On Windows, we run QGA with `-d --retry-path` options by default,
and expect that QGA will start even without the vioserial driver
and will wait for communication forever.

Reviewed-by: Yan Vugenfirer <yvugenfi@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20250825140549.146617-3-kkostiuk@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Kostiantyn Kostiuk <kkostiuk@redhat.com>
---
 qga/main.c | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/qga/main.c b/qga/main.c
index a1bf8f53ac..dd1c216f9a 100644
--- a/qga/main.c
+++ b/qga/main.c
@@ -1512,8 +1512,12 @@ static GAState *initialize_agent(GAConfig *config, int socket_activation)
 
     if (!channel_init(s, s->config->method, s->config->channel_path,
                       s->socket_activation ? FIRST_SOCKET_ACTIVATION_FD : -1)) {
-        g_critical("failed to initialize guest agent channel");
-        return NULL;
+        if (s->config->retry_path) {
+            g_info("failed to initialize guest agent channel, will retry");
+        } else {
+            g_critical("failed to initialize guest agent channel");
+            return NULL;
+        }
     }
 
     if (config->daemonize) {
-- 
2.50.1