Re: Linux-2.1.129..

Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Fri, 20 Nov 1998 08:15:27 -0800 (PST)

On Fri, 20 Nov 1998, Richard Gooch wrote:
>
> I just went and used the version in the scripts subdirectory that's
> shipped with the kernel. Here is the result:
>
> >>EIP: c01a6b6b <do_basic_setup+37/198>
> Code: c01a6b6b <do_basic_setup+37/198>
> >>EIP: c01a6b8c <do_basic_setup+58/198>
> Code: c01a6b8c <do_basic_setup+58/198>

Ehh, and the last thing before the crash was "freeing XXkB kernel memory"?

do_basic_setup() is a __init function, and is only called _before_ the
"free_initmem()" function - because free_initmem() is going to free up the
memory for that __init function..

Dare I ask you what compiler you use?

Linus

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