How to host on Win2k and target WinXP

WINDBG
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I have a laptop that runs Win2k, and I want to debug a machine that
runs WinXP. The serial port on my laptop is extremely unreliable.
However, there is a 1394 port built-in, using the all-popular OHCI
1394 driver.

The documentation for WinDbg says that, to use 1394 wiring, I need
to be running WinXP on both host and target. I don’t quite see why
that is the case – could it be anything other than just not wanting
to test and/or support an “older” platform? (I’m all down with why
you need kernel support on the target machine, that’s not a problem
for me.)

Is there any way I can get this to work? Trying to upgrade my
laptop is a very scary concept to me.

Cheers,

/ h+

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> I have a laptop that runs Win2k, and I want to debug a machine that

runs WinXP. The serial port on my laptop is extremely unreliable.
However, there is a 1394 port built-in, using the all-popular OHCI
1394 driver.

The documentation for WinDbg says that, to use 1394 wiring, I need
to be running WinXP on both host and target. I don’t quite see why
that is the case – could it be anything other than just not wanting
to test and/or support an “older” platform? (I’m all down with why
you need kernel support on the target machine, that’s not a problem
for me.)

Is there any way I can get this to work? Trying to upgrade my
laptop is a very scary concept to me.

Unfortunately, you need a totally new 1394 driver stack that does not
run on Win2k to use the debugger. I asked this question of the WinDBG
team a year ago.

Don Burn
Egenera, Inc

Cheers,

/ h+