2 Copyright (c) 2016, Xilinx Inc.
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10 The 'loader' device allows the user to load multiple images or values into
13 Loading Data into Memory Values
14 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
15 The loader device allows memory values to be set from the command line. This
16 can be done by following the syntax below::
18 -device loader,addr=<addr>,data=<data>,data-len=<data-len> \
19 [,data-be=<data-be>][,cpu-num=<cpu-num>]
22 The address to store the data in.
25 The value to be written to the address. The maximum size of the data
29 The length of the data in bytes. This argument must be included if
33 Set to true if the data to be stored on the guest should be written
34 as big endian data. The default is to write little endian data.
37 The number of the CPU's address space where the data should be
38 loaded. If not specified the address space of the first CPU is used.
40 All values are parsed using the standard QemuOps parsing. This allows the user
41 to specify any values in any format supported. By default the values
42 will be parsed as decimal. To use hex values the user should prefix the number
45 An example of loading value 0x8000000e to address 0xfd1a0104 is::
47 -device loader,addr=0xfd1a0104,data=0x8000000e,data-len=4
49 Setting a CPU's Program Counter
50 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
52 The loader device allows the CPU's PC to be set from the command line. This
53 can be done by following the syntax below::
55 -device loader,addr=<addr>,cpu-num=<cpu-num>
58 The value to use as the CPU's PC.
61 The number of the CPU whose PC should be set to the specified value.
63 All values are parsed using the standard QemuOpts parsing. This allows the user
64 to specify any values in any format supported. By default the values
65 will be parsed as decimal. To use hex values the user should prefix the number
68 An example of setting CPU 0's PC to 0x8000 is::
70 -device loader,addr=0x8000,cpu-num=0
75 The loader device also allows files to be loaded into memory. It can load ELF,
76 U-Boot, and Intel HEX executable formats as well as raw images. The syntax is
79 -device loader,file=<file>[,addr=<addr>][,cpu-num=<cpu-num>][,force-raw=<raw>]
82 A file to be loaded into memory
85 The memory address where the file should be loaded. This is required
86 for raw images and ignored for non-raw files.
89 This specifies the CPU that should be used. This is an
90 optional argument and will cause the CPU's PC to be set to the
91 memory address where the raw file is loaded or the entry point
92 specified in the executable format header. This option should only
93 be used for the boot image. This will also cause the image to be
94 written to the specified CPU's address space. If not specified, the
98 Setting 'force-raw=on' forces the file to be treated as a raw image.
99 This can be used to load supported executable formats as if they
102 All values are parsed using the standard QemuOpts parsing. This allows the user
103 to specify any values in any format supported. By default the values
104 will be parsed as decimal. To use hex values the user should prefix the number
107 An example of loading an ELF file which CPU0 will boot is shown below::
109 -device loader,file=./images/boot.elf,cpu-num=0
111 Restrictions and ToDos
112 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
114 At the moment it is just assumed that if you specify a cpu-num then
115 you want to set the PC as well. This might not always be the case. In
116 future the internal state 'set_pc' (which exists in the generic loader
117 now) should be exposed to the user so that they can choose if the PC