Re: [PATCH] meson.build: Add --enable-use-pdb option

On 3/18/26 20:18, Steve Aarnio wrote:
> This option will (attempt to) modify the QEMU compile and link flags to
> emit PDB symbol files rather than the standard (DWARF?) symbol output
> from gcc/clang.
> 
> This enables using native Windows debug tools (Windbg/Visual Studio) for
> debugging QEMU.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Steve Aarnio <[email protected]>

I would prefer to have support for this in Meson itself, but anyway, I 
have some questions below

> +if get_option('debug') and get_option('use_pdb')
> +  qemu_common_flags += cc.get_supported_arguments('-g','-gcodeview','- 
> gcolumn-info','-fno-omit-frame-pointer')

GCC documentation says -gcolumn-info enabled by default, also who is 
enabling -fomit-frame-pointer so that you have to drop it?

> +  qemu_ldflags += cc.get_supported_link_arguments('-g','-Wl,--pdb=')

What linkers support --pdb=, and what goes after the equal sign?

Also, the update to scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh is missing, just 
running "make" will regenerate it.

Paolo