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Question: Unable to handle kernel paging request - error

Forum: Device Drivers
Keywords: kernel paging
Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 16:15:40 GMT
From: Edgar Vonk <edgar@it.et.tudelft.nl>

Hai,

just a simple question. What does the "Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ..." usually indicate?

Does this mean a memory allocation problem, or just a memory addressing problem. Also, why does it come back with a virtual address and not a physical one? Does this mean it is doing something in user space?

I am writing a device driver for a Data Acquisition Card, but haven't got a clue what the bug in my code is.

cheers,

(Running i586-Linux-2.0.30-RedHat4.1)