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@@ -237,12 +237,24 @@ DEF("m", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_m,
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"NOTE: Some architectures might enforce a specific granularity\n",
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QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
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STEXI
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-@item -m [size=]@var{megs}
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+@item -m [size=]@var{megs}[,slots=n,maxmem=size]
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@findex -m
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-Set virtual RAM size to @var{megs} megabytes. Default is 128 MiB. Optionally,
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-a suffix of ``M'' or ``G'' can be used to signify a value in megabytes or
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-gigabytes respectively. Optional pair @var{slots}, @var{maxmem} could be used
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-to set amount of hotluggable memory slots and possible maximum amount of memory.
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+Sets guest startup RAM size to @var{megs} megabytes. Default is 128 MiB.
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+Optionally, a suffix of ``M'' or ``G'' can be used to signify a value in
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+megabytes or gigabytes respectively. Optional pair @var{slots}, @var{maxmem}
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+could be used to set amount of hotpluggable memory slots and maximum amount of
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+memory. Note that @var{maxmem} must be aligned to the page size.
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+
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+For example, the following command-line sets the guest startup RAM size to
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+1GB, creates 3 slots to hotplug additional memory and sets the maximum
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+memory the guest can reach to 4GB:
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+
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+@example
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+qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1G,slots=3,maxmem=4G
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+@end example
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+
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+If @var{slots} and @var{maxmem} are not specified, memory hotplug won't
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+be enabled and the guest startup RAM will never increase.
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ETEXI
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DEF("mem-path", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_mempath,
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