Setting Up Kernel-Mode Debugging

This section describes how to set up kernel-mode debugging.

Tip

The recommended approach is to use network (KDNET) debugging and use the kdnet utility to configure that automatically. For more information, see Setting Up KDNET Network Kernel Debugging Automatically.

In this section

KDNET Network Connections

• Setting Up KDNET Network Kernel Debugging Automatically
• Setting Up KDNET Network Kernel Debugging Manually

Virtual Machines

• Setting Up Kernel-Mode Debugging of a Virtual Machine Host- KDNET
• Setting Up Kernel-Mode Debugging of a Virtual Machine Manually using a COM Port

Single PC

• Setting Up Local Kernel Debugging of a Single Computer Manually

Cable Connections

• Setting Up USB KDNET EEM Kernel-Mode Debugging (KDNET-EEM-USB)
• Setting up USB KDNET kernel-mode debugging (KDNET-USB)
• Setting up USB 3.0 xHCI-DBC kernel-mode debugging (KDUSB)
• Setting Up Kernel-Mode Debugging over a Serial Cable Manually

See also

Setting Up Debugging (Kernel-Mode and User-Mode)

Setting Up KDNET Network Kernel Debugging Automatically