Added the CDJ-900NXS firmware patcher.

Takes the official C900NXS.UPD (1.31, checked by SHA-256), lets you choose
mods in a list (arrows, space, enter; numbers where the terminal cannot pass
keys), patches the application with the emulator checkout's
mods/patch_cdj900nxs.py, packs it and writes a new C900NXS.UPD labelled 1.32.

Only the application is replaced: the boot loader and recovery records,
MAIN's S0/S7 records, DRIV and PANL are copied byte for byte and checked again
on the finished file, which is also unpacked the boot loader's way and
compared with the patched application. --stock differs from the official file
in the version label and its CRC only.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# CDJ-900NXS firmware patcher
Builds a new `C900NXS.UPD` from the official CDJ-900NXS firmware 1.31 with
the mods you choose, for the player's own USB update.
```sh
python cdj900nxs_patcher.py C900NXS.UPD # choose in a list
python cdj900nxs_patcher.py C900NXS.UPD --mods beatjump,cuecolours,hotcuekeys
python cdj900nxs_patcher.py C900NXS.UPD --stock # the original, to go back
python cdj900nxs_patcher.py --list
```
In the list: **arrow keys** move, **space** ticks or unticks, **a** ticks all
or none, **enter** builds, **q** quits. Terminals that cannot pass single
keys (Git Bash's mintty, a pipe) get a numbered list instead. The result goes
to `out/<date>-<mods>/C900NXS.UPD` with a `report.txt` of every check.
## What it guarantees
- **Only the original file is accepted**: SHA-256
`e96bca7d1ac983985992a8e5fa7813e1ebf04bef514e0c6cfd0a8375f667f7f9`, and the
1.31 application inside it is checked too.
- **Only the main application is replaced.** The boot loader and recovery
loader (MAIN's records below flash 0x40000), MAIN's S0 header and S7 entry
records, and the DRIV and PANL sections are copied from the original byte
for byte. Before anything is written the finished file is read back and
checked: every section CRC and S-record checksum; DRIV and PANL equal to the
original; MAIN's header equal but for its version label, application-only
mode kept; every boot loader and recovery record and byte equal; no record
past 0x7E0000; the packed application's checksum; and the application,
unpacked the way the boot loader does it, equal to the patched one.
- **Labelled 1.32**, so that the player's updater does not skip the update as
the version it already has. The application still reports 1.31 (as
arnoldasr's builds do). `--stock` gives the original firmware with only that
label changed: three bytes differ from the official file (the digit and the
section CRC), exactly as arnoldasr's back-to-stock file, which installed on
his test player.
Checked in the emulator: both the `--stock` file and one with every mod were
written into an emulated flash and booted through Pioneer's own boot loader,
which unpacked and started them.
## Mods
From the emulator checkout `../CDJ900NXSVirtual` (`--repo` for another place):
`mods/patch_cdj900nxs.py` and the mods next to it.
| mod | what it does |
|---|---|
| `code` | arnoldasr: BPM with two decimals, two-line phase meter, RGB waveform |
| `utility` | arnoldasr: UTILITY > PHASE METER switch (needs `code`) |
| `overview` | arnoldasr: overview waveform colour gradient |
| `beatjump` | TRACK SEARCH jumps 1/2/4/8 beats, UTILITY > BEAT JUMP |
| `cuecolours` | memory cues in their rekordbox colours, hot cues shown |
| `hotcuekeys` | UTILITY > HOT CUE KEYS; QUANTIZE short = hot key mode |
arnoldasr's mods need his repository checked out in
`../CDJ900NXSVirtual/mods/cdj900nxs/upstream` (it has no licence, so it is
not copied here); without it they are greyed out.
## Risk
Nothing here talks to a player; you copy the file to a FAT32 USB stick and run
the update yourself. Our mods have only run in the emulator. Recovery from an
application that crashes at start-up has not been tested by anyone. Keep the
`--stock` file at hand.
## Tests
```sh
CDJ900NXS_UPD=/path/to/C900NXS.UPD python -m pytest test_patcher.py
```