Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 8 Mar 2003 15:05:58 +0100 | From | bert hubert <> | Subject | Re: what's an OOPS |
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On Sat, Mar 08, 2003 at 02:47:10PM +0100, Ludootje wrote: > Hi, > > I've been reading LKML for a few weeks now to understand Linux > development better, and there's one thing I just can't understand: > what's an OOPS? What does it stand for, what is it?
An oops is a lot like a segmentation fault for a userspace program. It indicates the kernel tried to access memory that doesn't exist, for example.
Regards,
bert
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