Re: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000400

From: Manfred Spraul (manfreds@colorfullife.com)
Date: Sat Apr 22 2000 - 11:19:29 EDT

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    Please parse oops reports through ksymoops!!
    It's usually impossible to read them without symbol lookup.

    kernel@linuxpowered.org wrote:
    > Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000400
    > eax: 00000400 ebx: c4328c20 ecx: c46e2000 edx: 00000000
    > esi: c5fbe000 edi: c5fbe000 ebp: 00000000 esp: c5d91f2c
    > Code: 8b 14 a8 85 d2 0f 84 34 01 00 00 83 7a 08 00 0f 84 2a 01 00
    >
            movl (%eax,%ebp,4), %edx
            testl %edx,%edx

    But this one is simple: one bit set in %eax, that's usually a memory
    problem [ or overclocking, or spike in the power supply, ..]

    --
    	Manfred
    

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