The 'host' CPU model isn't available until KVM or HVF is enabled. For example, the following error messages are seen when the guest is started with option '-cpu cortex-a8' on tcg.
qemu-system-aarch64: Invalid CPU type: cortex-a8 The valid types are: cortex-a7, cortex-a15, cortex-a35, cortex-a55, cortex-a72, cortex-a76, a64fx, neoverse-n1, neoverse-v1, cortex-a53, cortex-a57, (null), max Hide 'host' CPU model until KVM or HVF is enabled. Signed-off-by: Gavin Shan <gs...@redhat.com> --- hw/arm/virt.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/hw/arm/virt.c b/hw/arm/virt.c index 762780e677..bd0ad15028 100644 --- a/hw/arm/virt.c +++ b/hw/arm/virt.c @@ -217,7 +217,9 @@ static const char * const valid_cpu_types[] = { #endif ARM_CPU_TYPE_NAME("cortex-a53"), ARM_CPU_TYPE_NAME("cortex-a57"), +#if defined(CONFIG_KVM) || defined(CONFIG_HVF) ARM_CPU_TYPE_NAME("host"), +#endif ARM_CPU_TYPE_NAME("max"), NULL }; -- 2.41.0