As of commit 076b35b5a (machine: add default_ram_size to machine class) we no longer have a global default ram size, but instead machine specific defaults. When invoking qemu --help we don't know which machine you selected, so we can't tell the user the default RAM size in the help text anymore now.
Thus I don't see an easy way to expose the default ram size to the user in the help text. The easiest option IMHO is to just drop this piece of information. Reported-by: Laurent Desnogues <laurent.desnog...@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <ag...@suse.de> --- qemu-options.hx | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx index b3db6cb..5eaba11 100644 --- a/qemu-options.hx +++ b/qemu-options.hx @@ -241,8 +241,7 @@ ETEXI DEF("m", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_m, "-m[emory] [size=]megs[,slots=n,maxmem=size]\n" " configure guest RAM\n" - " size: initial amount of guest memory (default: " - stringify(DEFAULT_RAM_SIZE) "MiB)\n" + " size: initial amount of guest memory\n" " slots: number of hotplug slots (default: none)\n" " maxmem: maximum amount of guest memory (default: none)\n" "NOTE: Some architectures might enforce a specific granularity\n", -- 1.8.1.4