All of lore.kernel.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: "Alex Bennée" <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: julien@xen.org, masami.hiramatsu@linaro.org,
	andre.przywara@arm.com, stefano.stabellini@linaro.org,
	takahiro.akashi@linaro.org, stefano.stabellini@xilinx.com,
	"Alex Bennée" <alex.bennee@linaro.org>,
	stratos-dev@op-lists.linaro.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH 05/15] docs: move generic-loader documentation into the main manual
Date: Thu,  5 Nov 2020 17:51:43 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201105175153.30489-6-alex.bennee@linaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201105175153.30489-1-alex.bennee@linaro.org>

We might as well surface this useful information in the manual so
users can find it easily. It is a fairly simple conversion to rst with
the only textual fixes being QemuOps to QemuOpts.

Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
---
 docs/generic-loader.txt        |  92 --------------------------
 docs/system/generic-loader.rst | 117 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 docs/system/index.rst          |   1 +
 3 files changed, 118 insertions(+), 92 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 docs/generic-loader.txt
 create mode 100644 docs/system/generic-loader.rst

diff --git a/docs/generic-loader.txt b/docs/generic-loader.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index a9603a2af7..0000000000
--- a/docs/generic-loader.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-Copyright (c) 2016 Xilinx Inc.
-
-This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.  See
-the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
-
-
-The 'loader' device allows the user to load multiple images or values into
-QEMU at startup.
-
-Loading Data into Memory Values
--------------------------------
-The loader device allows memory values to be set from the command line. This
-can be done by following the syntax below:
-
-     -device loader,addr=<addr>,data=<data>,data-len=<data-len>
-                   [,data-be=<data-be>][,cpu-num=<cpu-num>]
-
-    <addr>      - The address to store the data in.
-    <data>      - The value to be written to the address. The maximum size of
-                  the data is 8 bytes.
-    <data-len>  - The length of the data in bytes. This argument must be
-                  included if the data argument is.
-    <data-be>   - Set to true if the data to be stored on the guest should be
-                  written as big endian data. The default is to write little
-                  endian data.
-    <cpu-num>   - The number of the CPU's address space where the data should
-                  be loaded. If not specified the address space of the first
-                  CPU is used.
-
-All values are parsed using the standard QemuOps parsing. This allows the user
-to specify any values in any format supported. By default the values
-will be parsed as decimal. To use hex values the user should prefix the number
-with a '0x'.
-
-An example of loading value 0x8000000e to address 0xfd1a0104 is:
-    -device loader,addr=0xfd1a0104,data=0x8000000e,data-len=4
-
-Setting a CPU's Program Counter
--------------------------------
-The loader device allows the CPU's PC to be set from the command line. This
-can be done by following the syntax below:
-
-     -device loader,addr=<addr>,cpu-num=<cpu-num>
-
-    <addr>      - The value to use as the CPU's PC.
-    <cpu-num>   - The number of the CPU whose PC should be set to the
-                  specified value.
-
-All values are parsed using the standard QemuOps parsing. This allows the user
-to specify any values in any format supported. By default the values
-will be parsed as decimal. To use hex values the user should prefix the number
-with a '0x'.
-
-An example of setting CPU 0's PC to 0x8000 is:
-    -device loader,addr=0x8000,cpu-num=0
-
-Loading Files
--------------
-The loader device also allows files to be loaded into memory. It can load ELF,
-U-Boot, and Intel HEX executable formats as well as raw images.  The syntax is
-shown below:
-
-    -device loader,file=<file>[,addr=<addr>][,cpu-num=<cpu-num>][,force-raw=<raw>]
-
-    <file>      - A file to be loaded into memory
-    <addr>      - The memory address where the file should be loaded. This is
-                  required for raw images and ignored for non-raw files.
-    <cpu-num>   - This specifies the CPU that should be used. This is an
-                  optional argument and will cause the CPU's PC to be set to
-                  the memory address where the raw file is loaded or the entry
-                  point specified in the executable format header. This option
-                  should only be used for the boot image.
-                  This will also cause the image to be written to the specified
-                  CPU's address space. If not specified, the default is CPU 0.
-    <force-raw> - Setting force-raw=on forces the file to be treated as a raw
-                  image.  This can be used to load supported executable formats
-                  as if they were raw.
-
-All values are parsed using the standard QemuOps parsing. This allows the user
-to specify any values in any format supported. By default the values
