This article provides detailed instructions to set up your host system and a Hyper-V guest VM for Windows kernel driver development and debugging. PowerShell scripts which automate most of the setup have been made available for download.
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The EWDK contains all the tools required to build and debug kernel software drivers on Windows. Download the EWDK for Windows 10, version 2004 with Visual Studio Build Tools 16.7 and extract the contents of the .ISO file into the folder c:\EWDK. The EWDK uses XCOPY deployment, therefore no installation is necessary. The instructions in the rest of this document assume that you are using the EWDK and it is available at c:\EWDK.
Examining the system through a kernel debugger is an integral part of driver development workflow. The guest VM must be configured for kernel debugging through the boot configuration database (BCD). The commands listed below create three different boot manager profiles using BCDEDIT:
From your kernel driver, you will call the classic kernel API DbgPrint() to display messages in the kernel debugger. For the kernel debugger to display these messages, the appropriate "Debug Print Filter" must be set in the registry. To enable this registry setting, run the following commands in an administrative PowerShell command window in the guest VM.
I have not been able to install drivers for a wireless network. I did manage to download drivers (actually didn't know which one) but after that no hardware (wireless adapter) was found and I got a 31 code.
One way to address the hardcoded nature of the kernel driver stack is to use DHCP service in the VMWare host. Or, I find it simpler to allow network discovery for the host PCand then use its host-name instead of the IP address.
When the virtual network is properly set up, we can begin configuring the kernel debugger itself on the debuggee, or guest VM side.For that download "Debugging Tools for Windows" onto the guest OS. Microsoft unfortunately doesn't make this step easy. You will need to download the SDK installer first, run it on the guest OS,then uncheck every feature offered, except for "Debugging Tools for Windows" and then install it:
Now the final step is to configure the network connection settings in WinDbg Preview. For that, go to File -> Start debugging ->Attach to kernel -> make sure that the Net tab is selected, and copy-and-paste the Port number and the Key from the connection string that youobtained from running the kdnet tool on the guest OS.
If you installed a new network card or updated your network adapter driver to a different version, in some cases when you try to change the network settings, when you open the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) properties of this network card, you may receive a pop-up window that says: Microsoft TCP/IP; In Order to Configure TCP/IP, You Must Install and Enable a Network Adapter.
I had to download latest wifi / ethernet driver for my laptop (Lenovo IdeaPad P580).The only challenge to this method was that even Lenovo website did NOT have the compatible drives for windows 10 yet!!! It simply indicated that the company is working on it as of today. A multi-billion dollar company could not figure it out fast enough to create a new drive to match Windows 10 when it has been out for months now?????
I have the same issue here, I upgraded from windows 8.1 to 10. I had never connection problems so far till I upgraded. Its a Gateway NV57, it has a broadcome netlink gigabit adapter. On wire i cant even connect and on wireless it just drops sometimes 1 minute after sometimes it lasts an hour, its very frustrating. I tried updating drivers with Windows 10 looking for them thru internet and downloading the drivers from the manufacturer (Gateway) although its not windows 10 drivers specifically. Ive noticed that when i connect from outside with teamviewer if i try a networking demanding task such as streaming video, it suddenly drops my wifi and cant connect again tilll i get home and turn off and on the adapter again. Can anyone help?
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