[U-Boot] [PATCH v2] Add mkimage manpage

Nobuhiro Iwamatsu iwamatsu at nigauri.org
Wed Jun 16 03:38:24 CEST 2010


As for some distribution, a mkimage command is made a package.
However, there was not manual of mkimage. This provides manual of
mkimage.

Signed-off-by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu at nigauri.org>
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+.TH MKIMAGE 1 "2010-05-16"
+
+.SH NAME
+mkimage \- Generate image for U-Boot
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B mkimage
+.RB [\fIoptions\fP]
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.B mkimage
+can also be used to create images for use with U-Boot, either
+separated from the Linux kernel image, or combined into one file.
+mkimage encapsulates the images with header containing information
+about target architecture, operating system, image type, compression method,
+entry points, time stamp, checksums, etc.
+
+.SH "OPTIONS"
+
+.TP
+.BI "\-l [" "uimage file name" "]"
+mkimage lists the information contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image.
+
+.TP
+.BI "\-A [" "architecture" "]"
+Set architecture. Pass -h as the architecture to see the list of supported architectures.
+
+.TP
+.BI "\-O [" "os" "]"
+Set operating system. bootm command of u-boot changes boot method by os type.
+Pass -h as the OS to see the list of supported OS.
+
+.TP
+.BI "\-T [" "image type" "]"
+Set image type.
+Pass -h as the image to see the list of supported image type.
+
+.TP
+.BI "\-C [" "compression type" "]"
+Set compression type.
+Pass -h as the compression to see the list of supported compression type.
+
+.TP
+.BI "\-a [" "load addess" "]"
+Set load address with a hex number.
+
+.TP
+.BI "\-e [" "entry point" "]"
+Set entry point with a hex number.
+
+.TP
+.BI "\-n [" "image name" "]"
+Set image name to 'image name'.
+
+.TP
+.BI "\-d [" "image data file" "]"
+Use image data from 'image data file'.
+
+.TP
+.BI "\-x"
+Set XIP (execute in place) flag.
+
+.SH HOMEPAGE
+http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/WebHome
+.PP
+.SH AUTHOR
+This manual page was written by Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu at nigauri.org>
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