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1. VMWARE FUSION FOR MAC 10.10.5 HOW TO
2. VMWARE FUSION FOR MAC 10.10.5 INSTALL
3. VMWARE FUSION FOR MAC 10.10.5 UPDATE

These both have additional assertions and error checking compared to the RELEASE kernel. The OS X Yosemite Kernel Debug Kit includes the DEVELOPMENT and DEBUG kernel builds. The KDK comes with a development and debug version of the kernel. On OS X 10.10, the kernel executable is located under /Systems/Library/Kernels. It is needed on the host in order for the debugger to use as the target or simply resolve the symbols.

VMWARE FUSION FOR MAC 10.10.5 INSTALL

There is also a development and debug versions of the kernel that we will use in the VM. You now have a copy of the kernel itself and each kernel extension that Apple ships with the system, including the symbols for each of these executables. If you take a look through this directory after installing, you should see something like this: /Library/Developer/KDKs It will install some components under /Library/Developer/KDKs. The kit is a simple package install that you should run. Make sure to pick the KDK that matches the version of OS X that you’re installed. You should install the Kernel Debug Kit (KDK) from Apple Developer Downloads page. I’m currently using 10.10.5 but any version of Yosemite should work in the same way. This is not technically required but it will make things easier. You will need to install the same version of OS X on the host system and the virtual machine. On the virtual machine Install OS X 10.10

VMWARE FUSION FOR MAC 10.10.5 UPDATE

I will update this article when El Capitan ships and the updated approach is final. It’s important to note however that El Capitan introduces System Integrity Protection that makes some breaking changes with respect to the boot-args arguments. All this should very likely work with previous and later versions of VMware Fusion (or other virtualization products such as Parallels or VirtualBox, though I’m not sure since I’ve never used them) and OS X. I will assume that you are using VMware Fusion 7 and OS X 10.10.5.

VMWARE FUSION FOR MAC 10.10.5 HOW TO

Since using multiple OS X systems on a single machine is pretty cool, we will setup the VM and discuss how to connect the debugger from the host. However, nowadays one can easily install OS X on a VMware Fusion virtual machine. In the old days, one would have needed to use two physical machines connected with an ethernet or firewire cable. Setting up your environment for kernel debugging isn’t too hard but it can seem daunting at first since not much documentation is available. Note that this approach could be used to debug any process remotely – which can be very useful for system critical processes such as launchd – but in this article we will mostly focus on the XNU kernel. In this article, we will discuss how one can set up a VMware Fusion virtual machine (VM) and use LLDB to do remote kernel debugging. If I need to debug something, I want a debugger. An alternative approach would be to use printf or IOLog and call it a day but that’s just not how I roll. Even if you could attach to the kernel on your local machine and halt its execution while you’re having a look around, the debugger wouldn’t be able to do much since it relies on the kernel to do, well anything. However, there’s one case where one cannot easily attach a debugger at any time: the kernel. Regardless of the particular use case – to debug my own program in Xcode or attach to another process – being able to set up breakpoints and inspect a program call stack frames and memory at runtime is just invaluable. Kernel debugging with LLDB and VMware Fusionīeing able to use LLDB to debug anything on my Mac has been the basis of my job for the last few years.