From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: cov@codeaurora.org (Christopher Covington) Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 09:34:52 -0400 Subject: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] QEMU: ARM: boot: Load kernel at an Image friendly address In-Reply-To: References: <1395718484-20424-1-git-send-email-joelf@ti.com> Message-ID: <534FD87C.4090708@codeaurora.org> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On 04/17/2014 06:02 AM, Peter Maydell wrote: > On 2 April 2014 13:47, Peter Maydell wrote: >> On 2 April 2014 13:11, Peter Crosthwaite wrote: >>> Like others, I have been carrying this change locally. Good to see it up! >> >> Why are you all booting raw Images anyway (just out of curiosity)? > > Given the recent feedback from the kernel mailing list (viz "don't boot > Image unless you really know what you're doing, the correct load > image may change randomly depending what other board support > is in a multikernel image, etc") maybe we should just remove the > Image booting support instead? Clearly nobody who hasn't locally > patched QEMU is using it at the moment... An opportunity for a fresh start at low-level loading facilities, should anyone be inclined to pursue it, sounds good to me. Christopher -- Employee of Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of Code Aurora Forum, hosted by the Linux Foundation.