FLASH-KERNEL(8)

NAME
flash-kernel - put kernel and initramfs in boot location

SYNOPSIS
flash-kernel [--supported] [kvers]

DESCRIPTION
flash-kernel is a script which will put the kernel and initramfs in the boot location of embedded devices that don't load the kernel and initramfs directly from /boot. flash-kernel supports devices that boot from flash memory (hence the name) as well as some devices that require a special boot image on the disk.

Optionally, it can be passed a version of the kernel to flash; only the highest version will be flashed and other versions will be ignored. Kernel and initrd are read from /boot.

Prior to flashing the kernel, a check is performed to verify that the subarchitectures of the machine and the image to be flashed match. Valid filenames for images to flash are suffixed with the subarchitecture.

If the --supported option is used, flash-kernel will test to see if the hardware is supported, and return a true or false value.

AUTHOR
Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>