From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: sorear2@gmail.com (Stef O'Rear) Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 15:12:36 -0800 Subject: Building Risc-V Linux kernel images for qemu without rebuilding bbl In-Reply-To: <20180227225549.GA20986@roeck-us.net> References: <20180227225549.GA20986@roeck-us.net> Message-ID: To: linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-riscv.lists.infradead.org On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 2:55 PM, Guenter Roeck wrote: > Hi folks, > > I have been trying to set up Risc-V qemu test builds on kerneltests.org. > Major hold-up at this point is the need to continuously rebuild bbl images > with embedded kernel images. Due to various reasons, this is all but > impossible with my auto-build system. > > Is there a means to load bbl and vmlinux images separately into qemu, > or maybe a tool to attach the kernel to a pre-built bbl image ? > Of course, it would be even better if it was possible to just specify > "-kernel vmlinux" or something similar on the kernel command line. This isn't currently possible, but several people have expressed an interest in it. Recent discussion: https://github.com/sifive/freedom-u-sdk/issues/33#issuecomment-368260995 https://github.com/riscv/riscv-qemu/pull/109#issuecomment-367885879 -s