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| -rw-r--r-- | README | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/imagetool.h | 6 |
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@@ -3832,16 +3832,8 @@ when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk: 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 -T type -p position data_file - -i ==> extract from the 'image' a specific 'data_file' - -T ==> set image type to 'type' - -p ==> 'position' (starting at 0) of the 'data_file' inside the 'image' - +The "dumpimage" tool can be used to disassemble or list the contents of images +built by mkimage. See dumpimage's help output (-h) for details. Installing a Linux Image: ------------------------- diff --git a/tools/imagetool.h b/tools/imagetool.h index acbc48e..8726792 100644 --- a/tools/imagetool.h +++ b/tools/imagetool.h @@ -126,9 +126,9 @@ struct image_type_params { struct image_tool_params *); /* * This function is used by the command to retrieve a component - * (sub-image) from the image (i.e. dumpimage -i <image> -p <position> - * <sub-image-name>). - * Thus the code to extract a file from an image must be put here. + * (sub-image) from the image (i.e. dumpimage -p <position> + * -o <component-outfile> <image>). Thus the code to extract a file + * from an image must be put here. * * Returns 0 if the file was successfully retrieved from the image, * or a negative value on error. |