Sorry for resending, but I find out that I wasn't subscribed! I use 2.6.16 kernel from linux-mips.org (from tarrball). When I execute: # cat /bin/busybox > box Got mcheck at 800f9b68 Cpu 0 $ 0 : 00000000 10008400 c00216bc c00316bc $ 4 : c00116bc 00004000 00000005 00008000 $ 8 : c00356bc c003d6bc c00016bc 00010000 $12 : 0000000f 00008000 00007fff 00007fff $16 : 00000003 8024da80 00000008 c0000000 $20 : 00000000 803d7000 8118c000 80240000 $24 : 0000000f 00000000 $28 : 81200000 81201b80 00001000 800f9c0c Hi : 0000000b Lo : 5555555b epc : 800f9b68 zlib_deflateInit2_+0x184/0x200 Not tainted ra : 800f9c0c zlib_deflateInit_+0x28/0x34 Status: 10208403 KERNEL EXL IE Cause : 00800060 PrId : 0001800b Hi : 0000000b Pagemask: ffffffff EntryHi : c0000096 EntryLo0: 0000a05f EntryLo1: 0000a09f Index: 3 pgmask=4kb va=00468000 asid=96 [pa=00378000 c=3 d=0 v=1 g=0] [pa=00000000 c=0 d=0 v=0 g=0] Index: 6 pgmask=4kb va=7fa0a000 asid=96 [pa=012f7000 c=3 d=1 v=1 g=0] [pa=01244000 c=3 d=1 v=1 g=0] Index: 7 pgmask=4kb va=004f0000 asid=96 [pa=012f4000 c=3 d=1 v=1 g=0] [pa=00000000 c=0 d=0 v=0 g=0] Index: 10 pgmask=4kb va=0046e000 asid=96 [pa=00310000 c=3 d=0 v=1 g=0] [pa=00311000 c=3 d=0 v=1 g=0] Index: 11 pgmask=4kb va=0046a000 asid=96 [pa=0030c000 c=3 d=0 v=1 g=0] [pa=00000000 c=0 d=0 v=0 g=0] Index: 15 pgmask=4kb va=0048c000 asid=96 [pa=0032e000 c=3 d=0 v=1 g=0] [pa=0032f000 c=3 d=0 v=1 g=0] Code: 00684021 00055880 ae33001c <ae640038> a272001d ae740018 ae6e002c ae6f004c ae660050 Kernel panic - not syncing: Caught Machine Check exception - caused by multiple matching entries in the TLB. This thig happens, as I noted, when work with relatively big amounts of memory ( more than 10-60Kb). busybox for example 700Kb -- Best regards, art mailto:art@xxxxxxxxxx