Set Up Your Device for Post-Mortem Debugging (Compact 7)
3/12/2014
To set up your device to support post-mortem debugging, you need to include Error Reporting catalog items in your OS, choose the type of dump file to generate, configure registry settings, reserve memory for dump files, consider security implications, and, optionally, implement functions so that the OS saves dump files to persistent storage.
In This Section
- Include Error Reporting in the OS
Describes the catalog items that you must include if you want the OS to support Error Reporting.
- Choose the Dump File Type
Describes the dump file types and shows you how to set the dump file type in the registry.
- Configure Registry Settings for Error Reporting
Shows you how to configure registry settings that pertain to Error Reporting.
Reserve Memory for Error Reporting Dumps
Shows you how to reserve memory for Error Reporting dump files.Important
If you don’t reserve memory for dump files, the device cannot generate dump files even if Error Reporting is included in the OS.
- Consider Error Reporting Security
Discusses Error Reporting security considerations.
- Implement Persistent Storage for Dump Files
Describes the functions that you need to implement to save dump files to persistent storage.