Debugging "checked" drivers ? Only *.sys and *.inf needed ..

Hello,

I just build a driver for "Windows 7 x64".

The driver has a *.sys but also a *.pdb.

(This time the build said it build two executables... usually it said only
one...
does this mean it considers the *.sys now an executable as well ? hmm)

Question is how to debug this driver properly on windows 7, I see a couple
of possibilities:

1. Only the "checked" *.sys is needed ?

or

2. *.sys + *.pdb is needed ?

or

3. Everything is needed *.sys, *.pdb, *.obj ?

Or lastly

Maybe WinDbg must be pointed towards the pdb/obj's and such...

For now I will gamble point 1

Bye,
Skybuck.

The sys on the test machine, and the pdb and sources on the system running
Windbg.


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Windows Filesystem and Driver Consulting
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"Skybuck Flying" <BloodyShame.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I just build a driver for "Windows 7 x64".
>
> The driver has a *.sys but also a *.pdb.
>
> (This time the build said it build two executables... usually it said only
> one...
> does this mean it considers the *.sys now an executable as well ? hmm)
>
> Question is how to debug this driver properly on windows 7, I see a couple
> of possibilities:
>
> 1. Only the "checked" *.sys is needed ?
>
> or
>
> 2. *.sys + *.pdb is needed ?
>
> or
>
> 3. Everything is needed *.sys, *.pdb, *.obj ?
>
> Or lastly
>
> Maybe WinDbg must be pointed towards the pdb/obj's and such...
>
> For now I will gamble point 1
>
> Bye,
> Skybuck.
>
>
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