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@@ -53,6 +53,37 @@ with the default OpenSBI firmware image as the -bios. It also supports
the recommended RISC-V bootflow: U-Boot SPL (M-mode) loads OpenSBI fw_dynamic
firmware and U-Boot proper (S-mode), using the standard -bios functionality.
+Using flash devices
+-------------------
+
+By default, the first flash device (pflash0) is expected to contain
+S-mode firmware code. It can be configured as read-only, with the
+second flash device (pflash1) available to store configuration data.
+
+For example, booting edk2 looks like
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ $ qemu-system-riscv64 \
+ -blockdev node-name=pflash0,driver=file,read-only=on,filename=<edk2_code> \
+ -blockdev node-name=pflash1,driver=file,filename=<edk2_vars> \
+ -M virt,pflash0=pflash0,pflash1=pflash1 \
+ ... other args ....
+
+For TCG guests only, it is also possible to boot M-mode firmware from
+the first flash device (pflash0) by additionally passing ``-bios
+none``, as in
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ $ qemu-system-riscv64 \
+ -bios none \
+ -blockdev node-name=pflash0,driver=file,read-only=on,filename=<m_mode_code> \
+ -M virt,pflash0=pflash0 \
+ ... other args ....
+
+Firmware images used for pflash must be exactly 32 MiB in size.
+
Machine-specific options
------------------------