Re: [PATCH kvmtool] arm: Allow command line for firmware

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On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 03:43:08PM +0000, Andre Przywara wrote:
> When loading a firmware instead of a kernel, we can still pass on any
> *user-provided* command line, as /chosen/bootargs is a generic device tree
> feature. We just need to make sure to not pass our mangled-for-Linux
> version.
> 
> This allows to run "firmware" images which make use of a command line,
> still are not Linux kernels, like kvm-unit-tests.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> Hi Will,
> 
> this goes on top of Julien's firmware series (which did not yet appear
> on kernel.org?)
> This fixes an issue with some kvm-unit-tests support. [1]

Does kvm-unit-tests break if we pass the modified command line? I'm wary of
passing something different depending on whether the payload is firmware or
kernel, because there's a pretty fine line between the two (and the firmware
may even just forward the thing on to the kernel it loads).

Will
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