On 6 January 2014 07:56, Peter Crosthwaite <peter.crosthwa...@xilinx.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Peter Maydell <peter.mayd...@linaro.org> > wrote: >> That raises some more general design questions: >> * how is this expected to interact with rom blob loading, -machine >> firmware=, >> etc? > > I guess it's not. The behavior of "-machine firmware=" is machine > specific, so a machine specific undefined behavior will occur if you > have overlap issues. The two should not in any way inhibit each other. > They are independent mechanisms. > >> What are the guidelines for when to use one or the other? > > "-machine firmware=" if you want to load a firmware blob in a board > specific way. This if you want to place a blob in memory at an > arbitrary location on reset.
I guess I don't much like the way we're solving a problem by adding yet another mechanism here rather than trying to produce a design for blob loading that works for all the use cases we have. thanks -- PMM
