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<concept id="GUID-B1015A9C-C0D5-509E-B7A9-D285BDAB14B5" xml:lang="en"><title>Run Mode

Debugger Overview</title><shortdesc>Allows particular application threads to be paused for debugging.

Provides a standard security-controlled user-side client-server interface

that is suitable for debug tools vendors. </shortdesc><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>

<section id="GUID-3F47E5F0-194D-5A66-9E14-6007C26B363F"><title>Purpose</title> <p>The

Debug Security server provides a client-server interface that can be used

to perform debug operations on an executable running on a Symbian platform

device. </p> </section>

<section id="GUID-8197E066-D6BF-511A-AE50-D80C2DE040F4"><title>Description</title> <p>The

Debug Agent is supplied by the tools vendors, and is responsible for making

use of the debug interface provided by Debug Security Server (DSS) to perform

any required debugging tasks. </p> <p>The tools vendor must provide the following: </p> <ul>

<li id="GUID-54ADD20A-07D2-5140-AB03-09B0A4BF0870"><p>Debug Agent </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-9FAC6BA0-DC7E-59DE-A452-AAEE10E855E5"><p>Host Debugger </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-55E6A7F7-BFCA-5E68-88FC-93E5A1DE9185"><p>Kernel Comms Driver

(optional) </p> </li>

</ul> </section>

<section id="GUID-66DDC7A1-5FE0-4DE5-98CC-0DE562D109BD"><title>Run Mode Debugger Summary</title> <p>Run Mode Debugger provides

the following: </p> <ul>

<li id="GUID-3C9557C6-03D0-5770-A7F2-C175100622D1"><p> <b>Debug Security Server</b>  </p> <p> <filepath>rm_debug_svr.exe</filepath>  </p> <p>Provides

the debug service interface for third-party debug agents. </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-E56FDC59-E338-540A-8FD7-D0CA4380AEA9"><p> <b>Debug Driver</b>  </p> <p> <filepath>rm_debug.ldd</filepath>  </p> <p>The

logical device driver (LDD) used by application debuggers. </p> </li>

</ul> </section>

<section id="GUID-9BDDC462-D1D5-466E-BB73-CBC7CAF18B4F"><title>Using Run Mode Debugger</title> <p>The Run mode debugger is

used to: </p> <ul>

<li id="GUID-ABB19282-7411-51DE-B989-1E34E3AD69C0"><p>Write a debugger agent </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-DAE9B19B-0A37-5B4E-951E-1BA0F7450F51"><p>Control DSS </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-A987D210-62A3-5004-8CCF-BAF11C01FBD2"><p>Access DSS services </p> </li>

</ul> </section>

</conbody><related-links>

<link href="GUID-C3CBD2D6-A010-5006-B352-BE3EC262268D.dita"><linktext>Tools Partner

Guide</linktext></link>