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| author | Tim Hutt <[email protected]> | 2024-10-08 10:49:19 +0100 |
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| committer | Anup Patel <[email protected]> | 2024-11-09 14:30:41 +0530 |
| commit | 701948bdec90e2908517e260d06e0e5e5d0f4419 (patch) | |
| tree | e8cca4d475371fa5c9e1cc68012a65e1e465b3eb | |
| parent | 0171cfcc7010bcd75277a2c452e9702d934230f9 (diff) | |
docs: add example of building the Linux kernel
Slightly expand the QEMU docs to explain how to build the flat Linux kernel image.
Signed-off-by: Tim Hutt <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Samuel Holland <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Anup Patel <[email protected]>
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/platform/qemu_virt.md | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docs/platform/qemu_virt.md b/docs/platform/qemu_virt.md index 0783be4a..fd87ee5a 100644 --- a/docs/platform/qemu_virt.md +++ b/docs/platform/qemu_virt.md @@ -56,7 +56,14 @@ qemu-system-riscv64 -M virt -m 256M -nographic \ **Linux Kernel Payload** Note: We assume that the Linux kernel is compiled using -*arch/riscv/configs/defconfig*. +*arch/riscv/configs/defconfig*. The kernel must be a flattened image (a file +called `Image`) rather than an ELF (`vmlinux`). + +Example of building a Linux kernel: +``` +make ARCH=riscv CROSS_COMPILE=riscv64-linux- defconfig +make ARCH=riscv CROSS_COMPILE=riscv64-linux- Image +``` Build: ``` |