I'm running on an alpha {pc164, set as generic} I narrowed this down to; if you turn on the loopback in the block devices you get this: make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/alpha/math-emu' ld -static -T arch/alpha/vmlinux.lds -N arch/alpha/kernel/head.o init/main.o init/version.o \ --start-group \ arch/alpha/kernel/kernel.o arch/alpha/mm/mm.o kernel/kernel.o mm/mm.o fs/fs.o ipc/ipc.o arch/alpha/math-emu/math-emu.o \ drivers/char/char.o drivers/block/block.o drivers/misc/misc.o drivers/net/net.o drivers/media/media.o drivers/ide/idedriver.o drivers/cdrom/driver.o drivers/pci/driver.o drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia.o drivers/video/video.o \ net/network.o \ /usr/src/linux/arch/alpha/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux/arch/alpha/lib/lib.a \ --end-group \ -o vmlinux drivers/block/block.o: In function `lo_send': drivers/block/block.o(.text+0xd978): undefined reference to `deactivate_page' drivers/block/block.o(.text+0xd97c): undefined reference to `deactivate_page' drivers/block/block.o(.text+0xd9f8): undefined reference to `deactivate_page' drivers/block/block.o(.text+0xd9fc): undefined reference to `deactivate_page' make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1 - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html