From 62c785ff5ebbc229bd79379f10b271adc2de096c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fredrik Simonsson <fredrsim@axis.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:42:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Allow loading with -device file=mybin.elf

---
 src/common.ts |  1 +
 src/qemu.ts   | 10 ++++++----
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/common.ts b/src/common.ts
index 86043f09..9ad94abf 100644
--- a/src/common.ts
+++ b/src/common.ts
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ export interface ConfigurationArguments extends DebugProtocol.LaunchRequestArgum
     gdbInterruptMode: GDBInterruptMode;
     objdumpPath: string;
     serverArgs: string[];
+    serverOptionLoadWithDeviceFile: boolean;
     serverCwd: string;
     device: string;
     loadFiles: string[];
diff --git a/src/qemu.ts b/src/qemu.ts
index 3a537889..48631213 100644
--- a/src/qemu.ts
+++ b/src/qemu.ts
@@ -84,13 +84,15 @@ export class QEMUServerController extends EventEmitter implements GDBServerContr
             '-semihosting-config', 'enable=on,target=native',
             '-gdb', 'tcp::' + gdbport.toString(),
             '-S',
-            '-kernel', this.args.executable
         ];
-
+        if (this.args.serverOptionLoadWithDeviceFile) {
+            cmdargs = cmdargs.concat('-device', 'loader,file=' + this.args.executable);
+        } else {
+            cmdargs = cmdargs.concat('-kernel', this.args.executable);
+        };
         if (this.args.serverArgs) {
             cmdargs = cmdargs.concat(this.args.serverArgs);
-        }
-
+        };
         return cmdargs;
     }