hi, i tried 2.4.0 kernel with rmk and np patches in my brutus board. (Brutus is a StrongArm based development environment) my patched kernel is 2.4.0-rmk1-np1 the kernel uncompresses fine. but uncompressing the ramdisk fails. In this instance my uncompressed ramdisk is about 3.5mb. i looked in to gunzip() routine. in inflate() (inflate.c) i found following, do { hufts = 0; gzip_mark(&ptr); if ((r = inflate_block(&e)) != 0) { gzip_release(&ptr); return r; } gzip_release(&ptr); if (hufts > h) h = hufts; } while (!e); and gzip_mark() and gzip_release() are defined in rd.c as, static void __init gzip_mark(void **ptr) { } static void __init gzip_release(void **ptr) { } now if i comment these gzip_mark and gzip_release lines then the kernel would complain, Out of memory -- System halted then i tried to see where ptr is poinitng to, according to the System.map it points to a variable called insize, it's defined as ./arch/arm/boot/compressed/misc.c : static unsigned insize = 0; /* valid bytes in inbuf */ i don't understand what is happening here!! or did i miss anything?? tia dhammika - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/