Patent ID: 7543277

Claim:
A system for remote software debugging, the system comprising: a target computer comprising a network adapter coupled to a network, the target computer operative to execute a basic input/output system (BIOS), the BIOS including a debugger module operative for communication with a host computer via the network adapter and including a pre-boot execution environment module; and the host computer comprising a network adapter coupled to the network, the host computer operative to execute a debugger application for communicating via the network adapter with the debugger module, wherein the debugger module of the BIOS executing on the target computer utilizes the pre-boot execution environment module of the BIOS executing on the target computer to communicate debugging data with the debugger application executing on the host computer without conversion of the debugging data to a format compatible with a non-network adapter, and wherein the debugger module of the BIOS executing on the target computer further utilizes the pre-boot execution environment module of the BIOS executing on the target computer to receive and respond to commands received from the debugger application.