Hi, the current cvs kernel crashes in __alloc_bootmem_core here: [...] printk("%s, %d memset %p 0 %d\n", __FUNCTION__, __LINE__, ret, size); memset(ret, 0, size); printk("%s, %d\n", __FUNCTION__, __LINE__); return ret; [...] Output coming: __alloc_bootmem_core, 230 __alloc_bootmem_core, 234 memset 81000000 0 36864 I guess this is really bogus as the ARCS MEMORY debug gives: [0,a8748da0]: base<00000000> pages<00000001> type<Exception Block> [1,a8748dbc]: base<00000001> pages<00000001> type<ARCS Romvec Page> [2,a8748d84]: base<00008002> pages<00000173> type<Standlong Program Pages> [3,a87491cc]: base<00008175> pages<000005cb> type<Generic Free RAM> [4,a874919c]: base<00008740> pages<000000c0> type<ARCS Temp Storage Area> [5,a8749180]: base<00008800> pages<00007800> type<Generic Free RAM> Might this be the sgi/arc bootmem/memory.c doesnt alloc everything or frees to much ? Flo -- Florian Lohoff flo@rfc822.org +49-5201-669912 Why is it called "common sense" when nobody seems to have any?