Index: tools/ew.py
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--- tools/ew.py	(revision 70fae4e234e6148cb91bf67a329949ac7f16b494)
+++ tools/ew.py	(revision 60876fd36c87b1471e4642d8d42e8bcf02d9d066)
@@ -217,4 +217,7 @@
 		cmdline += ' -nographic'
 
+	if ((not is_override('nographic')) and not is_override('noserial')):
+		cmdline += ' -serial stdio'
+
 	if (is_override('bigmem')):
 		cmdline += ' -m 4G'
@@ -343,4 +346,5 @@
 	print("-notablet\tDisable USB tablet (use only relative-position PS/2 mouse instead), if applicable.")
 	print("-nographic\tDisable graphical output. Serial port output must be enabled for this to be useful.")
+	print("-noserial\tDisable serial port output in the terminal.")
 	print("-bigmem\tSets maximum RAM size to 4GB.")
 
@@ -401,4 +405,6 @@
 		elif sys.argv[i] == '-bigmem':
 			overrides['bigmem'] = True
+		elif sys.argv[i] == '-noserial':
+			overrides['noserial'] = True
 		elif sys.argv[i] == '-qemu_path' and i < len(sys.argv) - 1:
 			expect_qemu = True