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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Revert "armv7m: Guard against no -kernel argume
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Stefan Hajnoczi |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Revert "armv7m: Guard against no -kernel argument" |
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Wed, 1 May 2019 12:25:51 -0400 |
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Mutt/1.11.4 (2019-03-13) |
On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 01:58:46PM +0100, Peter Maydell wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Apr 2019 at 13:28, Stefan Hajnoczi <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 12:45:37PM +0100, Peter Maydell wrote:
> > I was going to add a function to check kernel_filename and the presence
> > of -device loader. Then each machine type init function would call the
> > function with flags indicating which modes are allowed:
> >
> > /* Allow both -kernel and -device loader */
> > check_kernel_loaded(KERNEL_CMDLINE | KERNEL_LOADER);
> >
> > /* Allow only -kernel */
> > check_kernel_loaded(KERNEL_CMDLINE);
> >
> > /* Allow only -device loader */
> > check_kernel_loaded(KERNEL_LOADER);
>
> Every machine should permit -device loader: the point
> of it is that it is entirely generic and works the same
> way on every machine.
It seems every person has a slightly different preference :). Can we
reach a consensus?
1. Should QEMU print a readable error message when launched without a
kernel?
If yes:
2. What checks are sensible?
Stefan
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