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Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 23:03:08 +0200
From: Stefan Esser <se@FreeBSD.ORG>
To: Vinay Bannai <vinay@agni.nuko.com>
Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Kernel panic in driver probe() routine
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On Jul 21, Vinay Bannai <vinay@agni.nuko.com> wrote:
> Hey folks,
> 
> Is it a bad thing to free up memory in the probe() routine for a pci
> driver in the event of something going wrong?
> 
> It appears that whenever I do that the kernel panics saying 
>   page fault in kernel mode

Could you send me your probe code ?
Most probably, there is something else
going wrong ...

> I have seen other probe() routines for other drivers do that. 

Yes, it should not cause any problems.

Regards, STefan