Re: How to debug a device driver on a PPC?

I am particularly interested in how to install the driver when I am in
development phase. Is there a quick way to do that other than write the a
driver installer using the CAB file?


"Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <ptobey no spam AT no instrument no spam DOT com>
wrote in message news:O3yNw%23CcFHA.2420@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 1. Well, you might open a socket as your debug method and then have a
> program running on the desktop that will receive the debug data and
display
> it. There's no free and easy way with no work for you, no.
>
> 2. Presumably however you are planning to distribute the driver to real
> customers. Probably you're going to use some sort of installation
program,
> so use that. It should allow you to specify registry entries to make,
etc.
>
> Paul T.
>
> "Kimo Jolin" <kimojolin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:e9bLXSwbFHA.924@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Thank you for your help. Your hints are quite helpful but I still have
> > two
> > questions that need to be answered.
> >
> > 1. Is there any way to display debugging messages to the development
> > workstation i.e. XP or Windows 200?
> > 2. After I compiled my driver on my workstation using the platform
> > builder,
> > what is the quick way to install my driver and add registry entries over
> > the
> > PDA for test or debugging?
> >
> >
> > "Steve Maillet (eMVP)" <nospam1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message
> > news:OTTyQ4sbFHA.1148@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Printf to a log file, or a message Queue of some sort. Pretty much all
> >> you
> >> can do.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Steve Maillet
> >> EmbeddedFusion
> >> www.EmbeddedFusion.com
> >> smaillet at EmbeddedFusion dot com
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>


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