The device can not be instantiated by the user and QEMU currently aborts when you try to use it:
$ x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64 -device cpu-cluster qemu-system-x86_64: hw/cpu/cluster.c:73: cpu_cluster_realize: Assertion `cbdata.cpu_count > 0' failed. Aborted (core dumped) Since this is an internal device only, mark it with user_creatable = false. Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <th...@redhat.com> --- hw/cpu/cluster.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/hw/cpu/cluster.c b/hw/cpu/cluster.c index 25f9070..6f5f037 100644 --- a/hw/cpu/cluster.c +++ b/hw/cpu/cluster.c @@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ static void cpu_cluster_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data) dc->props = cpu_cluster_properties; dc->realize = cpu_cluster_realize; + + /* This is not directly for users, CPU children must be attached by code */ + dc->user_creatable = false; } static const TypeInfo cpu_cluster_type_info = { -- 1.8.3.1