Re: [PATCH 1/3] docs/system/generic-loader: Clarify behaviour of cpu-num

["Alex Bennée" <alex.bennee@linaro.org>]

Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> writes:

> The cpu-num suboption to the generic loader has two effects when
> it is used with -device loader,file=<file>:
>  * it specifies which CPU to load the data through
>  * it specifies which CPU gets its PC set to the file's entry point
>
> Our documentation is not very clear about what happens if you don't
> pass this suboption.  The default is that we pick the first CPU to
> load the data, but we don't set the PC for any CPU, so the "If not
> specified, the default is CPU 0" is confusing: it applies for loading
> but not for the PC setting.
>
> Clarify the text to make it clearer that the option has two effects
> and the default behaviour is different for the two effects.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>

Reviewed-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>

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Alex Bennée
Virtualisation Tech Lead @ Linaro