Debugging with Bochs
Bochs is an open source x86 emulation environment. Bochs is capable of full-system emulation of x86 computer systems and includes emulation for common I/O devices and a custom BIOS. Bochs provides an emulation-based alternative to virtualization software such as VMware Workstation. Elias Bachaalany of the Hex-Rays development team has taken the lead on integrating Bochs with IDA to provide an emulation-based alternative to traditional debugging.[240] Windows versions of IDA ship with and install a compatible version of Bochs, while non-Windows users wishing to make use of Bochs must make sure that version 2.4.2 or later is installed on their system.
With Bochs installed, IDA offers a Local Bochs debugger choice whenever you ...
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