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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: ``` |