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...> + > +int > +main (int argc, char *argv[]) > +{ > + /* This does nothing except call into the real main function in > + * libnbdkit.so. > + */ > + return nbdkit_main (argc, argv); > +} > diff --git a/server/nbdkit.syms b/server/nbdkit.syms > index a67669b7..a516cc0f 100644 > --- a/server/nbdkit.syms > +++ b/server/nbdkit.syms > @@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ > nbdkit_extents_new; > nbdkit_get_extent; > nbdkit_is_tls; > + nbdkit_main; Do we want to export it as _nbdkit_main, to make it obvious that plugins shouldn't try callin...

...nt argc, char *argv[]) > >+{ > >+ /* This does nothing except call into the real main function in > >+ * libnbdkit.so. > >+ */ > >+ return nbdkit_main (argc, argv); > >+} > >diff --git a/server/nbdkit.syms b/server/nbdkit.syms > >index a67669b7..a516cc0f 100644 > >--- a/server/nbdkit.syms > >+++ b/server/nbdkit.syms > >@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ > > nbdkit_extents_new; > > nbdkit_get_extent; > > nbdkit_is_tls; > >+ nbdkit_main; > > Do we want to export it as _nbdkit_main, to make it obvious...

...> + +extern int nbdkit_main (int argc, char *argv[]); + +int +main (int argc, char *argv[]) +{ + /* This does nothing except call into the real main function in + * libnbdkit.so. + */ + return nbdkit_main (argc, argv); +} diff --git a/server/nbdkit.syms b/server/nbdkit.syms index a67669b7..a516cc0f 100644 --- a/server/nbdkit.syms +++ b/server/nbdkit.syms @@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ nbdkit_extents_new; nbdkit_get_extent; nbdkit_is_tls; + nbdkit_main; nbdkit_nanosleep; nbdkit_parse_bool; nbdkit_parse_int8_t; diff --git a/tests/test-nbdkit-backend-debug.sh b/tests/test-nbd...

The patches following do indeed allow you to compile nbdkit.exe, but it does not actually work yet. I'm posting this experimental series more as a work in progress and to get feedback. Note this does not require Windows itself to build or test. You can cross-compile it using mingw64-* packages on Fedora or Debian, and test it [spoiler alert: it fails] using Wine. Rich.

Also available here: https://github.com/rwmjones/nbdkit/tree/2020-windows-mingw This is the port to Windows using native Windows APIs (not MSYS or Cygwin). This patch series is at the point where it basically now works. I can run the server with the memory plugin, and access it remotely using guestfish, creating filesystems and so on without any apparent problems. Nevertheless there are many