This is the panic message I get from a zx2000 (ia64 zx1 bus machine) Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference (address 0000000000000088) XFree86[1661]: Oops 8813272891392 [1] Modules linked in: Pid: 1661, CPU 0, comm: XFree86 psr : 0000101008026018 ifs : 800000000000048b ip : [<a00000010069cb40>] Not tainted ip is at tcp_time_to_recover+0x100/0x5c0 unat: 0000000000000000 pfs : 0000000000000a18 rsc : 0000000000000003 rnat: 0000000000000389 bsps: 0000000000000003 pr : 11a4556a96a96655 ldrs: 0000000000000000 ccv : 0000000000000002 fpsr: 0009804c0270033f csd : 0000000000000000 ssd : 0000000000000000 b0 : a00000010069eb70 b6 : a000000100003320 b7 : a0000001006bd160 f6 : 000000000000000000000 f7 : 000000000000000000000 f8 : 000000000000000000000 f9 : 000000000000000000000 f10 : 000000000000000000000 f11 : 000000000000000000000 r1 : a000000100ccc400 r2 : 0000000000000000 r3 : e00000407fc5b13c r8 : 0000000000000007 r9 : 0000000000000007 r10 : e00000407fc5b0e6 r11 : e00000407fc5b144 r12 : e00000003e617c20 r13 : e00000003e610000 r14 : a000000100ae5090 r15 : 0000000000000000 r16 : e00000407fc5b144 r17 : 0000000000000003 r18 : e00000407fc5aff6 r19 : 0000000000000001 r20 : 00000000000000fe r21 : 0000000000000007 r22 : 00000001000b6bcf r23 : e00000407fc5af78 r24 : 0000000000000088 r25 : 0000000000000000 r26 : e00000407fc5ad20 r27 : e00000407fc5b014 r28 : a000000100ae5090 r29 : e00000407fc5b1d0 r30 : e00000407fc5b1b4 r31 : a000000100ae5090 Call Trace: [<a000000100017e40>] show_stack+0x80/0xa0 sp=e00000003e6177b0 bsp=e00000003e611800 [<a00000010003a670>] die+0x130/0x1a0 sp=e00000003e617980 bsp=e00000003e6117c0 [<a0000001000546f0>] ia64_do_page_fault+0x350/0x940 sp=e00000003e617980 bsp=e00000003e611758 [<a000000100011d20>] ia64_leave_kernel+0x0/0x260 sp=e00000003e617a50 bsp=e00000003e611758 [<a00000010069cb40>] tcp_time_to_recover+0x100/0x5c0 sp=e00000003e617c20 bsp=e00000003e611700 [<a00000010069eb70>] tcp_fastretrans_alert+0x370/0xee0 sp=e00000003e617c20 bsp=e00000003e611660 [<a0000001006a1470>] tcp_ack+0x3f0/0xd00 sp=e00000003e617c20 bsp=e00000003e6115f0 [<a0000001006a78f0>] tcp_rcv_established+0x4d0/0x14e0 sp=e00000003e617c30 bsp=e00000003e611578 [<a0000001006bd150>] tcp_v4_do_rcv+0x2b0/0x2c0 sp=e00000003e617c30 bsp=e00000003e611538 [<a0000001006bdf80>] tcp_v4_rcv+0xe20/0x1260 sp=e00000003e617c30 bsp=e00000003e6114b8 [<a00000010067d360>] ip_local_deliver+0x240/0x4e0 sp=e00000003e617c30 bsp=e00000003e611470 [<a00000010067de00>] ip_rcv+0x800/0xa20 sp=e00000003e617c30 bsp=e00000003e611418 [<a00000010064fc70>] netif_receive_skb+0x3f0/0x5e0 sp=e00000003e617c40 bsp=e00000003e6113b0 [<a00000010064ff80>] process_backlog+0x120/0x2e0 sp=e00000003e617c40 bsp=e00000003e611340 [<a0000001006502a0>] net_rx_action+0x160/0x300 sp=e00000003e617c40 bsp=e00000003e6112f0 [<a00000010008e990>] __do_softirq+0x1b0/0x1e0 sp=e00000003e617c50 bsp=e00000003e611268 [<a00000010008ea40>] do_softirq+0x80/0xe0 sp=e00000003e617c50 bsp=e00000003e611208 [<a000000100016e90>] ia64_handle_irq+0x150/0x180 sp=e00000003e617c50 bsp=e00000003e6111c8 [<a000000100011d20>] ia64_leave_kernel+0x0/0x260 sp=e00000003e617c50 bsp=e00000003e6111c8 [<a0000001003c4fb0>] radeon_do_wait_for_idle+0x110/0x1a0 sp=e00000003e617e20 bsp=e00000003e611198 [<a0000001003bb170>] radeon_ioctl+0x230/0x300 sp=e00000003e617e20 bsp=e00000003e611140 [<a00000010012e0c0>] sys_ioctl+0x1c0/0x640 sp=e00000003e617e20 bsp=e00000003e6110b8 [<a000000100011ba0>] ia64_ret_from_syscall+0x0/0x20 sp=e00000003e617e30 bsp=e00000003e6110b8 <0>Kernel panic - not syncing: Aiee, killing interrupt handler! I'm fairly certain it's the e1000, because if I use a tulip interface instead, 2.6.9-rc1 is rock solid. James - : 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