RE: [cdt-debug-dev] Debugging with Microsoft Windows debug API (w indbg/

[Doug Schaefer <DSchaefer@xxxxxxx>]

BTW, the key stumbling block I keep running into is starting a second debug
session and keeping them independent, i.e. stopping one session shouldn't
stop them all. So far I've had trouble having more than one debug loop
(WaitForDebugEvent) call in a single Eclipse process. I get the feeling this
is because the dbgeng DLL is in a single threaded apartment. That's why I
hope using the debug server would help.

Doug Schaefer, QNX Software Systems
Eclipse CDT Project Lead, http://cdtdoug.blogspot.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: cdt-debug-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cdt-debug-dev-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Doug Schaefer
> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 10:58 AM
> To: CDT Debug developers list
> Subject: RE: [cdt-debug-dev] Debugging with Microsoft Windows debug API (w
> indbg/dbghelp)?
> 
> I think at this stage of the game, the Windows debugger integration has
> stalled again. Something else important always seems to come up and I
> haven't had volunteers to help. That and I keep running into roadblocks as
> I've been trying to use the dbgeng.dll APIs which are a bit confusing and
> poorly documented and is a weird mixture of COM but not COM interfaces.
> 
> I have some ideas on how to restart it by using dbgeng's debug server and
> then accessing it using the dbgeng APIs from native code running in
> Eclipse.
> I'd like to use DSF to as another example of implementing this new debug
> API
> for Eclipse.
> 
> If you're volunteering to help, then I accept. But it would be pretty much
> starting from scratch.
> 
> Doug Schaefer, QNX Software Systems
> Eclipse CDT Project Lead, http://cdtdoug.blogspot.com
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cdt-debug-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cdt-debug-dev-
> > bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Magnus Ihse Bursie
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 9:58 AM
> > To: CDT Debug developers list
> > Subject: [cdt-debug-dev] Debugging with Microsoft Windows debug API
> > (windbg/dbghelp)?
> >
> > I've been lurking on this list for some years, and every now and then
> > there are talk about integrating debugging MSVC-compiled executables
> > using Windows debugging API (windbg/dbghelp).
> >
> > The last reference I could find now was Doug Schaefer's post from March
> > this year, when he announced that his work on the Windows SDK would be
> > delayed.
> >
> > I would like to know what the current status are, and if there is any
> > code available somewhere that is at least barely usable. If there is, I
> > might be able to build on it and extend it. Currently I'm in a position
> > where I have to decide wether we should try to use the CDT as a common
> > debugging platfrom for both Linux/gdb and Windows/windbg. If the Windows
> > version of CDI is good enough, we would like to help working on it to
> > get it to a usable state.
> >
> > All help would be appreciated!
> >
> > /Magnus
> >
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