The following changes have been made to Debugging Tools for Windows:
• Compatibility updates for Windows codename "Longhorn."
• New EngExtCpp C++ extension framework:
• This is a Developer Preview, and APIs are subject to change.
• Headers and samples can be installed by choosing the SDK component during installation of Debugging Tools for Windows.
• Win9x user-mode compatibility fixes:
• Requires MSLU. See debugger documentation for details.
• Win9x debugging is still not a supported scenario.
• USB 2.0 kernel debugging support. Requires a Windows "Longhorn" target computer and some additional software. See debugger documentation for details.
• New tool available: DBH.
• New commands available: .allow_image_mapping, .apply_dbp, .prompt_allow, .step_filter, and .suspend_ui.
• New options available for the lm, uf, .attach, .cxr, .foreach, .opendump, and .printf commands.
• All debuggers now support .wtitle.
• New pseudo-register: $ea2.
• New automatic aliases: $CurrentDumpArchiveFile, $CurrentDumpArchivePath, $CurrentDumpFile, $CurrentDumpPath, $ntsym, $ntnsym, and $ntwsym.
• New extensions available:
• in exts.dll: !bitcount.
• in kdexts.dll:!sysinfo.
• in wmitrace.dll: !buffer, !ckcl, !regtable, and !setprefix.
• in wdfkd.dll: !wdfdevice, !wdfdevicequeues, !wdfdriverinfo, !wdfextendwatchdog, !wdfgetdriver, !wdfldr, !wdfqueue, !wdfrequest, !wdfsetdriver, and !wdftraceprtdebug.
• New extension module fltkd.dll. This contains !cbd, !contextlist, !ctx, !filter, !filters, !fltobj, !frame, !frames, !instance, !irpctrl, !msgq, !namecachelist, !port, !portlist, !relobjs, !stats, !streamlist, !traceflags, !tracelevel, !tree, !volume, and !volumes.
• New options available for the !search extension.
• New symbol quoting syntax.
• WinDbg UI changes, including:
• "Edit->Clear Command Output" allows clearing partial text from command window.
• "File->Open Executable" remembers process arguments and start directory.
• Cascading and tiling of undocked windows.
• Watch window and Locals window context option to invoke 'dt' command.
• Source Server support for Subversion version control system.
• Updated 1394 kernel debugging drivers.
• Updates to many sections of the debugger documentation (debugger.chm).
• New documentation file, Kernel_Debugging_Tutorial.doc, aimed at customers who are familiar with other debugging tools and want to learn how to use WinDbg for kernel debugging.
• Many improvements to the !analyze extension.
• Numerous fixes to bugs in various commands and extensions reported by customers.
