The current 2.6.x tree running on a Cobalt Qube throws an OOPS from sys_swapon(). It looks like this is because line 1257 in r1.89 of mm/swapfile.c (2.6.x) compiles to a BUG(). ... swp_type(pte_to_swp_entry(swp_entry_to_pte(swp_entry(~0UL,0))))) swp_entry(~0UL,0) --> f800_0000 swp_entry_to_pte(f800_0000) __swp_entry(1f, 0000_0000) --> 0000_003e pte_file(0000_003e) --> 0000_0010 BUG_ON(0000_0010) P.