Introduction
This article is about how to setup Kernel-Mode debugging in a VM using Visual Studio 2012. This article will be helpful for people new to driver development that wish to create, build, deploy, and debug a simple "HelloKernel". project.
Background
The setup process can be divided to three parts:
- Setting up the Virtual Machine
- Setting up Visual Studio 2012
- Setting up your HelloKernel Project
Each part will be explained step by step.
How to Setup the Virtual Machine
The Virtual Machine setup was tested on VMWare 9.0 running Windows 7 x64 OS.
- Create a new VM, use default settings (tested on VmWare, Win7 x64)
- Add a serial port to the VM, follow these steps:
- Right click VM -> Settings -> Add -> Serial Port -> Output to named pipe
- Named pipe = \\.\pipe\com_2
- First Combobox = The end is the server
- Second Combobox = The other end is an application
- Connect at power on = Checked
- Finish
- Yield CPU on poll = Checked
- bcdedit /debug on
- bcdedit /dbgsettings serial debugport:2 baudrate:115200
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