Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/3] PPC PReP: can run without bios image

[Artyom Tarasenko]

On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 6:30 PM, Peter Maydell <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 4 April 2013 17:26, Artyom Tarasenko <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 6:20 PM, Peter Maydell <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> But -kernel for QEMU specifically means Linux kernel; you might
>>> argue we should have picked a different option name but we're
>>> stuck with it now.
>>
>> No, it's not Linux-only. At least qemu-system-sparc can load NetBSD
>> kernel with this option.
>
> Another example of being inconsistent across architectures, then.

No. :)

> My point stands:
>  * -kernel (if it means anything at all) has to mean "boot in
> the way a Linux kernel expects and defines its boot protocol"

Yes. That's what happens when loading the NetBSD/sparc kernel.


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Artyom Tarasenko

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