Re[2]: [cdt-debug-dev] Can CDT use the windowsToolkit (WinDbg) debugger

[Hasse Hellberg <hasse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Douglas,

That sounds really cool Douglas, I did read your message:
 " Windows Debug API - CDI Implementation "  
in the mailing list Archive. Was not sure if that was what i wanted since all
people talk about are the unique MI-Interface compability problem. But it's all
clear to me now :)

Don't know if I can help out in any way. I'm all ears and keyboard to anything you
need help with, testing, coding, documenting or solving that "correctly interpret
the variables" - "data interpretation".

I work right now as a School trainee for Sony Ericsson Mobile Communication AB
Sweden Trying to solve various hick-ups they have. I'm finishing 2.5 year
programming school soon.

Hans Hellberg 
Malmö , Sweden

Friday, June 18, 2004, 1:43:45 PM, you wrote:

DS> Actually, I have started a project to interface the CDT debugger directly
DS> to the Windows Debug APIs. I'll be contributing this as soon as I get some
DS> 2.0 fires put out (likely next week).

DS> Calling the APIs directly is probably a better approach since you don't
DS> need to figure out how to communicate with WinDbg and won't need it
DS> installed. All you would need is the dbghelp.dll from the Debugging Tools
DS> install (which I believe is redistributable but I'm not sure how to
DS> include it with the CDT) and, of course, the Platform SDK. I have some of
DS> the basics working and a lot of work is left in the data interpretation
DS> area. Stay tuned...

DS> Doug Schaefer, IBM's Eclipse CDT Architect
DS> Ottawa (Palladium), Ontario, Canada



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DS> Hello cdt-debug-dev,

DS> I really like to use the Windows Toolkit (WinDbg) debugger.
DS> Make it work like the default GDB debugger for CDT projects!

DS> I'm also kind of new to how the default Eclipse debugger actually works.
DS> I have gathered some information trough Eclipse newsgroup and mailing
DS> list and there are talks about doing this. Nothing really final doe as I
DS> could 
DS> see. Probably my knowledge of the technical detail are to thin to 
DS> interpret 
DS> all the discussions in the right way.

DS> If you feel you have information about this or even better, you are also
DS> trying this approach! - Please respond and let me know what to expect :

DS> Here are some of my initial tactics pursuing the goal of WinDbg 
DS> implementation.
DS> - The main problem seems to be the MI interface Eclipse CDT use. 
DS> I think like this: (I'm starting from scratch) (correct me if I'm wrong)

DS> I need some form of converter to make WinDbg talk and listen. 
DS> This can be because default implementation provided by for the
DS> debugger is based on GDB/MI. - And WinDbg  can not talk/listen to
DS> that.

DS> The plugin org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core
DS> can be used as a template and adding the "converter code" here is a
DS> good idea.

DS> Any insight and starting points is greatly appreciated!
DS> //Thanks Thomas!


DS> Thanks in advance.

DS> Sincerely yours,

DS> Hasse



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