Re: How to debug a driver in the PDA ?

Steve:

Maybe we should qualify "debug"

The OP can debug his driver on the PDA, ***IF*** we get in our way-back
machines and think about how we debugged before we had fancy debugging
tools. He can use RETAILMSGs, or fprintf to track the behavior and data
that his driver uses. Is this ideal? no, but plenty of high quality code
has been debugged this way and it answers the OP's original request. He can
also use the Remote tools to look at the system as a whole and how his
driver effects it.

On the other hand, if the OP want to step through the driver and use watch
windows, then absolutely no, he cannot use his PDA.

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Bruce Eitman (eMVP)
Senior Engineer
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"Steve Maillet (eMVP)" <nospam1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> CETK has noting to do with the kernel debugger. The OS run-time image in
ROM
> must be made specially to support kernel debugging.
>
> --
> Steve Maillet
> EmbeddedFusion
> www.EmbeddedFusion.com
> smaillet at EmbeddedFusion dot com
>
>


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