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-rw-r--r--include/sysemu/sysemu.h2
-rw-r--r--vl.c6
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
index b21369672a..c083869fcf 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ extern int win2k_install_hack;
extern int alt_grab;
extern int ctrl_grab;
extern int smp_cpus;
-extern int max_cpus;
+extern unsigned int max_cpus;
extern int cursor_hide;
extern int graphic_rotate;
extern int no_quit;
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index ebea42e0ea..d7c349233f 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ Chardev *sclp_hds[MAX_SCLP_CONSOLES];
int win2k_install_hack = 0;
int singlestep = 0;
int smp_cpus = 1;
-int max_cpus = 1;
+unsigned int max_cpus = 1;
int smp_cores = 1;
int smp_threads = 1;
int acpi_enabled = 1;
@@ -4331,8 +4331,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
machine_class->max_cpus = machine_class->max_cpus ?: 1; /* Default to UP */
if (max_cpus > machine_class->max_cpus) {
- error_report("Number of SMP CPUs requested (%d) exceeds max CPUs "
- "supported by machine '%s' (%d)", max_cpus,
+ error_report("Invalid SMP CPUs %d. The max CPUs "
+ "supported by machine '%s' is %d", max_cpus,
machine_class->name, machine_class->max_cpus);
exit(1);
}