How can I get Bochs to dump the GDT register?
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Bochs Dump GDT Register
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Re: Bochs Dump GDT Register
There's this really nifty command you can use in the bochs debugger: help
It will list all the commands and give you a description of what they do. I'm sure you can find your answer in there.
It will list all the commands and give you a description of what they do. I'm sure you can find your answer in there.
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Re: Bochs Dump GDT Register
Really though, does this kind of thing need to be said?
For your edification, please understand that individual software products usually have their own support systems, which, for unix projects generally hold a simple, straightforward technical document which tells you all of the commands and gives you the expected output from each one.
Much like this link which was the first result in a google search for 'Using the Bochs debugger'.
This user support system is both created, and hosted, and usually maintained by the developers of that software who are independent of this forum. Therefore we do not qualify as a support 'back-end'. So when having trouble using some party's unassociated tool, go to that party for help with their tool. EOF.
For your edification, please understand that individual software products usually have their own support systems, which, for unix projects generally hold a simple, straightforward technical document which tells you all of the commands and gives you the expected output from each one.
Much like this link which was the first result in a google search for 'Using the Bochs debugger'.
This user support system is both created, and hosted, and usually maintained by the developers of that software who are independent of this forum. Therefore we do not qualify as a support 'back-end'. So when having trouble using some party's unassociated tool, go to that party for help with their tool. EOF.
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Re: Bochs Dump GDT Register
It's funny that people always point to some documentation without checking that the information requested by the OP is actually in there. In fact, the most helpful command in this case is not contained in the docs. So, here it is:
info gdt
This will dump the complete GDT. There are several similar commands, such as info ldt, info idt, info ivt, info tss... I did not find them via the docs either, but rather manually through lexer.l and parser.y.
If you are just interested in the register contents of the GDTR, LDTR, IDTR and so on, info cpu should also suffice.
Hope that helps. (And this you can take literally.)
PS: Even more funny, that the developers of bochs are indeed members of this forum, often respond to questions and bug reports here, and that quite a lot of people in here actually use bochs and are able to answer such questions - and some are even willing to do so.
info gdt
This will dump the complete GDT. There are several similar commands, such as info ldt, info idt, info ivt, info tss... I did not find them via the docs either, but rather manually through lexer.l and parser.y.
If you are just interested in the register contents of the GDTR, LDTR, IDTR and so on, info cpu should also suffice.
Hope that helps. (And this you can take literally.)
PS: Even more funny, that the developers of bochs are indeed members of this forum, often respond to questions and bug reports here, and that quite a lot of people in here actually use bochs and are able to answer such questions - and some are even willing to do so.
Re: Bochs Dump GDT Register
@OP -- I don't suppose you are using the bochs GUI debugger. It's even easier there. Just select "Show System Registers".