-will be parsed as decimal. To use hex values the user should prefix the number
-with a '0x'.
-
-An example of loading an ELF file which CPU0 will boot is shown below:
-    -device loader,file=./images/boot.elf,cpu-num=0
-
-Restrictions and ToDos
-----------------------
- - At the moment it is just assumed that if you specify a cpu-num then you
-   want to set the PC as well. This might not always be the case. In future
-   the internal state 'set_pc' (which exists in the generic loader now) should
-   be exposed to the user so that they can choose if the PC is set or not.
diff --git a/docs/system/generic-loader.rst b/docs/system/generic-loader.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..59f28d1230
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/system/generic-loader.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+..
+   Copyright (c) 2016, Xilinx Inc.
+
+This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.  See
+the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+
+Generic Loader
+--------------
+
+The 'loader' device allows the user to load multiple images or values into
+QEMU at startup.
+
+Loading Data into Memory Values
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+The loader device allows memory values to be set from the command line. This
+can be done by following the syntax below::
+
+   -device loader,addr=<addr>,data=<data>,data-len=<data-len> \
+                   [,data-be=<data-be>][,cpu-num=<cpu-num>]
+
+``<addr>``
+  The address to store the data in.
+
+``<data>``
+  The value to be written to the address. The maximum size of the data
+  is 8 bytes.
+
+``<data-len>``
+  The length of the data in bytes. This argument must be included if
+  the data argument is.
+
+``<data-be>``
+  Set to true if the data to be stored on the guest should be written
+  as big endian data. The default is to write little endian data.
+
+``<cpu-num>``
+  The number of the CPU's address space where the data should be
+  loaded. If not specified the address space of the first CPU is used.
+
+All values are parsed using the standard QemuOps parsing. This allows the user
+to specify any values in any format supported. By default the values
+will be parsed as decimal. To use hex values the user should prefix the number
+with a '0x'.
+
+An example of loading value 0x8000000e to address 0xfd1a0104 is::
+
+    -device loader,addr=0xfd1a0104,data=0x8000000e,data-len=4
+
+Setting a CPU's Program Counter
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The loader device allows the CPU's PC to be set from the command line. This
+can be done by following the syntax below::
+
+     -device loader,addr=<addr>,cpu-num=<cpu-num>
+
+``<addr>``
+  The value to use as the CPU's PC.
+
+``<cpu-num>``
+  The number of the CPU whose PC should be set to the specified value.
+
+All values are parsed using the standard QemuOpts parsing. This allows the user
+to specify any values in any format supported. By default the values
+will be parsed as decimal. To use hex values the user should prefix the number
+with a '0x'.
+
+An example of setting CPU 0's PC to 0x8000 is::
+
+    -device loader,addr=0x8000,cpu-num=0
+
+Loading Files
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The loader device also allows files to be loaded into memory. It can load ELF,
+U-Boot, and Intel HEX executable formats as well as raw images.  The syntax is
+shown below:
+
+    -device loader,file=<file>[,addr=<addr>][,cpu-num=<cpu-num>][,force-raw=<raw>]
+
+``<file>``
+  A file to be loaded into memory
+
+``<addr>``
+  The memory address where the file should be loaded. This is required
+  for raw images and ignored for non-raw files.
+  
+``<cpu-num>``
+  This specifies the CPU that should be used. This is an
+  optional argument and will cause the CPU's PC to be set to the
+  memory address where the raw file is loaded or the entry point
+  specified in the executable format header. This option should only
+  be used for the boot image. This will also cause the image to be
+  written to the specified CPU's address space. If not specified, the
+  default is CPU 0. <force-raw> - Setting force-raw=on forces the file
+  to be treated as a raw image. This can be used to load supported
+  executable formats as if they were raw.
+
+All values are parsed using the standard QemuOpts parsing. This allows the user
+to specify any values in any format supported. By default the values
+will be parsed as decimal. To use hex values the user should prefix the number
+with a '0x'.
+
+An example of loading an ELF file which CPU0 will boot is shown below::
+
+    -device loader,file=./images/boot.elf,cpu-num=0
+
+Restrictions and ToDos
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+At the moment it is just assumed that if you specify a cpu-num then
+you want to set the PC as well. This might not always be the case. In
+future the internal state 'set_pc' (which exists in the generic loader
+now) should be exposed to the user so that they can choose if the PC
+is set or not.
+
+
diff --git a/docs/system/index.rst b/docs/system/index.rst
index c0f685b818..3cff0ca98f 100644
--- a/docs/system/index.rst
+++ b/docs/system/index.rst
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Contents:
    usb
    ivshmem
    linuxboot
+   generic-loader
    vnc-security
    tls
    gdb
-- 
2.20.1



