u-boot.git/tools/imagetool.h, branch v2014.01

Add dumpimage, a tool to extract data from U-Boot images

2013-12-13T14:15:32+00:00

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: moved code common to all image tools to a separated module.

2013-12-13T14:15:32+00:00

In order to avoid duplicating code and keep only one point of modification,
the functions, structs and defines useful for "dumpimage" were moved from
"mkimage" to a common module called "imagetool".

This modification also weakens the coupling between image types (FIT, IMX, MXS,
and so on) and image tools (mkimage and dumpimage). Any tool may initialize the
"imagetool" through register_image_tool() function, while the image types
register themselves within an image tool using the register_image_type()
function:

                                                      +---------------+
                                               +------|   fit_image   |
 +--------------+          +-----------+       |      +---------------+
 |    mkimage   |--------> |           | <-----+
 +--------------+          |           |              +---------------+
                           | imagetool | <------------|    imximage   |
 +--------------+          |           |              +---------------+
 |  dumpimage   |--------> |           | <-----+
 +--------------+          +-----------+       |      +---------------+
                                               +------| default_image |
                                                      +---------------+

          register_image_tool()           register_image_type()

Also, the struct "mkimage_params" was renamed to "image_tool_params" to make
clear its general purpose.

Signed-off-by: Guilherme Maciel Ferreira 
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass