Hi, There has been a problem with the kernel BEFORE today's update. Often when starting the computer with a Zoom pcmcia modem plugged in, the modem is unavailable. Ejecting the modem would freeze the system.
Today I happened to be on a console instead of X when this happened, so I could see the messages : invalid operand 0000 EIP 0010: [<c012c342>] not tainted EFLAGS 00010082 Kernel panic: Aiee, killing interupt handler! In interupt handler not syncing