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...in.c +++ b/server/main.c @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ dump_config (void) } int -main (int argc, char *argv[]) +nbdkit_main (int argc, char *argv[]) { int c; bool help = false, version = false, dump_plugin = false; diff --git a/server/nbdkit.c b/server/nbdkit.c new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e2e55cbb --- /dev/null +++ b/server/nbdkit.c @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +/* nbdkit + * Copyright (C) 2013-2020 Red Hat Inc. + * + * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without + * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are + * met: + * + * * Redistributions of source...

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