How to force EL2 mode when booting ELF32 file as kernel on CortexA7 or CortexA15

[Jean-Christophe DUBOIS]

Hi,

When booting an ELF32 file as "kernel" then Qemu seems to always start 
in SVC (EL1) mode.

When booting a "non ELF32" file (a bzimage or any other binary image) as 
"kernel" then Qemu seems to start in HYP (EL2) mode if the processor 
supports this mode (it seems to then emulate the uboot behavior)

Is there a way to tell Qemu to start in HYP (EL2) mode (or even EL3 
mode) when booting an ELF file as kernel (assuming the processor 
supports it)?

Thanks

JC