loader: Implement .hex file loader

This patch adds Intel Hexadecimal Object File format support to the
generic loader device.  The file format specification is available here:
http://www.piclist.com/techref/fileext/hex/intel.htm

This file format is often used with microcontrollers such as the
micro:bit, Arduino, STM32, etc.  Users expect to be able to run .hex
files directly with without first converting them to ELF.  Most
micro:bit code is developed in web-based IDEs without direct user access
to binutils so it is important for QEMU to handle this file format
natively.

Signed-off-by: Su Hang <suhang16@mails.ucas.ac.cn>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Alistair Francis <alistair.francis@wdc.com>
Message-id: 20180814162739.11814-6-stefanha@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/hw/loader.h b/include/hw/loader.h
index 5235f119a3..3c112975f4 100644
--- a/include/hw/loader.h
+++ b/include/hw/loader.h
@@ -28,6 +28,18 @@ ssize_t load_image_size(const char *filename, void *addr, size_t size);
 int load_image_targphys_as(const char *filename,
                            hwaddr addr, uint64_t max_sz, AddressSpace *as);
 
+/**load_targphys_hex_as:
+ * @filename: Path to the .hex file
+ * @entry: Store the entry point given by the .hex file
+ * @as: The AddressSpace to load the .hex file to. The value of
+ *      address_space_memory is used if nothing is supplied here.
+ *
+ * Load a fixed .hex file into memory.
+ *
+ * Returns the size of the loaded .hex file on success, -1 otherwise.
+ */
+int load_targphys_hex_as(const char *filename, hwaddr *entry, AddressSpace *as);
+
 /** load_image_targphys:
  * Same as load_image_targphys_as(), but doesn't allow the caller to specify
  * an AddressSpace.