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-rw-r--r-- | hw/arm/boot.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/hw/arm/boot.c b/hw/arm/boot.c index 1e313afe8d..583ec7992e 100644 --- a/hw/arm/boot.c +++ b/hw/arm/boot.c @@ -354,8 +354,10 @@ void arm_load_kernel(ARMCPU *cpu, struct arm_boot_info *info) /* Load the kernel. */ if (!info->kernel_filename) { - fprintf(stderr, "Kernel image must be specified\n"); - exit(1); + /* If no kernel specified, do nothing; we will start from address 0 + * (typically a boot ROM image) in the same way as hardware. + */ + return; } info->dtb_filename = qemu_opt_get(qemu_get_machine_opts(), "dtb"); |