[Qemu-devel] [Bug 655555] [NEW] "-cpu ?" doesn't work as documented

[Qemu-devel] [Bug 655555] [NEW] "-cpu ?" doesn't work as documented

[Martin von Gagern]

Public bug reported:

I've got qemu-kvm 0.12.5 on Gentoo Linux on an amd64 host. Both HTML
documentation and compiled-in command line help state that "-cpu ?"
should give me a list of possible values for the -cpu command line
switch. In fact that switch results in an error message: "Unable to find
x86 CPU definition".

Either the documentation or the implementation should be adjusted
accordingly.

** Affects: qemu
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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"-cpu ?" doesn't work as documented
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Bug description:
I've got qemu-kvm 0.12.5 on Gentoo Linux on an amd64 host. Both HTML documentation and compiled-in command line help state that "-cpu ?" should give me a list of possible values for the -cpu command line switch. In fact that switch results in an error message: "Unable to find x86 CPU definition".

Either the documentation or the implementation should be adjusted accordingly.

Re: [Qemu-devel] [Bug 655555] [NEW] "-cpu ?" doesn't work as documented

[Stefan Weil]

Am 06.10.2010 09:58, schrieb Martin von Gagern:
> Public bug reported:
>
> I've got qemu-kvm 0.12.5 on Gentoo Linux on an amd64 host. Both HTML
> documentation and compiled-in command line help state that "-cpu ?"
> should give me a list of possible values for the -cpu command line
> switch. In fact that switch results in an error message: "Unable to find
> x86 CPU definition".
>
> Either the documentation or the implementation should be adjusted
> accordingly.
>
> ** Affects: qemu
>       Importance: Undecided
>           Status: New
>
>    

Does one of these work:

     -cpu \?
     -cpu '?'

If yes, then the shell's wildcard expansion caused your problem.

Re: [Qemu-devel] [Bug 655555] [NEW] "-cpu ?" doesn't work as documented

[Martin von Gagern]

On 06.10.2010 18:30, Stefan Weil wrote:
> Does one of these work:
> 
>     -cpu \?
>     -cpu '?'
> 
> If yes, then the shell's wildcard expansion caused your problem.

Yes indeed. Should have thought of that myself. Nevertheless, a note in
the manual might help others like me. Thanks in any case!

[Qemu-devel] [Bug 655555] Re: "-cpu ?" doesn't work as documented

[Jes Sorensen]

Seems like this isn't a bug after all, so closing.

If you want to add a note to the manual, that is cool, but please submit
a patch, otherwise I doubt it will get addressed. It should also be a
more generic note since it would apply to all arguments that accept ?

Cheers,
Jes


** Changed in: qemu
       Status: New => Invalid

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"-cpu ?" doesn't work as documented
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/655555
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Status in QEMU: Invalid

Bug description:
I've got qemu-kvm 0.12.5 on Gentoo Linux on an amd64 host. Both HTML documentation and compiled-in command line help state that "-cpu ?" should give me a list of possible values for the -cpu command line switch. In fact that switch results in an error message: "Unable to find x86 CPU definition".

Either the documentation or the implementation should be adjusted accordingly.