Getting uname information from a compressed kernel image

Question

Is there a good way to extract the same information that uname does from a compressed kernel image? I want this to be able to check the dog tags of kernel sitting in dormant mtd

Answer 1

$ mkimage -l uImage

Image Name:   Linux-2.6.39
Created:      Wed Jun  6 13:49:58 2012
Image Type:   ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
Data Size:    3091036 Bytes = 3018.59 kB = 2.95 MB
Load Address: 80008000
Entry Point:  80008000