Kernel 2.4.5ac16 is running on several UP machines here, but the first SMP machine I compiled it for fails early in boot. I cleaned out the source tree and recompiled, in case I'd botched the first try, but got the same result. Procedure for compilation was to patch, copy .config from the running 2.4.5ac14 tree, make oldconfig, make dep, make clean, make bzImage, make modules. As that machine is relatively heavily used, I couldn't take the time to write down the panic details, but the kernel panicked "trying to kill init." I realize this is not much to go on; later, when I can take the machine down for a while, I'll reproduce the panic and report in more detail. Any suggestions for maximizing diagnostic value of that report will be welcome. -- | G r e g L o u i s | gpg public key: | | http://www.bgl.nu/~glouis | finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - 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/