Re: kernel init problems

Mathew G. Monroe (mmex@shadowland.pc.cc.cmu.edu)
Mon, 14 Aug 1995 11:06:00 -0400 (EDT)


>
> Ok, I figured 1.3.16 was buggy, si I'd wait till 1.3.17. 1.3.17 still
> didn't work, so I compiled 1.3.18 with anticipation. STILL the kernel failed.
>
> would there be any chance I need to recompile init or something? someone?
> anyone with any suggestions?
>
> --
> Todd Fries...tfries@umr.edu
> http://www.cs.umr.edu/~tfries
>

It is not a kernel bug, but a kernel fix. NULL pointer dereferences are not
allowed now, as they never should have been. There was a bug in init 2.4
that caused a NULL pointer dereference, get 2.5 it is fixed.

Matt