Is there a way to debug my kernel at source level?

[Peterbjornx]

I am working on a OS kernel and i got a nasty bug i cant seem to fix with bochs internal debugger, and of course i cannot use MSVC's built-in debugger, so what can i use for this purpose??

[TylerH]

You would have to build the debugging into your kernel, AFAIK.

[MDM]

Generally under such a situation, I decompile the code, and write out on a piece of paper what is happening according to the op code. Depending on the level of the bug you may have to rely on this technique.

[gravaera]

You'll never know how amazing and awesome "printf()" and infinite loops are until you try them

[gerryg400]

Generally under such a situation, I decompile the code, and write out on a piece of paper what is happening according to the op code.

You'll never know how amazing and awesome "printf()" and infinite loops are until you try them

Concur. The only debugging methods you'll ever need.

[Peterbjornx]

I fixed the bug now, and indeed i just had to make my dprintf's a little more detailed