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diff --git a/gitlab/issues_text/target_missing/host_x86/accel_missing/2405 b/gitlab/issues_text/target_missing/host_x86/accel_missing/2405 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..933b9dc26 --- /dev/null +++ b/gitlab/issues_text/target_missing/host_x86/accel_missing/2405 @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +Qemu on Windows fails to parse absolute file path in -acpitable switch +Description of problem: +I expect qemu-system-x86_64.exe to navigate to the path provided with -acpitable switch and to try to parse it. Instead, Qemu prints: "can't open file C: No such file or directory" if provided with absolute path. Qemu thinks "C:" itself is a file with acpi table. + +However, Qemu correctly processes files with relative path. If I run this command to try to parse file COPYING bundled in default qemu build: + +`qemu-system-x86_64.exe -acpitable "file=copying"` + +Qemu says: `qemu-system-x86_64.exe: -acpitable file=copying: warning: ACPI table has wrong length, header says 1313284128, actual size 17992 bytes` + +Then it proceeds to boot BIOS, as usual. +Steps to reproduce: +1. Run `qemu-system-x86_64.exe -acpitable "file=C:\temp\temp.txt"` +2. Experience "can't open file C: No such file or directory" error message returning you to the command prompt. No BIOS screen. +3. Run `qemu-system-x86_64.exe -acpitable "file=copying"` +4. Experience insignificant warning and then a normal BIOS screen. |