Re: Kernel 2.4.21

[Marek S. <ma...@st...>]

Hello Geert

On 30.07.03, you wrote:

> 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.

Ok. So why the same code did not crashed on kernel 2.4.18?

Regards
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