On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Fabien Chouteau <chout...@adacore.com> wrote: > > On 04/03/2013 06:59 PM, Alexander Graf wrote: >> >> On 03.04.2013, at 18:40, Fabien Chouteau wrote: >> >>> If we use an ELF kernel there's no need for bios. '-bios -' means no >>> bios. >> >> This sounds like you're actually looking for a way to load an ELF blob >> as bios using -bios, not a kernel, no? >> > > No, we load the kernel with -kernel, that's what the first patch does. > But the board is implemented in such way that you can't start without a > bios. If the -bios switch is not present, then the board uses the > default bios. This patch allows to start without a bios: > > -kernel <PROGRAM> -bios -
Regardless of the firmware vs. kernel discussion, I think the syntax may be improved. Under *nix '-' is commonly used for stdin. Would it be possible to specify /dev/null (under *NIX) or NUL (in the MS-World)? I think it would make the syntax more explicit. Regards, Artyom Tarasenko linux/sparc and solaris/sparc under qemu blog: http://tyom.blogspot.com/search/label/qemu
