I see no reply to your message to sparclinux@vger.kernel.org about the boot process getting stuck in the scheduler. I appear to be having exactly the same problem, a few printk's show that is exactly the same as you describe. I have not managed to solve this problem and wondered if you had got any further with it? your's Gary Liddle. - Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ IRC Channel: irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies Web Page: http://www.kernelnewbies.org/