I think the preferred way to do this is just to create a /proc/cpuinfo file within the root file system. It's impossible for qemu to know which file is /proc/cpuinfo because you can technically mount procfs anywhere.
** Changed in: qemu Status: New => Invalid -- Should emulate /proc/cpuinfo https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/529008 You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. Status in QEMU: Invalid Status in “qemu-kvm” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: qemu-kvm qemu should emulate /proc/cpuinfo contents as some apps parse it to find out which CPU they are running on.