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To: Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>
Cc: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org

On 03/11/11 16:50, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> On 03/11/2011 09:11 AM, Peter Maydell wrote:
>> (Also the "-nographic" running of serial over stdio doesn't let
>> you kill qemu with ^C, the way "-serial stdio" does, which is
>> just annoyingly inconsistent...)
> 
> So if we want to have another mode that has different characteristics,
> that's fine, but it should be selectable via the command line regardless
> of how the build is configured.
> 
> I don't like the idea of a magic mode that is unlocked when other
> features are disabled because then there's no good way to test such a
> feature in a full build.

Ok I guess it is a question of whether you consider this a magic mode.
It really is the same as -vnc with nothing connected to it. I can add a
new mode it you like, or we can teach -nographic to behave sanely - I
agree 100% with Peter on this one.

Let me know what you want to have?

Cheers,
Jes