Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/4] Add multiboot support (x86) v2

[François Revol]

> >> That makes sense on real hardware, of course. But for -kernel you
> >> don't
> >> need a file system to read the kernel from.
> >
> > Except that wouldn't be the actual kernel passed but the 2nd stage.
> > And having to pass the kernel in a tgz outside the BFS image makes
> > it
> > more complex to set up.
>
> I don't see why you need a tgz file. Multiboot can pass multiple
> modules. Just use -initrd foo,bar,xxx

Sure you'll pass 30 names there ;)
Plus, does it handle folders and symlinks, as that's required ?

There is no need to make it even harder anyway, the build process does
generate the tgz for CD/floppy boot anyway.

François.