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4d61726b / VirtualKD-Redux

VirtualKD-Redux - A revival and modernization of VirtualKD
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Ability to set the symbol and source paths per VM #55

Closed Zero3K closed 2 months ago

Zero3K commented 8 months ago

It would be nice if a user could set the symbol and source paths for a VM so that way WinDbg will always be looking for the proper PDBs and showing the correct source code.

4d61726b commented 8 months ago

Seems possible to do via the command line options available to WinDbg and WinDbg Preview:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/debugger/windbg-command-line-options https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/debugger/windbg-command-line-preview

In the meantime, you can already do this with WinDbg Workspaces. Configure the symbol and source paths for a particular VM and then save that configuration to a workspace for that VM. When you attach to that VM again in the future, load the workspace associated with it.

4d61726b commented 2 months ago

I'm going to hold off on implementing this enhancement for now because it can already be accomplished in WinDbg and feels like it's a bit redundant and outside the scope of VirtualKD-Redux.

In WinDbg, this is a reason why workspaces were created. Just create and use a different workspace for each VM you have:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/debugger/using-workspaces