scripts/ssh_install_key.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# this is a developer helper script to install the public ssh key on host running dropbear
+
+function ssh_install_key {
+	if [ -e ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub ]; then
+		echo "Adding public RSA key to $1"
+		KEY=`cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub`
+	elif [ -e ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub ]; then
+		echo "Adding public DSA key to $1"
+		KEY=`cat ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub`
+	else
+		echo "No public key found"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+	ssh root@$1 "echo '$KEY' >> /etc/dropbear/authorized_keys" && echo ok
+}
+
+register_command "ssh_install_key" "Install the users public ssh key on host running dropbear"
diff --git a/iop/scripts/ssh_sysupgrade.sh b/iop/scripts/ssh_sysupgrade.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2bad6f003
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iop/scripts/ssh_sysupgrade.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# this is a developer helper script to install firmware on a remote host with SSH
+
+function usage {
+	echo "usage: $0 ssh_sysupgrade <host> <file> [opts]"
+}
+
+function ssh_sysupgrade {
+	if [ -z "$1" ] ; then
+		usage
+		echo "Error: host required"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+	if [ -z "$2" ] ; then
+		usage
+		echo "Error: firmware filename required"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+	if [ ! -e $2 ] ; then
+		usage
+		echo "Error: firmware file does not exist"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+	IMAGE=`basename $2`
+	echo "sysupgrade host: $1 with file $IMAGE"
+	[ "$2" ] && [ -e "$2" ] && scp $2 root@$1:/tmp/ && ssh root@$1 "sysupgrade $3 /tmp/$IMAGE" && echo "sysupgrade done!"
+}
+
+register_command "ssh_sysupgrade" "<host> <file> [opts]  Install firmware on remote host with SSH"
+
+function ssh_sysupgrade_latest {
+	if [ -z "$1" ] ; then
+		echo "usage: $0 ssh_sysupgrade_latest <host> [opts]"
+		echo "Error: host required"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+	{ cd `dirname $0`
+		IMAGE=`ls -Art bin/*/*.y | tail -n1`
+		[ "$IMAGE" ] && [ -e "$IMAGE" ] && ./iop ssh_sysupgrade $1 $IMAGE $2
+	}
+}
+
+register_command "ssh_sysupgrade_latest" "<host> [opts]  Install latest ubifs firmware on remote host with SSH"
+
+function ssh_sysupgrade_latest_w {
+	if [ -z "$1" ] ; then
+		echo "usage: $0 ssh_sysupgrade_latest_w <host> [opts]"
+		echo "Error: host required"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+	{ cd `dirname $0`
+		IMAGE=`ls -Art bin/*/*.w | tail -n1`
+		[ "$IMAGE" ] && [ -e "$IMAGE" ] && ./iop ssh_sysupgrade $1 $IMAGE $2
+	}
+}
+
+register_command "ssh_sysupgrade_latest_w" "<host> [opts]  Install latest jffs2 firmware on remote host with SSH"