u-boot/tools/imls

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IMLS
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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
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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