and the bisect winner is: fb2a27e743cd565c25cd896911e494482a8b7251 is first bad commit commit fb2a27e743cd565c25cd896911e494482a8b7251 Author: Thiemo Seufer <ths@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon Feb 18 19:32:49 2008 +0000 [MIPS] Reimplement clear_page/copy_page .... booting stops after: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) readonly. Freeing unused kernel memory: 244k freed This is on a IP22 CPU with 200Mhz: CPU revision is: 00000460 (R4400SC) FPU revision is: 00000500 [..] Primary instruction cache 16kB, VIPT, direct mapped, linesize 16 bytes. Primary data cache 16kB, direct mapped, VIPT, cache aliases, linesize 16 bytes Unified secondary cache 1024kB direct mapped, linesize 128 bytes. Thomas. -- Crap can work. Given enough thrust pigs will fly, but it's not necessary a good idea. [ RFC1925, 2.3 ]