windbg

[Ozb]

Hi all,

I want to use Windbg on local kernel mode is it possible to set a
configuration on Win 2000 system.

In the help manuals of the Windbg written that: "Local kernel debugging is
only supported on Windows XP and later versions of Windows" What could be
the reason of this and is there any patch or service pack that will make
windbg possible to use at kernel debugging mode.

My purpose is to see dbgPrintf lines and so test a pci driver. Is there any
other debugging tool or method to debug on Windows 2000.

thanks
sincerely

 

[Gary G. Little]

WinDbg works quite well with 2000 as a target. However ... you must use two
machines, a host and a target. This is true even for XP, though I do believe
there is a debug type monitor that will allow display of DbgPrintf messages.
However ... I don't think that works until very late in the boot process,
meaning much of your PCI driver may very well be silent as far as debug is
concerned, and of course, you may not set breakpoints.