Index: kernel/generic/src/console/console.c
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--- kernel/generic/src/console/console.c	(revision bab75df6bdac0b39185034277416374a06d4b37f)
+++ kernel/generic/src/console/console.c	(revision 9c75a99d0f747e17a42ca4db2d00a00367d25f17)
@@ -193,4 +193,5 @@
 	assert((uintptr_t) faddr % FRAME_SIZE == 0);
 
+	ddi_parea_init(&kio_parea);
 	kio_parea.pbase = (uintptr_t) faddr;
 	kio_parea.frames = SIZE2FRAMES(sizeof(kio));