[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] Work around stdio redirection by SDL on Windows

["Sebastian Herbszt" <herbszt@gmx.de>]

Filip Navara wrote:
>> Sebastian Herbszt wrote:
>> --- v0.11.0-rc0-201-gd9c3231/vl.c.orig Sun Aug 9 11:52:47 2009
>> +++ v0.11.0-rc0-201-gd9c3231/vl.c Sun Aug 9 11:58:59 2009
>> @@ -4873,6 +4873,12 @@
>> CPUState *env;
>> int show_vnc_port = 0;
>>
>> +/* Work around stdio redirection by SDL on Windows */
>> +#if defined (CONFIG_SDL) && defined (_WIN32)
>> + freopen("CON", "wb", stdout);
>> + freopen("CON", "wb", stderr);
>> +#endif
>> +
>
> That will not work in RXVT, SSH consoles and for pipes unfortunately
> :-/ Also it won't respect the redirections specified on command line,
> which is something I often use, therefore I object to this patch. It's
> better to use SDL compiled with the --enable-stdio-redirect=no option.

Too bad this work around is a no go. At least for me it's good enough to
make qemu usable again.

I hope the need for a custom SDL will at least get properly documented since
this is a big regression for Windows users.

- Sebastian