Index: kernel/genarch/src/drivers/ega/ega.c
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--- kernel/genarch/src/drivers/ega/ega.c	(revision 18b6a8849d630cc3bca153fb21bd225eebb16f4c)
+++ kernel/genarch/src/drivers/ega/ega.c	(revision df96271452308717c3917b12904e15b59b12d70d)
@@ -609,5 +609,5 @@
 	}
 
-	instance->backbuf = (uint8_t *) malloc(EGA_VRAM_SIZE, 0);
+	instance->backbuf = (uint8_t *) malloc(EGA_VRAM_SIZE, FRAME_ATOMIC);
 	if (!instance->backbuf) {
 		LOG("Unable to allocate backbuffer.");