Windows WDF Driver Debug With WinDbg
Table of Contents
1 Add a Serial Port For VMWare
- "Add" -> "Serial Port" -> "Output to namedpipe", the pipe named "\\.\pipe\com1"
- select "This end is server"
- and "The other end is an application"
2 Config host
- add "-b -k com:pipe,port=\\.\pipe\com1,resets=0" in the setting of windbg shortkey
3 Config target system(windows 7) in VMWare
- after start windows 7 in VMWare, modify port name "COM1" to "COM2", because the port name in VMWare is COM2
- run cmd.exe as administrator
- run "bcdedit /copy {current} /d "Vista Debug" to get a GUID
- run “bcdedit /debug {The GUID Value} ON” to start debug function
- and run "bcdedit /dbgsettings SERIAL DEBUGPORT:1 BAUDRATE:115200" to config baudrate
4 Start Debug
- run windbg in host computer
- "File" -> "Symbol Search Path" to add the path to *.pdb of your driver
- "File" -> "Source Search Path" to select driver source file path
- run "Ctrl+Break" or "Debug"->"Break" to connect to target system, and make the system in stop state
- input .reload to load module and symbol file
- use "lm l" list the symble file has been loaded
- “File" -> "Open Source File" to open source file, and bp or "F9" to set break point
- input G to make target continue to run
- run driver test application in target system
- the color of break line will changed from red to pink
- and run P to debug driver step by step.