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Re: [Qemu-devel] WinDbg module


From: Marc-André Lureau
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] WinDbg module
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 15:49:47 +0000

Hi

On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 6:44 PM Mihail Abakumov <address@hidden>
wrote:

> Hello.
>
> We made the debugger module WinDbg (like GDB) for QEMU. This is the
> replacement of the remote stub in Windows kernel. Used for remote
> Windows kernel debugging without debugging mode.
>
> The latest build and instructions for the launch can be found here:
> https://github.com/ispras/qemu/releases/tag/v2.7.50-windbg
>
> Currently only one ways to create a remote debugging connection is
> supported: using COM port with named pipe.
>
> Should I prepare patches for inclusion in the master branch? Or is it
> too specific module and it is not needed?
>

Great news! A few years ago, I looked into this with a colleague to speed
up debugging, but we were stuck (can't remember the blocking factor, but
the lack of documentation was not helping). I think some windows driver
developers would be quite happy with it, which makes it a good candidate
for inclusion. Please prepare patches!


-- 
Marc-André Lureau


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