Where can I find the CodeView specification

[Aaron Gray]

Hi,

For want of a better place to ask. I am after the CodeView data format
specifications 4 and/or 5. I am writing an object module generator and need
to generate CodeView debugging information.

Many thanks in advance,

Aaron

[Pavel A.]

Post by Aaron Gray
Hi,
For want of a better place to ask. I am after the CodeView data format
specifications 4 and/or 5. I am writing an object module generator and
need to generate CodeView debugging information.

Look on MSDN. They had documented quite a lot of formats and interfaces
recently.
Also, try microsoft.public.windbg

--pa

[Aaron Gray]

Post by Pavel A.

Post by Aaron Gray
Hi,
For want of a better place to ask. I am after the CodeView data format
specifications 4 and/or 5. I am writing an object module generator and
need to generate CodeView debugging information.

Look on MSDN. They had documented quite a lot of formats and interfaces
recently.
Also, try microsoft.public.windbg

Hi Pavel,

I could not find anything on it on MSDN :(

Could you have a look for me as I never seem to have any luck finding
anything on MSDN, they just keep moving things around.

Many thanks,

Aaron

[Pavel A.]

Yep. They move things around a lot.
I could not find CV debug info under published documents
( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd208104(PROT.10).aspx )

Maybe, you'd better use .NET IL for your code generation, rather than native
code.
Or generate C or asm code and then compile with supported MS compilers.

Good luck,
-pa

Post by Aaron Gray

Post by Pavel A.

Post by Aaron Gray
Hi,
For want of a better place to ask. I am after the CodeView data format
specifications 4 and/or 5. I am writing an object module generator and
need to generate CodeView debugging information.

Look on MSDN. They had documented quite a lot of formats and interfaces
recently.
Also, try microsoft.public.windbg

Hi Pavel,
I could not find anything on it on MSDN :(
Could you have a look for me as I never seem to have any luck finding
anything on MSDN, they just keep moving things around.
Many thanks,
Aaron

...

[Aaron Gray]

Post by Pavel A.
Yep. They move things around a lot.
I could not find CV debug info under published documents
( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd208104(PROT.10).aspx )
Maybe, you'd better use .NET IL for your code generation, rather than
native code.
Or generate C or asm code and then compile with supported MS compilers.
Good luck,

Thanks for looking. No I have a X86 COFF backend already and need debugging
information in order to debug it. If I cannot get hold of the spec I will
have to reverse engineer it :(

Aaron

Post by Pavel A.

Post by Aaron Gray

Post by Pavel A.

Post by Aaron Gray
Hi,
For want of a better place to ask. I am after the CodeView data format
specifications 4 and/or 5. I am writing an object module generator and
need to generate CodeView debugging information.

Look on MSDN. They had documented quite a lot of formats and interfaces
recently.
Also, try microsoft.public.windbg

Hi Pavel,
I could not find anything on it on MSDN :(
Could you have a look for me as I never seem to have any luck finding
anything on MSDN, they just keep moving things around.
Many thanks,
Aaron

...

[Corinna Vinschen]

Post by Aaron Gray
Thanks for looking. No I have a X86 COFF backend already and need debugging
information in order to debug it. If I cannot get hold of the spec I will
have to reverse engineer it :(

If I understand you correctly, you're just implementing the tool which
produces the debug output. So, what speaks against emitting an open,
well-documented format like stabs or dwarf2?


Corinna

[Aaron Gray]

Post by Corinna Vinschen

Post by Aaron Gray
Thanks for looking. No I have a X86 COFF backend already and need debugging
information in order to debug it. If I cannot get hold of the spec I will
have to reverse engineer it :(

If I understand you correctly, you're just implementing the tool which
produces the debug output. So, what speaks against emitting an open,
well-documented format like stabs or dwarf2?

Hi Corinna,

Yes I have been thinking about doing several formats rather than just one,
but most Windeows debuggers work with CV so would like to get that working
first.

Aaron

[Pavel A.]

Also, maybe Phoenix stuff can be of help for you

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/phoenix/thread/4eb6a89c-cb57-4fa7-9cb0-6f7b2d161f7e

--pa

Post by Aaron Gray

Post by Pavel A.
Yep. They move things around a lot.
I could not find CV debug info under published documents
( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd208104(PROT.10).aspx )
Maybe, you'd better use .NET IL for your code generation, rather than
native code.
Or generate C or asm code and then compile with supported MS compilers.
Good luck,

Thanks for looking. No I have a X86 COFF backend already and need
debugging information in order to debug it. If I cannot get hold of the
spec I will have to reverse engineer it :(
Aaron

Post by Pavel A.

Post by Aaron Gray

Post by Pavel A.

Post by Aaron Gray
Hi,
For want of a better place to ask. I am after the CodeView data format
specifications 4 and/or 5. I am writing an object module generator and
need to generate CodeView debugging information.

Look on MSDN. They had documented quite a lot of formats and interfaces
recently.
Also, try microsoft.public.windbg

Hi Pavel,
I could not find anything on it on MSDN :(
Could you have a look for me as I never seem to have any luck finding
anything on MSDN, they just keep moving things around.
Many thanks,
Aaron

...

[Aaron Gray]

Post by Aaron Gray
For want of a better place to ask. I am after the CodeView data format
specifications 4 and/or 5. I am writing an object module generator and
need to generate CodeView debugging information.

I am trying to get a copy of "Visual C++ 5.0 Symbolic Debug Information
Specification" from 2001 MSDN days.

Many thanks in advance,

Aaron

[Pavel A.]

Post by Aaron Gray

Post by Aaron Gray
For want of a better place to ask. I am after the CodeView data format
specifications 4 and/or 5. I am writing an object module generator and
need to generate CodeView debugging information.

I am trying to get a copy of "Visual C++ 5.0 Symbolic Debug Information
Specification" from 2001 MSDN days.

If you wish to be compatible with _current_ MS toolchains,
perhaps documentation from VC++ 5.0 days is way too old. Even VC++ 6.0 is
too old.
Have you looked in the Phoenix & MS Research resources?

--pa