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-rw-r--r--hw/arm/boot.c6
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");