Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932313AbWBKPTi (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Feb 2006 10:19:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932314AbWBKPTi (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Feb 2006 10:19:38 -0500 Received: from sp-260-1.net4.netcentrix.net ([4.21.254.118]:52232 "EHLO asmodeus.mcnaught.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932313AbWBKPTh (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Feb 2006 10:19:37 -0500 To: Marc Koschewski Cc: Kyle Moffett , Alexey Dobriyan , Linux-LKLM Subject: Re: [BUG GIT] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address e1380288 References: <20060210214122.GA13881@stiffy.osknowledge.org> <20060210222515.GA4793@mipter.zuzino.mipt.ru> <20060210224238.GA5713@stiffy.osknowledge.org> <269F4ADB-FA82-47DD-9087-D07CA11DD681@mac.com> <20060211151005.GA5721@stiffy.osknowledge.org> From: Doug McNaught Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 10:19:29 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20060211151005.GA5721@stiffy.osknowledge.org> (Marc Koschewski's message of "Sat, 11 Feb 2006 16:10:05 +0100") Message-ID: <87y80hsz26.fsf@asmodeus.mcnaught.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 559 Lines: 15 Marc Koschewski writes: > Moreover, I don't know in what way a PCI graphics adapter is pissing off USB > devices. Is there a chance to? Sure. Drivers run in kernel mode and, if buggy, can scribble all over any part of kernel memory, causing problems in completely unrelated places. -Doug - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/