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| Looking more closely into the output of the two commands run at the end of the 25th (the 2 different versions of building skge), the mentor email list pointed me towards "vaddr" being 0. This does absolutly make sense as a probable cause for a crash. | Looking more closely into the output of the two commands run at the end of the 25th (the 2 different versions of building skge), the mentor email list pointed me towards "vaddr" being 0. This does absolutly make sense as a probable cause for a crash. | ||
| I will look more directly into following this variable in both versions of the executible build as soon as my meeting is over today. | I will look more directly into following this variable in both versions of the executible build as soon as my meeting is over today. | ||
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| + | ... Later that day... | ||
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| + | So, vaddr was just a symptom. | ||
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| + | I spent about 90 minutes with MCB30 and AndyTim trying to diagnose what was going on; In the end, one specific line stood out: | ||
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| + | <code> | ||
| + | netdev = alloc_etherdev (sizeof (*adapter)); | ||
| + | </code> | ||
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| + | Hmm...... It COULD have something to do with the fact that netdev is being allocated the size of *adapter... | ||
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| + | /GROAN | ||
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| + | Ok, so, better. Things appear to be running smoothly. | ||
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| + | June 28: Taken off, Helping a friend paint a wall. Then watching it dry. Then painting it again. | ||
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| -- Chris | -- Chris | ||
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