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BOOTIMGFS

BOOTIMGFS is FUSE (File System in User Space) that allows to access and modify
files and parameters of android bootimg file.

Building requirements:
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* GCC
* Autotools
* pkg-config
* FUSE-devel (>=2.6.x)
* OpenSSL-devel (>=0.9.8)

Note:
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OpenSSL is used for sha1 checksum calculation, it is optional and enabled by
default. Without OpenSSL checksum will be zeroed, this could be unsupported by
bootloader.

Files structure:
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/id                - read-only bootimg checksum (hex string number)
/cmdline           - kernel boot command line (string)
/kernel_tags_base  - arch tags memory address (hex string number)
/page_size         - bootimg files aligment (dec string number)
/product_name      - product name (string)
/ramdisk.gz        - comressed archive (binary file)
/ramdisk_base      - memory address (hex string number)
/zImage            - kernel image (binary file)
/kernel_base       - memory address (hex string number)
/second_stage      - optional second stage loader image (binary file)
/second_stage_base - optional memory address (hex string number)

Usage examples:
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Mount:
	mount -t bootimgfs /dev/block/mmcblk0p7 /boot

Umount:
	umount /boot