Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:51:17 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 000000000000000e (reset_prng_context) |
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* Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:
> i have just triggered this crash too. Please, when you know about > bootup crashes in your code send a patch to the lkml thread so that > people can apply it and have a working system.
here's the band-aid patch i'm using.
Ingo
--------------> commit 3fdcd29e5c272c66424ac7616fcd4a9a725bc206 Author: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Date: Tue Jul 15 13:34:15 2008 +0200
crypto: exclude broken CRYPTO_PRNG code Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> --- crypto/Kconfig | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/crypto/Kconfig b/crypto/Kconfig index ea50357..2cf66ca 100644 --- a/crypto/Kconfig +++ b/crypto/Kconfig @@ -670,6 +670,8 @@ comment "Random Number Generation" config CRYPTO_PRNG tristate "Pseudo Random Number Generation for Cryptographic modules" + # causes bootup crashes with config-Tue_Jul_15_10_35_22_CEST_2008.bad + depends on 0 help This option enables the generic pseudo random number generator for cryptographic modules. Uses the Algorithm specified in
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