Re: [2.2.14] Double Oops in fs layer

From: Steve Dodd (steved@loth.demon.co.uk)
Date: Fri Mar 17 2000 - 08:24:39 EST


On Thu, Mar 16, 2000 at 06:32:28PM +0100, Kai Harrekilde-Petersen wrote:
[..]
> I suspect flaky hardware, but I am not very versed in in diagnosing
> hardware errors from Oops'es.
[..]
> Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 43429ca8

I'd be inclined to agree with you -- though I don't have much experience
either. The reason? 43429ca8 is not AFAIK a mapped address in kernel space,
but c3429ca8 is, and that's exactly the sort of one bit change that flaky
hardware seems to cause.

-- 
[It is] best to confuse only one issue at a time.
                -- K&R

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