From a804b5ce2d84dca6f9e145003e588876adf2c71f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guilherme Maciel Ferreira Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2013 12:43:11 -0700 Subject: 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 Signed-off-by: Simon Glass --- tools/.gitignore | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'tools/.gitignore') diff --git a/tools/.gitignore b/tools/.gitignore index a7fee26..2320fd8 100644 --- a/tools/.gitignore +++ b/tools/.gitignore @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ /gen_eth_addr /img2srec /kwboot +/dumpimage /mkenvimage /mkimage /mpc86x_clk -- cgit v1.1