From: Don Burn on
Depends on a lot of things, but I see this pretty often. Either use
/break (assuming boot.ini) or put a hard coded breakpoint in the
beginning of your DriverEntry. Otherwise, I never know for sure whether
windbg will break.


Don Burn (MVP, Windows DKD)
Windows Filesystem and Driver Consulting
Website: http://www.windrvr.com
Blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/WinDrvr




> -----Original Message-----
> From: David F. [mailto:df2705(a)community.nospam]
> Posted At: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 1:19 PM
> Posted To: microsoft.public.development.device.drivers
> Conversation: windbg - won't tigger breakpoint until after manual
break (load
> symbols)
> Subject: windbg - won't tigger breakpoint until after manual break
(load
> symbols)
>
> Hi,
>
> I don't recall this being a problem in the past, but if I set a break
point on
> something like DriverEntry, it's never hit, unless I manually break as
> soon as windbg attaches, then go. It's like the symbols aren't
loaded
> until that point? I also don't see the driver in the list of stuff
it's
> loading symbols for when doing the manual break (I thought it used to
in the
> past? - also !reload or .reload also doesn't). Maybe I messed up some
setting
> somewhere? Do any of the WinDbg experts have an idea what's up??
>
> TIA!!
>
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