VMWare debug config 利用虚拟机进行远程调试的配置

Guest debugging

These options are valid in Workstation 6.0+, and should be set in the virtual machine's .vmx file.

• debugStub.listen.guest32 = "TRUE"
• debugStub.listen.guest64 = "TRUE"

If using these options, Workstation prints a message "VMware Workstation is listening for debug connection on port 8832." into the vmware.log file. Start a GDB session (using a copy of your kernel that includes debug information), then:

• target remote localhost:8832

Standard gdb commands work in this mode (e.g. printing memory, backtrace). Note that this is a debug stub attached to the KERNEL, not a userspace program.

Other useful options:

• debugStub.listen.guest32.remote = "TRUE" # Allows debugging from a different computer / VM instead of localhost. # The IP for remote debugging will be that of the host.
• debugStub.listen.guest64.remote = "TRUE" # Same, but for 64-bit code
• monitor.debugOnStartGuest32 = "TRUE" # Breaks into debug stub on first instruction (warning: in BIOS!) # This will halt the VM at the very first instruction at 0xFFFF0, you could set the next breakpoint to break *0x7c00 to break when the bootloader is loaded by the BIOS
• debugStub.hideBreakpoints = "TRUE" # Allows gdb breakpoints to work
• bios.bootDelay = "3000" # Delay booting the BIOS code.

基本思路为：

1、修改虚拟机系统对应的vmx文件。添加debugStub.listen.guest32.remote = "TRUE" 和 monitor.debugOnStartGuest32 = "TRUE" bios.bootDelay = "3000"（此地方视具体情况）

2、启动虚拟机，利用IDA附加进程调试，远程端口为8832。