* Richard Smith smithbone@gmail.com [060502 16:21]:
inb(0x03cf) = 0x00 inb(0x03cf) = 0x00 inb(0x03cf) = 0x88 i
So its crashing 'inside' of a printk. 0x3cf is a VGA index register.
coincidence. The printk is probably "long" done but the serial port did not send it all out yet. I've seen this in quite some cases.