[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/3] PPC PReP: Load ELF kernel

[Fabien Chouteau]

It is useful to be able to boot non-binary (i.e. ELF) kernels directly,
as it is simpler to use and it makes symbols available in -d in_asm.

Also remove, unnecessary exit() after hw_error().

Signed-off-by: Fabien Chouteau <address@hidden>
---
 hw/ppc/prep.c |   14 ++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hw/ppc/prep.c b/hw/ppc/prep.c
index 2920911..a2730c8 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/prep.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/prep.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include "sysemu/blockdev.h"
 #include "sysemu/arch_init.h"
 #include "exec/address-spaces.h"
+#include "elf.h"
 
 //#define HARD_DEBUG_PPC_IO
 //#define DEBUG_PPC_IO
@@ -521,12 +522,17 @@ static void ppc_prep_init(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args)
 
     if (linux_boot) {
         kernel_base = KERNEL_LOAD_ADDR;
-        /* now we can load the kernel */
-        kernel_size = load_image_targphys(kernel_filename, kernel_base,
-                                          ram_size - kernel_base);
+
+        /* Try to load the kernel as an ELF file */
+        kernel_size = load_elf(kernel_filename, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
+                               1, ELF_MACHINE, 0);
+        if (kernel_size < 0) {
+            /* Try to load the kernel as an binary file */
+            kernel_size = load_image_targphys(kernel_filename, kernel_base,
+                                              ram_size - kernel_base);
+        }
         if (kernel_size < 0) {
             hw_error("qemu: could not load kernel '%s'\n", kernel_filename);
-            exit(1);
         }
         /* load initrd */
         if (initrd_filename) {
-- 
1.7.9.5