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Package proposal: bochs.vm
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- Dominant language
- PowerShell
- Stars
- 246
- Forks
- 98
- Avg merge
- 9h 30m
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 7
Description
Package Name
bochs
Tool Name
Bochs
Package type
OTHER (installer)
Is the tool a console application?
false
Tool's version number
2.7
Category
Debuggers
Tool's authors
Donald Becker, Greg Alexander, Christophe Bothamy, Volker Ruppert, Bryce Denney, Stanislav Shwartsman
Tool's description
Bochs is a portable x86 PC emulation software package that can be used as debugger in IDA Pro (Local Bochs debugger).
Download URL
https://netcologne.dl.sourceforge.net/project/bochs/bochs/2.7/Bochs-win64-2.7.exe
Download SHA256 Hash
a7428585b30ec3633c00bd38ef9dbb2d6c91cb4c29daa39a3c9b6b89e719ba90
Dependencies
No response
Why is this tool a good addition?
After installing Bochs may be used as Local Bochs Debugger in IDA Pro. IDA Pro has special Bochs debugger for x86 an x64 code (https://hex-rays.com/products/ida/support/idadoc/1329.shtml).
Additional information about using bochs debugger with IDA Pro in old Hex-Rays article.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with issue #897 and verify the Bochs 2.7 installer at the provided download URL against the stated SHA256 hash. Since no repository file or test is named, inspect the package's existing conventions first; done means the Bochs installer package is added and can support use as IDA Pro's Local Bochs Debugger.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- powershell
- Domain
- reverse-engineering, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100