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diff --git a/tools/imls/README b/tools/imls/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000..97d7e3216 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/imls/README @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +# +# (C) Copyright 2009 Marco Stornelli <marco.stornelli@gmail.com> +# +# See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this +# project. +# +# The files in this directory are free software; you can redistribute +# them and/or modify them under the terms of the GNU General Public +# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either +# version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. +# +# These files are distributed in the hope that they will be useful, +# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +# GNU General Public License for more details. +# +# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software +# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, +# MA 02111-1307 USA +# + +IMLS +------------- + +imls is an implementation of a Linux command line tool to access +to raw flash partitions and list images made with mkimage command. + +For building against older versions of the MTD headers (meaning before +v2.6.8-rc1) it is required to pass the argument "MTD_VERSION=old" to +make. + +Usage examples +-------------- + +1) Flash with sectors of 128KiB and 32 sectors: + +> imls -c 32 -s 131072 /dev/mtd0 +Searching... +Image Name: foo +Created: Fri Apr 10 18:11:30 2009 +Image Type: Intel x86 Linux Standalone Program (uncompressed) +Data Size: 10716 Bytes = 10.46 kB = 0.01 MB +Load Address: 00000000 +Entry Point: 00000000 + +2) Flash with sectors of 64KiB and 128 sectors and with a search offset of one +sector: + +> imls -o 1 -c 128 -s 65536 /dev/mtd0 +Searching... +Image Name: foo +Created: Fri Apr 10 18:11:30 2009 +Image Type: Intel x86 Linux Standalone Program (uncompressed) +Data Size: 10716 Bytes = 10.46 kB = 0.01 MB +Load Address: 00000000 +Entry Point: 00000000 |