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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/3] PPC PReP: can run without bios image
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To: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
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On 04/04/2013 11:26 AM, Alexander Graf wrote:
> 
> On 04.04.2013, at 10:37, Fabien Chouteau wrote:
> 
>>
>> On 04/03/2013 06:59 PM, Alexander Graf wrote:
>>>
>>> On 03.04.2013, at 18:40, Fabien Chouteau wrote:
>>>
>>>> If we use an ELF kernel there's no need for bios. '-bios -' means no
>>>> bios.
>>>
>>> This sounds like you're actually looking for a way to load an ELF blob
>>> as bios using -bios, not a kernel, no?
>>>
>>
>> No, we load the kernel with -kernel, that's what the first patch does.
>> But the board is implemented in such way that you can't start without a
>> bios. If the -bios switch is not present, then the board uses the
>> default bios. This patch allows to start without a bios:
>>
>> -kernel <PROGRAM> -bios -
> 
> Do you also pass in -initrd or -append? 

No I don't.
 
> If not, then your kernel _is_ the firmware.
> 

You can say it that way, see my other email.

-- 
Fabien Chouteau