The current model of loader copy "rom blobs" and kept in memory until a reset occurs and waste host memory.
This serial of patches uses private reset handlers to load from hard disk on reset, which could make loader framework more dynamic and reduce the memory consumption of QEMU process. Olivia Yin (3): define image_file_reset use reset handlers to reload kernel and initrd update rom_reset hw/loader.c | 106 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------- 1 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
