If we are running the 'virt' machine, we may have a device tree blob but no kernel to supply it to if no -kernel option was passed. In that case, copy it to the base of RAM where it can be picked up by a bootloader.
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheu...@linaro.org> --- hw/arm/boot.c | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/hw/arm/boot.c b/hw/arm/boot.c index c103a8fdc941..8f5649a250fd 100644 --- a/hw/arm/boot.c +++ b/hw/arm/boot.c @@ -463,6 +463,16 @@ void arm_load_kernel(ARMCPU *cpu, struct arm_boot_info *info) /* Load the kernel. */ if (!info->kernel_filename) { + + if (have_dtb(info)) { + /* If we have a device tree blob, but no kernel to supply it to, + * copy it to the base of RAM for a bootloader to pick up. + */ + if (load_dtb(info->loader_start, info, NULL)) { + exit(1); + } + } + /* If no kernel specified, do nothing; we will start from address 0 * (typically a boot ROM image) in the same way as hardware. */ -- 1.8.3.2