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@@ -5252,6 +5252,15 @@ 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 -p position data_file
+ -i ==> extract from the 'image' a specific 'data_file', \
+ indexed by 'position'
+
Installing a Linux Image:
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