OS/2 Diagnostic Tools and Tips

These are the latest stable versions. Newer versions may be found on the betas page.

Kernel Debugger Reference 30 May 2009 Kdebug is a cheat-sheet reference to the kernel debugger.
Kernel Debugger Setup Guide 22 May 2009 This a cheat-sheet guide for setting up the kernel debugger on a serial interface.
Process Dump Wrapper 16 Aug 2008 PDumpCtl is a simple wrapper for the OS/2 Process Dump Facility. This allows simple setup for common process dump scenarios.
ExceptQ Exception Handler v6.7 24 May 2008 ExceptQ is a generic OS/2 exception handler DLL. This version is based on code that appeared in the IBM Developer Connection magazine which appears to be in the public domain. This version corrects several defects in the original and contains reasonably clean 32-bit support. The original sources were probably written with CSet/2 and assume that they are compiled as 16-bit code.
This version also contains support for oversized (i.e. >64KiB) symbol files.
There are several other versions floating around the net. This version is based on source code delivered with an issue of the IBM Developer Connection magazine and has no known license issues. Some of the other versions were marked IBM Internal Use Only.
ExceptQ Exception Handler Source Code v6.7 24 May 2008 ExceptQ is a generic OS/2 exception handler DLL. The toolchain is currently VAC 3.08, but it should be possible to use OpenWatcom without too much effort.
Process Dump Setup Guide 20 Dec 2007 This is a cookbook Process Dump setup guide. It too includes some basic analysis tips.
Trap Dump Setup Guide 20 Dec 2007 This is a cookbook Trap Dump setup guide with some basic analysis tips.
IPFormat to Text 04 Feb 2006 The output generated by ipformat can be hard to read when the text is more important and the text data. This tool converts the hex dump data to more easily readable text.
OS/2 Trace Tools 10 Dec 2004 These REXX routines implement a simple interface to ease setup and monitoring of the OS/2 Trace Facility. Includes OS/2 Trace Reference Guide.
OS/2 Trace Reference Guide 10 Dec 2004 This is a cookbook setup guide for the OS/2 Trace Facility.
Dump Trap Screen 12 Oct 2004 This tool extracts the trap screen info from an OS/2 dump file. The dump file can be on hard drive or on diskettes. For diskettes, only the first diskette is required. This is much easier than writing down all the register information by hand.
CONFIG.SYS validator 05 Jan 2001 Goran Ivankovic's CONFIG.SYS Tool does a better job overall. This tool is handy because it is simple and can be run from the command line.

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Kernel Debugger Reference	30 May 2009	Kdebug is a cheat-sheet reference to the kernel debugger.
Kernel Debugger Setup Guide	22 May 2009	This a cheat-sheet guide for setting up the kernel debugger on a serial interface.
Process Dump Wrapper	16 Aug 2008	PDumpCtl is a simple wrapper for the OS/2 Process Dump Facility. This allows simple setup for common process dump scenarios.
ExceptQ Exception Handler v6.7	24 May 2008	ExceptQ is a generic OS/2 exception handler DLL. This version is based on code that appeared in the IBM Developer Connection magazine which appears to be in the public domain. This version corrects several defects in the original and contains reasonably clean 32-bit support. The original sources were probably written with CSet/2 and assume that they are compiled as 16-bit code. This version also contains support for oversized (i.e. >64KiB) symbol files. There are several other versions floating around the net. This version is based on source code delivered with an issue of the IBM Developer Connection magazine and has no known license issues. Some of the other versions were marked IBM Internal Use Only.
ExceptQ Exception Handler Source Code v6.7	24 May 2008	ExceptQ is a generic OS/2 exception handler DLL. The toolchain is currently VAC 3.08, but it should be possible to use OpenWatcom without too much effort.
Process Dump Setup Guide	20 Dec 2007	This is a cookbook Process Dump setup guide. It too includes some basic analysis tips.
Trap Dump Setup Guide	20 Dec 2007	This is a cookbook Trap Dump setup guide with some basic analysis tips.
IPFormat to Text	04 Feb 2006	The output generated by ipformat can be hard to read when the text is more important and the text data. This tool converts the hex dump data to more easily readable text.
OS/2 Trace Tools	10 Dec 2004	These REXX routines implement a simple interface to ease setup and monitoring of the OS/2 Trace Facility. Includes OS/2 Trace Reference Guide.
OS/2 Trace Reference Guide	10 Dec 2004	This is a cookbook setup guide for the OS/2 Trace Facility.
Dump Trap Screen	12 Oct 2004	This tool extracts the trap screen info from an OS/2 dump file. The dump file can be on hard drive or on diskettes. For diskettes, only the first diskette is required. This is much easier than writing down all the register information by hand.
CONFIG.SYS validator	05 Jan 2001	Goran Ivankovic's CONFIG.SYS Tool does a better job overall. This tool is handy because it is simple and can be run from the command line.