| Message ID | 1566898915-3129-1-git-send-email-gengdongjiu@huawei.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | New, archived |
| Headers | show |
| Series | hw/arm/boot: Load the Non Linux initrd to the memory | expand |
On Tue, 27 Aug 2019 at 10:42, Dongjiu Geng <gengdongjiu@huawei.com> wrote: > > Except support linux operation system, qemu also supports other > operation system which is non linux, such as microkernel system. > > But now Qemu only load linux initrd, so change it to load both > linux and Non-linux initrd Image. We currently support two methods of booting: (1) using the boot protocol defined by the Linux kernel (which includes how to find the DTB, initrd, what the secondary CPUs do, and so on) (2) you're a 'bare-metal' image, in which case you get complete control of all the CPUs at once in the same way the hardware does. Raw hardware doesn't provide initrd files, and nor does QEMU. This patch seems to be trying to introduce a third hybrid thing. Is there a specification for whatever this boot protocol is? How many guest OSes use it? Are they common? If you want an initrd, you can always wrap your guest OS in a shim which complies with the Linux kernel boot protocol. I think that would be a better approach than this patch. thanks -- PMM
On 2019/8/27 17:47, Peter Maydell wrote: > On Tue, 27 Aug 2019 at 10:42, Dongjiu Geng <gengdongjiu@huawei.com> wrote: >> >> Except support linux operation system, qemu also supports other >> operation system which is non linux, such as microkernel system. >> >> But now Qemu only load linux initrd, so change it to load both >> linux and Non-linux initrd Image. > > We currently support two methods of booting: > (1) using the boot protocol defined by the Linux kernel > (which includes how to find the DTB, initrd, what the > secondary CPUs do, and so on) > (2) you're a 'bare-metal' image, in which case you get > complete control of all the CPUs at once in the same > way the hardware does. Raw hardware doesn't provide > initrd files, and nor does QEMU. > > This patch seems to be trying to introduce a third hybrid > thing. Is there a specification for whatever this boot > protocol is? How many guest OSes use it? Are they common? > > If you want an initrd, you can always wrap your guest OS in > a shim which complies with the Linux kernel boot protocol. > I think that would be a better approach than this patch. OK， thanks for the suggestion, I will use your suggested method. > > thanks > -- PMM > . >
diff --git a/hw/arm/boot.c b/hw/arm/boot.c index a830655e1a..2e6c17975a 100644 --- a/hw/arm/boot.c +++ b/hw/arm/boot.c @@ -1056,30 +1056,31 @@ static void arm_setup_direct_kernel_boot(ARMCPU *cpu, exit(1); } info->entry = entry; - if (is_linux) { - uint32_t fixupcontext[FIXUP_MAX]; - if (info->initrd_filename) { - initrd_size = load_ramdisk_as(info->initrd_filename, - info->initrd_start, - info->ram_size - info->initrd_start, - as); - if (initrd_size < 0) { - initrd_size = load_image_targphys_as(info->initrd_filename, - info->initrd_start, - info->ram_size - - info->initrd_start, - as); - } - if (initrd_size < 0) { - error_report("could not load initrd '%s'", - info->initrd_filename); - exit(1); - } - } else { - initrd_size = 0; + if (info->initrd_filename) { + initrd_size = load_ramdisk_as(info->initrd_filename, + info->initrd_start, + info->ram_size - info->initrd_start, + as); + if (initrd_size < 0) { + initrd_size = load_image_targphys_as(info->initrd_filename, + info->initrd_start, + info->ram_size - + info->initrd_start, + as); } - info->initrd_size = initrd_size; + if (initrd_size < 0) { + error_report("could not load initrd '%s'", + info->initrd_filename); + exit(1); + } + } else { + initrd_size = 0; + } + info->initrd_size = initrd_size; + + if (is_linux) { + uint32_t fixupcontext[FIXUP_MAX]; fixupcontext[FIXUP_BOARDID] = info->board_id; fixupcontext[FIXUP_BOARD_SETUP] = info->board_setup_addr;
Except support linux operation system, qemu also supports other operation system which is non linux, such as microkernel system. But now Qemu only load linux initrd, so change it to load both linux and Non-linux initrd Image. Signed-off-by: Dongjiu Geng <gengdongjiu@huawei.com> --- hw/arm/boot.c | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)