On 27 February 2017 at 17:57, Thomas Huth <th...@redhat.com> wrote: > And I still think it does not really make sense to introduce a > per-architecture hook here - let me cite my reply to Peter's mail a > couple of mails later in that e-mail thread: > > 'The -kernel parameter is not just only dependent on the target > architecture, it is even dependent on the machine type, e.g. on ppc it > is quite different between embedded (e500.c) and server (spapr.c) > variants. So an arch-specific hook might not make too much sense and > using the generic loader is likely the best we can do - if that does not > work, you likely can't use the "none" machine anyway.' > > So as far as I can see, we should either go with the generic loader > here, or print out an error message if the user tries to run QEMU with > the "-kernel" parameter.
I would go for "don't support -kernel". The fundamental problem with -kernel is that it tries to be a magic "do what I mean" command line argument. Adding extra magic is going to make things worse, not better. thanks -- PMM
