There was a requirement in older kernels that the stack (which was then 2 pages and is now 1 page in newer kernels) had to be physically adjacent. Why was there such a requirement? wouldn't it have sufficed for the kernel stack to be contiguous in virtual memory? Thanks, -Joel -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