Bug#833619: /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64: Option -memory doesn't work. But -m do.

[Witold Baryluk]

Package: qemu-system-x86
Version: 1:2.6+dfsg-3
Severity: normal
File: /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64

With

qemu-system-x86_64 -help

I see

-m[emory] [size=]megs[,slots=n,maxmem=size]
                configure guest RAM
                size: initial amount of guest memory
                slots: number of hotplug slots (default: none)
                maxmem: maximum amount of guest memory (default: none)


but when adding -memory 2048

qemu says there is no such option.

Using -m 2048 solves the problem.

Please fix the usage instructions or fix the bug in qemu.

Thanks.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.7.0-rc7-wc1-00006-g63bab22 (SMP w/12 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages qemu-system-x86 depends on:
ii  ipxe-qemu           1.0.0+git-20150424.a25a16d-1
ii  libaio1             0.3.110-3
ii  libasound2          1.1.1-2
ii  libbluetooth3       5.36-1+b1
ii  libbrlapi0.6        5.3.1-3
ii  libc6               2.23-4
ii  libcacard0          1:2.5.0-2
ii  libfdt1             1.4.0+dfsg-2
ii  libgcc1             1:6.1.1-10
ii  libglib2.0-0        2.48.1-2
ii  libgnutls30         3.5.2-2
ii  libjpeg62-turbo     1:1.5.0-1
ii  libncurses5         6.0+20160625-1
ii  libnettle6          3.2-1
ii  libpixman-1-0       0.33.6-1
ii  libpng16-16         1.6.23-1
ii  libpulse0           9.0-1.1
ii  libsasl2-2          2.1.26.dfsg1-15
ii  libsdl1.2debian     1.2.15+dfsg1-4
ii  libseccomp2         2.3.1-2
ii  libspice-server1    0.12.8-1
ii  libtinfo5           6.0+20160625-1
ii  libusb-1.0-0        2:1.0.20-1
ii  libusbredirparser1  0.7.1-1
ii  libuuid1            2.28-6
ii  libvdeplug2         2.3.2+r586-2+b1
ii  libx11-6            2:1.6.3-1
ii  libxen-4.6          4.6.0-1+nmu2
ii  libxenstore3.0      4.6.0-1+nmu2
ii  qemu-system-common  1:2.6+dfsg-3
ii  seabios             1.8.2-1
ii  zlib1g              1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1

Versions of packages qemu-system-x86 recommends:
ii  qemu-utils  1:2.6+dfsg-3

Versions of packages qemu-system-x86 suggests:
ii  kmod              22-1.1
ii  ovmf              0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2
pn  qemu-block-extra  <none>
pn  samba             <none>
pn  sgabios           <none>
ii  vde2              2.3.2+r586-2+b1

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