Re: Ultimate Debug environment?

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From: Don Burn (burn_at_stopspam.acm.org)
Date: 06/07/04 

Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 09:50:54 -0400

Now I'm really confused you spend the large number of $$$ for SoftIce when
you can spend less money and buy a good quality test bed independent of the
development system. If you want to use WinDBG you need two systems, and
WinDBG is the best debugger for kernel work nowadays.

It can also save development time with two systems. If you are like many
developers I know there is a period of a lot of little bugs, so you
constantly rebooting the test system. If you use a single system this is a
reboot, then fix then debug etc. If it is a boot time driver, it is reboot
in to a profile without the driver, fix the bug, reboot into a profile with
the driver, debug, etc. With two systems the reboot can occur while the bug
is being fixed on the development system. 

-- 
Don Burn (MVP, Windows DDK)
Windows 2k/XP/2k3 Filesystem and Driver Consulting
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"WDD" <anonymous@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I develop and test on same system.
>
> Funds$$$, make it this way.
>
>
> Mark Roddy wrote:
> > I'm confused. Why would you want a checked build on a development
system?
> > You might want a checked build on a test system, but never on a
development
> > system or debug workstation.
> >
> > XP SP1 + all updates or W2k3 Server + all updates.
> > Virus software. I prefer F-prot because of price and non-intrusiveness.
> > The latest 'bag works for me, although other folks have issues with its
new
> > window management system.
> > Stick with the 3790DDK.
> > Softice, q'est ce que c'est?
> >
> > And of course a good source code control system, integrated bug tracking
> > system, and development environment are essential. The DDK provides none
of
> > the above.

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