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authorGuilherme Maciel Ferreira <guilherme.maciel.ferreira@gmail.com>2013-12-01 12:43:11 -0700
committerTom Rini <trini@ti.com>2013-12-13 09:15:32 -0500
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Add dumpimage, a tool to extract data from U-Boot images
Given a multi-file image created through the mkimage's -d option: $ mkimage -A x86 -O linux -T multi -n x86 -d vmlinuz:initrd.img:System.map \ multi.img Image Name: x86 Created: Thu Jul 25 10:29:13 2013 Image Type: Intel x86 Linux Multi-File Image (gzip compressed) Data Size: 13722956 Bytes = 13401.32 kB = 13.09 MB Load Address: 00000000 Entry Point: 00000000 Contents: Image 0: 4040128 Bytes = 3945.44 kB = 3.85 MB Image 1: 7991719 Bytes = 7804.41 kB = 7.62 MB Image 2: 1691092 Bytes = 1651.46 kB = 1.61 MB It is possible to perform the innverse operation -- extracting any file from the image -- by using the dumpimage's -i option: $ dumpimage -i multi.img -p 2 System.map Although it's feasible to retrieve "data files" from image through scripting, the requirement to embed tools such 'dd', 'awk' and 'sed' for this sole purpose is cumbersome and unreliable -- once you must keep track of file sizes inside the image. Furthermore, extracting data files using "dumpimage" tool is faster than through scripting. Signed-off-by: Guilherme Maciel Ferreira <guilherme.maciel.ferreira@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
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Load Address: 0x00000000
Entry Point: 0x00000000
+The "dumpimage" is a tool to disassemble images built by mkimage. Its "-i"
+option performs the converse operation of the mkimage's second form (the "-d"
+option). Given an image built by mkimage, the dumpimage extracts a "data file"
+from the image:
+
+ tools/dumpimage -i image -p position data_file
+ -i ==> extract from the 'image' a specific 'data_file', \
+ indexed by 'position'
+
Installing a Linux Image:
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