[Bug 712523] Re: Add a timestamp to the uboot Image Name

[Alan Bennett]

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** Changed in: linaro-image-tools
       Status: New => Won't Fix

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Title:
  Add a timestamp to the uboot Image Name

Status in Linaro Image Tools:
  Won't Fix
Status in “flash-kernel” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Currently the images created using l-m-c boot like this:

  <snip>
  Booting from mmc ...
  ## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 80000000 ...
     Image Name:   Linux
     Image Type:   ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
     Data Size:    3636128 Bytes = 3.5 MiB
     Load Address: 80008000
     Entry Point:  80008000
     Verifying Checksum ... OK
  ## Loading init Ramdisk from Legacy Image at 81600000 ...
     Image Name:   initramfs
     Image Type:   ARM Linux RAMDisk Image (uncompressed)
     Data Size:    4491814 Bytes = 4.3 MiB
     Load Address: 00000000
     Entry Point:  00000000
     Verifying Checksum ... OK
     Loading Kernel Image ... OK
  OK

  Starting kernel ...
  <snip>

  mkimage allows us to configure the "Image Name" using the -n option.

  In my local script I use it to do something like:

  NAME="AmitsKernelImage-`date +%F-%H%M`"
  mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0x80008000 -e 0x80008000 -n $NAME -d linux.bin.gz myImage

  This allows us to tell quickly when the kernel was prepared for
  consumption by u-boot and who created it (Linaro official vs. local).
  This is just a quick visual check (among others) to make sure we're
  booting with the intended kernel.

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