On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 1:37 PM, Alistair Francis <alistair.fran...@xilinx.com> wrote: > This work is based on the original work by Li Guang with extra > features added by Peter C and myself. > > The idea of this loader is to allow the user to load multiple images > or values into QEMU at startup. > > Memory values can be loaded like this: -device > loader,addr=0xfd1a0104,data=0x8000000e,data-len=4 > > Images can be loaded like this: -device loader,file=./images/u-boot.elf,cpu=0 > > This can be useful and we use it a lot in Xilinx to load multiple images > into a machine at creation (ATF, Kernel and DTB for example). > > It can also be used to set registers. > > This patch series also make the load_elf() function more generic by not > requiring an architecture.
Ping! This only just missed 2.6 can it please be in for 2.7? Thanks, Alistair > > V6: > - Add error checking > V5: > - Rebase > V4: > - Re-write documentation > - Allow the loader to work with every architecture > - Move the file to hw/core > - Increase the maximum number of CPUs > - Make the CPU operations conditional > - Convert the cpu option to cpu-num > - Require the user to specify endianess > V2: > - Add an entry to the maintainers file > - Add some documentation > - Perform bounds checking on the data_len > - Register and unregister the reset in the realise/unrealise > Changes since RFC: > - Add support for BE > > > Alistair Francis (3): > loader: Allow ELF loader to auto-detect the ELF arch > generic-loader: Add a generic loader > docs: Add a generic loader explanation document > > MAINTAINERS | 6 ++ > docs/generic-loader.txt | 54 +++++++++++++ > hw/core/Makefile.objs | 2 + > hw/core/generic-loader.c | 169 > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > hw/core/loader.c | 10 +++ > include/hw/core/generic-loader.h | 45 +++++++++++ > 6 files changed, 286 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 docs/generic-loader.txt > create mode 100644 hw/core/generic-loader.c > create mode 100644 include/hw/core/generic-loader.h > > -- > 2.7.4 > >
