Hi, I compiled the 2.5.15 kernel on a IBM machine which has a Intel 845 chipset. The kernel wouldnt boot. It proceeds upto starting kswapd, the last few messages that are displayed are biovect: init pool 0 256 slots per cpu block=32 and just hangs at this point Anyhow I am able to bring up linux 2.4.2/2.4.18 on the same Inte 845 chipset machine. Also the 2.5.15 kernel works on my Intel 810 chipset machines. My work is based on the EHCI code and that is only available in the later 2.5 development kernels. Thanks for any help in this regard. Senthil p.s : I am not on the mailing list, kindly cc to senthilsos@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/