Ralf, >From the change 1.42 to 1.43 on file arch/mips/kernel/traps.c some code was added to copy the EJTAG exception vector + /* + * Copy the EJTAG debug exception vector handler code to it's final + * destination. + */ + memcpy((void *)(KSEG0 + 0x300), &except_vec_ejtag_debug, 0x80); This code indescriminatly smashes the end of except_vec0_r4600 and all of except_vec0_nevada handlers with the .fill set to only 0x280 00000000800002d4 T except_vec0_r4600 0000000080000328 T except_vec0_nevada 0000000080000380 T except_vec0_r45k_bvahwbug I'm not sure under what platform we need to load JTAG support, but we can just increase the fill area in head.S to say 0x400 Cheers Liam =-------------= Agile TV Corporation