On Mon, 29 Apr 2019 at 13:28, Stefan Hajnoczi <stefa...@redhat.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 12:45:37PM +0100, Peter Maydell wrote: > I was going to add a function to check kernel_filename and the presence > of -device loader. Then each machine type init function would call the > function with flags indicating which modes are allowed: > > /* Allow both -kernel and -device loader */ > check_kernel_loaded(KERNEL_CMDLINE | KERNEL_LOADER); > > /* Allow only -kernel */ > check_kernel_loaded(KERNEL_CMDLINE); > > /* Allow only -device loader */ > check_kernel_loaded(KERNEL_LOADER);
Every machine should permit -device loader: the point of it is that it is entirely generic and works the same way on every machine. thanks -- PMM
