Am 12.02.2013 18:58, schrieb Peter Maydell: > On 12 February 2013 17:50, Andreas Färber <afaer...@suse.de> wrote: >> Am 12.02.2013 18:33, schrieb Peter Maydell: >>> Stefan suggested that qemu_log should default to stderr, and I >>> agree that it makes more sense than a random file in /tmp/. >>> As noted in the commit message, this is technically an incompatible >>> change. >> >> I don't think this change is okay, it should be limited to the softmmus. >> Having random debug output appear on stderr may well break linux-user >> test suites or use cases. > > Debug output will only appear on stderr if you asked for it by > passing -d something. This isn't any different to the softmmu > case (where it is also the case that random debug output might > break things, and also that you won't get it unless you ask). > > I agree that it might break weird use cases (where you're running > some existing scripted usecase with debug logging enabled for some > reason); the tradeoff for those people having to tweak their script > to add "-D /tmp/qemu.log" is that we make things better for the > common user who mostly doesn't run with debug but who can now run > with '-d unimp,guest_errors' and get those messages usefully > interspersed with guest output.
I was thinking of default options, so if nothing gets printed by default that's okay with me. Andreas -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer; HRB 16746 AG Nürnberg
