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-rw-r--r--hw/riscv/boot.c13
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/hw/riscv/boot.c b/hw/riscv/boot.c
index 519fa455a1..f67264374e 100644
--- a/hw/riscv/boot.c
+++ b/hw/riscv/boot.c
@@ -151,12 +151,19 @@ target_ulong riscv_load_kernel(const char *kernel_filename,
                                target_ulong kernel_start_addr,
                                symbol_fn_t sym_cb)
 {
-    uint64_t kernel_entry;
+    uint64_t kernel_load_base, kernel_entry;
 
+    /*
+     * NB: Use low address not ELF entry point to ensure that the fw_dynamic
+     * behaviour when loading an ELF matches the fw_payload, fw_jump and BBL
+     * behaviour, as well as fw_dynamic with a raw binary, all of which jump to
+     * the (expected) load address load address. This allows kernels to have
+     * separate SBI and ELF entry points (used by FreeBSD, for example).
+     */
     if (load_elf_ram_sym(kernel_filename, NULL, NULL, NULL,
-                         &kernel_entry, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0,
+                         NULL, &kernel_load_base, NULL, NULL, 0,
                          EM_RISCV, 1, 0, NULL, true, sym_cb) > 0) {
-        return kernel_entry;
+        return kernel_load_base;
     }
 
     if (load_uimage_as(kernel_filename, &kernel_entry, NULL, NULL,