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Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:30:24 +0200
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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [Bug 655555] [NEW] "-cpu ?" doesn't work as
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To: Martin von Gagern <martin.vgagern@gmx.net>
Cc: Bug 655555 <655555@bugs.launchpad.net>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org

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.