Windows driver debugging with WinDbg and VMWare

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how to windows driver debugging with Windbg and vmware ?

Powered off the virtual machine.
2. Open VM then select Settings in VMware Workstation menu.
3. In the VMware Machine Settings dialog box, click Add.
4. In the Add Hardware Wizard dialog box, select Serial Port and click Next.
5. On next page, select Output to named pipe and click Next.
6. Set Name pipe to \\.\pipe\BriolidzDbgPipe. Make sure you select This end is the server and The other end is virtual machine. Check Connect at power on then click Finish.
7. After clicking Finish, select the newly created serial port and check Yield CPU on poll.


Then

bcdedit /set {current} debug yes
bcdedit /set {current} debugtype serial
bcdedit /set {current} debugport 2
bcdedit /set {current} baudrate 115200


OR,

bcdedit /debug on

bcdedit /dbgsettings serial debugport:n baudrate:115200


Can i get brief guide ?
Thanks

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