Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] 2.6.7 fbcon: set_con2fb on current console= crash

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Sat, 19 Jun 2004, Antonino A. Daplas wrote:
> Thanks.  Actually there's still a critical flaw in the set_con2fbmap code.
> For one, con2fb_map is never initialized.  It's just fortunate that this
> array happens to be  filled with zeroes so con2fb_map[n] will always return
> zero and registered_fb[0] happens to contain a valid info.  So it works, by
> accident.

According to the C standard, global variables are initialized to zero, unless
specified otherwise.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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