Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Win32: Fix compilation with SDL.

[Anthony Liguori]

Stefan Weil wrote:
> Anthony Liguori schrieb:
>   
> > Stefan Weil wrote:
> >     
> > > `sdl-config --cflags` defines main = SDL_main
> > > on some platforms. One of these platforms is
> > > Windows with mingw32.
> > >   
> > >       
> > How about adding -Umain to SDL_CFLAGS on _WIN32 and and __APPLE__?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Anthony Liguori
> >
> >     
>
> I think -Dmain=SDL_main was added to the SDL CFLAGS because
> the SDL implementation needs some special startup code.
> Redefining main (or directly using the correct name) is typical
> for windows gui applications.
>
> -Umain would destroy this mechanism and create an executable
> which won't run in the worst case.
>   

Why do we need to do anything special then?

I don't understand what the point of the qemu_main stuff is.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori