On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 02:21:55PM +0200, Andreas Färber wrote: > Am 25.05.2012 14:07, schrieb Peter Maydell: > > Make qemu_find_file() check for the passed in name as a straight > > pathname even if it doesn't have any path separator character in it. > > This means that "-bios foo", "-dtb foo" etc will find a file 'foo' > > in the current directory. > > This removes an inconsistency with -kernel and -initrd, which both > > accept plain filenames as meaning files in the current directory. > > It's also less confusing for the user than an undocumented restriction > > that "this option accepts a filename, except for the special case > > where the filename you pass happens not to have a '/' in it, in > > which case we'll ignore it." > > > > Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.mayd...@linaro.org> > > Speaking of inconsistencies, I also noticed that the ppc virtex-ml507 > machine relies on the .dtb being in the current directory with > apparently no way to override. Any chance this can be fixed, Edgar? > Maybe it can be unified with the dtb handling on ARM or share the same > QemuOpts?
Yes, absolutely! Best regards, Edgar