Am 12.02.2013 um 18:50 schrieb Andreas Färber <afaer...@suse.de>:
> Am 12.02.2013 18:33, schrieb Peter Maydell: >> Switch the default for qemu_log logging output from "/tmp/qemu.log" >> to stderr. This is an incompatible change in some sense, but logging >> is mostly used for debugging purposes so it shouldn't affect production >> use. The previous behaviour can be obtained by adding "-D /tmp/qemu.log" >> to the command line. >> >> This change requires us to: >> * update all the documentation/help text >> * make linux-user and bsd-user defer to qemu-log for the default >> logging destination rather than overriding it themselves >> * ensure that all logfile closing is done via qemu_log_close() >> and that that function doesn't close stderr >> as well as the obvious change to the behaviour of do_qemu_set_log() >> when no logfile name has been specified. >> >> Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.mayd...@linaro.org> >> --- >> 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. But only when you pass in -d, no? Alex > > Regards, > Andreas > > -- > SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany > GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer; HRB 16746 AG Nürnberg
