[libvirt-users] Passing literal -cpu model string to qemu

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Thu, Aug 07, 2014 at 02:28:05PM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> On aarch64 with -M virt, the default CPU model is cortex-a15 (a 32 bit
> CPU).  This is IMHO a stupid default, but there we are.  Therefore
> most users will need to pass the `-cpu cortex-a53' or `-cpu cortex-a57'
> flag to qemu, depending on a complex formula of their host CPU and if
> they are using TCG or not.
> 
> However I cannot work out how to pass this through libvirt.
> 
> The obvious one would be:
> 
>   <cpu><model>cortex-a57</model></cpu>
> 
> This passes `-cpu host' which is both wrong and likely to be a bug.
> 
> I tried adding various flags and studying the source, but it's
> extremely non-obvious how to do this.  Also adding the following into
> cpu_map.xml didn't make any difference:

IIRC we don't have the CPU model stuff written for ARM architecture
yet.


Regards,
Daniel
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