Add --cpu option.

If not set, then pick a more suitable default for aarch64.

diff --git a/qemu-sanity-check.in b/qemu-sanity-check.in
index 72257a8..5a3594a 100644 (file)
--- a/qemu-sanity-check.in
+++ b/qemu-sanity-check.in
@@ -27,13 +27,25 @@ canonical_arch="$(uname -m | sed 's/i[456]86/i386/')"
 verbose=no
 timeout=10m
 accel=kvm:tcg
+cpu=
+machine=
+
+# Both libguestfs and virt-manager choose cpu=host when we think that
+# KVM is available, and default otherwise.  Although testing for KVM
+# is hairy, I found that on aarch64 it can fail unless we choose
+# cpu=host for KVM.
+if test -r /dev/kvm; then
+    cpu=host
+fi
 
-# Default machine type depends on arch.  You can override this using
-# -m|--machine option.
+# Default machine and CPU type depends on arch.  You can override this
+# using -m|--machine and --cpu options.
 case "$canonical_arch" in
-    arm*|aarch*) machine=virt ;;
-    # On non-ARM let qemu pick the default.
-    *) machine= ;;
+    arm*)
+       machine=virt ;;
+    aarch*)
+       if [ "$cpu" = "" ]; then cpu=cortex-a57; fi
+       machine=virt ;;
 esac
 
 # Handle command line parsing.
@@ -43,6 +55,7 @@ function usage {
     echo "Options:"
     echo "  --help               Display this help"
     echo "  --accel=[kvm|tcg]    Force KVM or software emulation"
+    echo "  --cpu=cpu            Set CPU"
     echo "  -i|--initrd=initrd   Set location of initramfs"
     echo "  -k|--kernel=vmlinuz  Set location of kernel"
     echo "  -m|--machine=machine Set machine type"
@@ -57,6 +70,7 @@ TEMP=$(getopt \
     -o i:k:m:q:t:vV \
     --long help \
     --long accel: \
+    --long cpu: \
     --long initrd: \
     --long kernel: \
     --long machine: \
@@ -77,6 +91,10 @@ while true; do
             accel="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
+       --cpu)
+           cpu="$2"
+           shift 2
+           ;;
         -i|--initrd)
             initrd="$2"
             shift 2
@@ -167,6 +185,10 @@ argv[$((i++))]="-no-user-config"
 argv[$((i++))]="-nodefaults"
 argv[$((i++))]="-machine"
 argv[$((i++))]="$machine${machine:+,}accel=$accel"
+if [ "$cpu" != "" ]; then
+    argv[$((i++))]="-cpu"
+    argv[$((i++))]="$cpu"
+fi
 argv[$((i++))]="-no-reboot"
 argv[$((i++))]="-serial"
 argv[$((i++))]="file:$test_output"

diff --git a/qemu-sanity-check.pod.in b/qemu-sanity-check.pod.in
index 8bf1d4b..7ef3200 100644 (file)
--- a/qemu-sanity-check.pod.in
+++ b/qemu-sanity-check.pod.in
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ Other typical values of this parameter are: C<tcg>, which means to
 force software emulation.  C<kvm>, which means to force KVM and fail
 if KVM is unavailable.
 
+=item B<--cpu>=CPU
+
+Set the qemu I<--cpu> option.  If not set then a suitable default is
+picked depending on the architecture and whether KVM is available.
+You can also use I<--cpu=> to let qemu pick the default.
+
 =item B<-i> INITRD
 
 =item B<--initrd>=INITRD