Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] hw: improve multiboot module loading

[Ralf Ramsauer]

Leading spaces mustn't be stripped! The commandline could look like:
qemu -kernel kern -initrd "1.mod arg=foo arg2=bar, 2.mod arg=asdf"
The problem is, that the string
"1.mod arg=foo arg2=bar, 2.mod arg=asdf"
is divided at the ','. So we have two string
"1.mod arg=foo arg2=bar" and
" 2.mod arg=asdf"
 ^ This space causes the error "Failed to get image size"
So just the spaces at the beginning of the file have to be stripped.
Spaces at the end could be important for the commandline. E.g.
-initrd "1.mod arg=argwithmanyspaces    , 2.mod"

--
Ralf

> If we want to do this, shouldn't it be done before adding to the
> multiboot command-line?  Otherwise the multiboot image also has to strip
> leading spaces.
>
> Stefan
>