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

[Sebastian Herbszt]

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