On 21/08/2018 20:29, Peter Maydell wrote: >> >> #if defined(__linux__) || defined(__sun__) || defined(__FreeBSD__) \ >> || defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || >> defined(__DragonFly__) \ >> - || defined(__GLIBC__) >> + || defined(__GLIBC__) || defined(__APPLE__) > We should fix this by figuring out what the code is actually looking > for (ie what OS functions), having a configure test for those > functions, and dropping the big long list of OS ifdefs. Otherwise > we've just got exactly the same problem for the next unix-ish > OS that comes along...
It's really looking only for qemu_openpty_raw, which in turn is compiled for all CONFIG_POSIX systems. Because the file is already compiled for CONFIG_POSIX only, the #ifdef is a legacy of the time before chardev/char-pty.c was split out of qemu-char.c. It can be removed. Paolo