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

[Peter Maydell]

On 5 April 2013 10:19, Fabien Chouteau <address@hidden> wrote:
> If the -kernel option is for Linux only, we have to rename it to -linux.
> And we remove the ambiguous -kernel option.

This isn't possible, for backwards compatibility reasons. We
have to retain -kernel/-initrd/-append under those names.

> And I make a proposition for new options:
>
> -elf loads an ELF file in RAM, ROM or whatever memory area and start the
> board at entry point.
>
> -raw-bin file=<filename>,addr=0x<load address> loads something at 'addr'
>
> Or we can mix the two with a -load option:
>
> -load file=<raw-bin-file>
> -load file=<elf-file>
> -load file=<raw-bin-file>,addr=<load address>
> -load file=<raw-bin-file>,addr=<load address>,entry=<start addr>
>
> The option can be used as many times as needed on the command line.

Of these, I prefer the last (-load).

thanks
-- PMM