MKUBOOT(8) - System Manager's Manual

MKUBOOT(8) - System Manager’s Manual #

MKUBOOT(8) - System Manager’s Manual

NAME #

mkuboot - create U-Boot files

SYNOPSIS #

mkuboot [-a arch] [-e entry] [-l loadaddr] [-n name] [-o os] [-t type] infile outfile

DESCRIPTION #

The mkuboot utility creates images suitable for loading using the U-Boot bootloader.

The options are as follows:

-a arch

Sets the image architecture to arch. For a list of valid arguments, see below.

-e entry

Sets the entry point to entry.

-l loadaddr

Sets the load address to loadaddr.

-n name

Sets the name of the loaded object inside the generated image.

-o os

Sets the image OS to os. os can be either “Linux” or “OpenBSD”.

-t type

Sets the type of the object to be loaded. For a list of valid arguments, see below.

The following arguments are valid as the arch parameter:

aarch64
alpha
amd64
arm
i386
m68k
mips
mips64
powerpc
sparc
sparc64
superh

The following arguments are valid as the type parameter:

standalone
kernel
script

HISTORY #

An mkuboot utility first appeared in OpenBSD 4.4 as mkboot.

OpenBSD 7.5 - June 1, 2021