[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v1 0/2] Add a generic loader

[Alistair Francis]

This work is based on the original work by Li Guang with extra
features added by Peter C and myself.

The idea of this loader is to allow the user to load multiple images
or values into QEMU at startup.

Memory values can be loaded like this: -device 
loader,addr=0xfd1a0104,data=0x8000000e,data-len=4

Images can be loaded like this: -device loader,file=./images/u-boot.elf,cpu=0

This can be useful and we use it a lot in Xilinx to load multiple images
into a machine at creation (ATF, Kernel and DTB for example).

It can also be used to set registers.

The limiation for arch is based off settting the ELF_ARCH macro.

The reset patch is required otherwise the reset will never be registered
and the loader can't change the PC in the case of images.

Changes since RFC:
 - Add support for BE


Alistair Francis (2):
  qdev-monitor.c: Register reset function if the device has one
  generic-loader: Add a generic loader

 default-configs/arm-softmmu.mak  |   1 +
 hw/misc/Makefile.objs            |   2 +
 hw/misc/generic-loader.c         | 127 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/hw/misc/generic-loader.h |  50 +++++++++++++++
 qdev-monitor.c                   |   2 +
 5 files changed, 182 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 hw/misc/generic-loader.c
 create mode 100644 include/hw/misc/generic-loader.h

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