diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4ebb60dedc..6211db9553 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2039,7 +2039,7 @@ fi
 if test "$mingw32" = "yes" ; then
     curses_list="-lpdcurses"
 else
-    curses_list="-lncurses:-lcurses:$($pkg_config --libs ncurses)"
+    curses_list="-lncurses:-lcurses:$($pkg_config --libs ncurses 2>/dev/null)"
 fi
 
 if test "$curses" != "no" ; then
diff --git a/hw/acpi.c b/hw/acpi.c
index 97617c4ef5..8c9dcc51c4 100644
--- a/hw/acpi.c
+++ b/hw/acpi.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ int acpi_table_add(const char *t)
     /* now read in the data files, reallocating buffer as needed */
 
     for (f = strtok(buf, ":"); f; f = strtok(NULL, ":")) {
-        int fd = open(f, O_RDONLY);
+        int fd = open(f, O_RDONLY | O_BINARY);
 
         if (fd < 0) {
             fprintf(stderr, "can't open file %s: %s\n", f, strerror(errno));
diff --git a/hw/openrisc_sim.c b/hw/openrisc_sim.c
index fb47cdc82d..6c443ba804 100644
--- a/hw/openrisc_sim.c
+++ b/hw/openrisc_sim.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static void openrisc_sim_init(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args)
     for (n = 0; n < smp_cpus; n++) {
         cpu = cpu_openrisc_init(cpu_model);
         if (cpu == NULL) {
-            qemu_log("Unable to find CPU defineition!\n");
+            qemu_log("Unable to find CPU definition!\n");
             exit(1);
         }
         qemu_register_reset(main_cpu_reset, cpu);
diff --git a/hw/tpci200.c b/hw/tpci200.c
index e082bca965..a4823fb9f2 100644
--- a/hw/tpci200.c
+++ b/hw/tpci200.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #define IP_INT_SPACE_ADDR_MASK 0x3F
 
 #define STATUS_INT(IP, INTNO) BIT((IP) * 2 + (INTNO))
-#define STATUS_TIMEOUT(IP)    BIT((IP) + 12)
+#define STATUS_TIME(IP)       BIT((IP) + 12)
 #define STATUS_ERR_ANY        0xF00
 
 #define CTRL_CLKRATE          BIT(0)
@@ -279,9 +279,9 @@ static void tpci200_write_las0(void *opaque, hwaddr addr, uint64_t val,
                     }
                 }
 
-                if (val & STATUS_TIMEOUT(i)) {
+                if (val & STATUS_TIME(i)) {
                     DPRINTF("Clear IP %c timeout\n", 'A' + i);
-                    s->status &= ~STATUS_TIMEOUT(i);
+                    s->status &= ~STATUS_TIME(i);
                 }
             }