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Diffstat (limited to 'hw/core/machine.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | hw/core/machine.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/hw/core/machine.c b/hw/core/machine.c index 230aab819c..59208e611e 100644 --- a/hw/core/machine.c +++ b/hw/core/machine.c @@ -1359,6 +1359,7 @@ out: void machine_run_board_init(MachineState *machine, const char *mem_path, Error **errp) { + ERRP_GUARD(); MachineClass *machine_class = MACHINE_GET_CLASS(machine); ObjectClass *oc = object_class_by_name(machine->cpu_type); CPUClass *cc; @@ -1387,9 +1388,13 @@ void machine_run_board_init(MachineState *machine, const char *mem_path, Error * numa_uses_legacy_mem()) { if (object_property_find(object_get_objects_root(), machine_class->default_ram_id)) { - error_setg(errp, "object name '%s' is reserved for the default" - " RAM backend, it can't be used for any other purposes." - " Change the object's 'id' to something else", + error_setg(errp, "object's id '%s' is reserved for the default" + " RAM backend, it can't be used for any other purposes", + machine_class->default_ram_id); + error_append_hint(errp, + "Change the object's 'id' to something else or disable" + " automatic creation of the default RAM backend by setting" + " 'memory-backend=%s' with '-machine'.\n", machine_class->default_ram_id); return; } |