DaveJ's Fedora 8 rpm for 2.6.24 works petty well, except for the neworking related lockdep assert attached below, which happened while starting up ipsec. Let me know if you need any more info - it's a pretty stock setup.
Ingo ======================================================= [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ] 2.6.24-0.39.rc3.git1.fc9 #1 ------------------------------------------------------- ip/25091 is trying to acquire lock: (&x->lock){-+..}, at: [<c06330d6>] copy_to_user_state_extra+0x1a/0x156 but task is already holding lock: (xfrm_state_lock){-+..}, at: [<c06308d2>] xfrm_state_walk+0x1e/0xb9 which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #1 (xfrm_state_lock){-+..}: [<c044dc17>] __lock_acquire+0xa7c/0xc4d [<c044e262>] lock_acquire+0x7b/0x9e [<c064147d>] _spin_lock_bh+0x33/0x5d [<c062eabf>] xfrm_state_lookup+0x1e/0x45 [<c06317c0>] xfrm_alloc_spi+0xbc/0x17c [<c063505d>] xfrm_alloc_userspi+0xe5/0x168 [<c0633de7>] xfrm_user_rcv_msg+0xba/0xcd [<c05ee161>] netlink_rcv_skb+0x30/0x82 [<c06338d7>] xfrm_netlink_rcv+0x1e/0x2b [<c05edf35>] netlink_unicast+0x19f/0x208 [<c05ee762>] netlink_sendmsg+0x279/0x285 [<c05cd303>] sock_aio_write+0xe8/0xf4 [<c049360e>] do_sync_write+0xc5/0x102 [<c0493e2a>] vfs_write+0xbc/0x15c [<c049447d>] sys_write+0x3d/0x61 [<c0405252>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff -> #0 (&x->lock){-+..}: [<c044db07>] __lock_acquire+0x96c/0xc4d [<c044e262>] lock_acquire+0x7b/0x9e [<c064147d>] _spin_lock_bh+0x33/0x5d [<c06330d6>] copy_to_user_state_extra+0x1a/0x156 [<c06337c4>] dump_one_state+0xb9/0x138 [<c063090d>] xfrm_state_walk+0x59/0xb9 [<c0633bbf>] xfrm_dump_sa+0x3f/0x4f [<c05ed306>] netlink_dump+0x52/0x16a [<c05ef1ae>] netlink_dump_start+0x104/0x141 [<c0633d99>] xfrm_user_rcv_msg+0x6c/0xcd [<c05ee161>] netlink_rcv_skb+0x30/0x82 [<c06338d7>] xfrm_netlink_rcv+0x1e/0x2b [<c05edf35>] netlink_unicast+0x19f/0x208 [<c05ee762>] netlink_sendmsg+0x279/0x285 [<c05cda10>] sock_sendmsg+0xe0/0xfd [<c05ce34b>] sys_sendto+0xcc/0xec [<c05ceb98>] sys_socketcall+0x16b/0x241 [<c0405252>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff other info that might help us debug this: 3 locks held by ip/25091: #0: (xfrm_cfg_mutex){--..}, at: [<c06338cb>] xfrm_netlink_rcv+0x12/0x2b #1: (nlk->cb_mutex){--..}, at: [<c05ed2ee>] netlink_dump+0x3a/0x16a #2: (xfrm_state_lock){-+..}, at: [<c06308d2>] xfrm_state_walk+0x1e/0xb9 stack backtrace: [<c040649a>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x1a/0x2f [<c0406d46>] show_trace+0x12/0x14 [<c0406e51>] dump_stack+0x16/0x18 [<c044c069>] print_circular_bug_tail+0x5f/0x68 [<c044db07>] __lock_acquire+0x96c/0xc4d [<c044e262>] lock_acquire+0x7b/0x9e [<c064147d>] _spin_lock_bh+0x33/0x5d [<c06330d6>] copy_to_user_state_extra+0x1a/0x156 [<c06337c4>] dump_one_state+0xb9/0x138 [<c063090d>] xfrm_state_walk+0x59/0xb9 [<c0633bbf>] xfrm_dump_sa+0x3f/0x4f [<c05ed306>] netlink_dump+0x52/0x16a [<c05ef1ae>] netlink_dump_start+0x104/0x141 [<c0633d99>] xfrm_user_rcv_msg+0x6c/0xcd [<c05ee161>] netlink_rcv_skb+0x30/0x82 [<c06338d7>] xfrm_netlink_rcv+0x1e/0x2b [<c05edf35>] netlink_unicast+0x19f/0x208 [<c05ee762>] netlink_sendmsg+0x279/0x285 [<c05cda10>] sock_sendmsg+0xe0/0xfd [<c05ce34b>] sys_sendto+0xcc/0xec [<c05ceb98>] sys_socketcall+0x16b/0x241 [<c0405252>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb ======================= NET: Unregistered protocol family 15 NET: Registered protocol family 15 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/