Signed-off-by: Frediano Ziglio <fziglio@xxxxxxxxxx> --- README.Windows.md | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.Windows.md diff --git a/README.Windows.md b/README.Windows.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..98add5fd --- /dev/null +++ b/README.Windows.md @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +SPICE server Windows support +============================ + +SPICE server was ported from Unix/Linux to Windows. + +Most features are present, with some exceptions: + + - Unix sockets; + - signal handling; + - CLOEXEC flag (completely different handling on Windows); + - IPTOS_LOWDELAY flag (Linux specific); + - TCP_CORK (Linux/*BSD specific). + +Some features could be ported but currently are not: + + - statistics exported through mapped files. Disabled by default and mainly + used for development; + - filtering while recording (SPICE_WORKER_RECORD_FILTER environment). + Recording is used for debugging or development work; + - TCP_KEEPIDLE setting. Default is used. + +To compile and use with Qemu you can follow the guide at +https://wiki.qemu.org/Hosts/W32, just pass `--enable-spice` during +configuration. + +To test using a Linux cross compiler you can install Wine and run test +with + +``` +make LOG_COMPILE=wine check +``` -- 2.20.1 _______________________________________________ Spice-devel mailing list Spice-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/spice-devel