On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 02:10:48PM +0530, Bharata B Rao wrote: [...] > However as I note in the patch description of the original patch in this > mail, -global is broken for certain cpu type names. > > -cpu host -global host-powerpc64-cpu.compat=power7 > -cpu POWER8 -global POWER8-powerpc64-cpu.compat=power7 > > work, but > > -cpu POWER8E -global POWER8E_v2.1-powerpc64-cpu.compat=power7 > > doesn't since cpu typename has . (dot) and this needs to be fixed.
-global accepts the saner QemuOpts syntax, too. So this should work: -global driver=POWER8E_v2.1-powerpc64-cpu,property=compat,value=power7 -- Eduardo