  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-11-05 18:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-11-05 17:51 [RFC PATCH 00/15] Xen guest-loader and arm64 build fixes/enhancements Alex Bennée
2020-11-05 17:51 ` [RFC PATCH 01/15] hw/board: promote fdt from ARM VirtMachineState to MachineState Alex Bennée
2020-11-05 19:27   ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2020-11-05 20:37     ` Alex Bennée
2020-11-05 17:51 ` [RFC PATCH 02/15] hw/riscv: migrate fdt field to generic MachineState Alex Bennée
2020-11-05 17:51   ` Alex Bennée
2020-11-05 19:24   ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2020-11-06  3:15   ` Bin Meng
2020-11-06  3:15     ` Bin Meng
2020-11-06 10:21     ` Alex Bennée
2020-11-06 10:21       ` Alex Bennée
2020-11-06 11:32       ` Bin Meng
2020-11-06 11:32         ` Bin Meng
2020-11-05 17:51 ` [RFC PATCH 03/15] device_tree: add qemu_fdt_setprop_string_array helper Alex Bennée
2020-11-05 17:51 ` [RFC PATCH 04/15] hw/core: implement a guest-loader to support static hypervisor guests Alex Bennée
2020-11-05 17:51 ` Alex Bennée [this message]
2020-11-05 17:51 ` [RFC PATCH 06/15] docs: add some documentation for the guest-loader Alex Bennée
2020-11-19 20:06   ` Alistair Francis
2020-11-19 20:58     ` Peter Maydell
2020-11-05 17:51 ` [RFC PATCH 07/15] accel/meson: you only need accelerator stubs for softmmu builds Alex Bennée
2020-11-05 18:18   ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2020-11-05 17:51 ` [RFC PATCH 08/15] meson.build: fix building of Xen support for aarch64 Alex Bennée
2020-11-05 18:20   ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2020-11-05 17:51 ` [RFC PATCH 09/15] meson.build: introduce CONFIG_XEN_HVM flag Alex Bennée
2020-11-05 18:21   ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2020-11-05 18:47   ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2020-11-05 17:51 ` [RFC PATCH 10/15] meson.build: clean-up summary reporting of XEN and it's features Alex Bennée
2020-11-05 19:11   ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2020-11-05 17:51 ` [RFC PATCH 11/15] include/hw/xen.h: drop superfluous struct Alex Bennée
2020-11-05 17:51   ` Alex Bennée
2020-11-05 19:15   ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2020-11-05 17:51 ` [RFC PATCH 12/15] stubs/xen-hw-stub: drop xenstore_store_pv_console_info stub Alex Bennée
2020-11-05 17:51   ` Alex Bennée
2020-11-05 19:20   ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2020-11-05 19:20     ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2020-11-06 10:27     ` Alex Bennée
2020-11-06 10:27       ` Alex Bennée
2020-11-05 17:51 ` [RFC PATCH 13/15] accel/stubs: drop unused cpu.h include Alex Bennée
2020-11-05 19:20   ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2020-11-05 17:51 ` [RFC PATCH 14/15] xen: only build HVM support under CONFIG_XEN_HVM Alex Bennée
2020-11-05 17:51   ` Alex Bennée
2020-11-05 17:51 ` [RFC PATCH 15/15] meson.build: build a Xen aware qemu-aarch64-system Alex Bennée
2020-11-05 18:15 ` [RFC PATCH 00/15] Xen guest-loader and arm64 build fixes/enhancements no-reply

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=20201105175153.30489-6-alex.bennee@linaro.org \
    --to=alex.bennee@linaro.org \
    --cc=andre.przywara@arm.com \
    --cc=julien@xen.org \
    --cc=masami.hiramatsu@linaro.org \
    --cc=qemu-devel@nongnu.org \
    --cc=stefano.stabellini@linaro.org \
    --cc=stefano.stabellini@xilinx.com \
    --cc=stratos-dev@op-lists.linaro.org \
    --cc=takahiro.akashi@linaro.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is an external index of several public inboxes,
see mirroring instructions on how to clone and mirror
all data and code used by this external index.