== guest /usr/src/sys/dev/video/fb/splash.c: applied fix vs orig ==
--- splash.c.orig	2026-06-29 12:51:19.000000000 +0000
+++ splash.c	2026-10-11 20:38:49.542211000 +0000
@@ -201,7 +201,8 @@
 int
 splash(video_adapter_t *adp, int on)
 {
-	if (splash_decoder != NULL)
+	/* guard ->splash like init (line 83) and term (line 193) */
+	if (splash_decoder != NULL && splash_decoder->splash != NULL)
 		return (*splash_decoder->splash)(adp, on);
 	return ENODEV;
 }
== kernels ==
-r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   15705800 Oct 11 20:53 /boot/kernel.STOCK
-r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  119340608 Oct 11 20:53 /boot/kernel/kernel
1a5ed551b16ceea081ccc60a2120a8f5
4625046e8061b34e1758d291bc6cad18
DragonFly dfbsd 6.5-DEVELOPMENT DragonFly 6.5-DEVELOPMENT #1: Sun Oct 11 20:47:22 UTC 2026     root@dfbsd:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/X86_64_GENERIC  x86_64