Re: Kernel 2.4.21

[Geert U. <ge...@li...>]

On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, Marek Szyprowski wrote:
> On 30.07.03, you wrote:
> > Looks like a function call through a NULL pointer at
> > dmasound_init+908c/c0a0.
> 
> But what this exactly means? I'm sorry, but I don't understand. I have never
> used any debuging stuff other than printf()/printk()...

dmasound_core calls the low-level chipset-specific routines through function
pointers. If one of them is not set up, it will jump to address 0, causing a
crash.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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