From bec9a8ecfb083975683be663f090fad16acf28b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: OBattler <oubattler@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2025 23:38:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] SDL Joystick: Make thread hinting Windows-only, fixes #5762.

---
 src/qt/sdl_joystick.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/qt/sdl_joystick.c b/src/qt/sdl_joystick.c
index 83a2a67b1..ea3720eea 100644
--- a/src/qt/sdl_joystick.c
+++ b/src/qt/sdl_joystick.c
@@ -45,8 +45,10 @@ static SDL_Joystick *sdl_joy[MAX_PLAT_JOYSTICKS];
 void
 joystick_init(void)
 {
+#ifdef _WIN32
     /* This is needed for SDL's Windows raw input backend to work properly without SDL video. */
     SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_THREAD, "1");
+#endif
 
     if (SDL_InitSubSystem(SDL_INIT_JOYSTICK) != 0) {
         return;