Some feedback, just tried it in Fedora 9... (BTW, in Fedora 9 'uname -r' adds a "-tip" component at the end of the uname string which messes up loading modules, etc, and it is not anywhere else to be seen - where is that coming from??) Boots fine but does not last long: ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: at lib/list_debug.c:30 __list_add+0x44/0x5c() Hardware name: P5K/EPU list_add corruption. prev->next should be next (f6042ab0), but was (null). (prev=f415a670). Modules linked in: fuse ip6table_filter ip6_tables iptable_raw xt_comment xt_recent xt_policy ipt_ULOG ipt_TTL ipt_ttl ipt_REDIRECT ipt_NETMAP ipt_MASQUERADE ipt_LOG ipt_ECN ipt_ecn ipt_CLUSTERIP ipt_ah ipt_addrtype nf_nat_tftp nf_nat_snmp_basic nf_nat_sip nf_nat_pptp nf_nat_proto_gre nf_nat_irc nf_nat_h323 nf_nat_ftp nf_nat_amanda ts_kmp nf_conntrack_amanda nf_conntrack_tftp nf_conntrack_sip nf_conntrack_proto_sctp nf_conntrack_pptp nf_conntrack_proto_gre nf_conntrack_netlink nf_conntrack_netbios_ns nf_conntrack_irc nf_conntrack_h323 nf_conntrack_ftp xt_tcpmss xt_pkttype xt_physdev xt_owner xt_NFQUEUE xt_NFLOG nfnetlink_log xt_multiport xt_MARK xt_mark xt_mac xt_limit xt_length xt_iprange xt_helper xt_hashlimit xt_DSCP xt_dscp xt_dccp xt_CONNMARK xt_connmark xt_CLASSIFY iptable_nat nf_nat iptable_mangle nfnetlink autofs4 coretemp w83627ehf hwmon_vid hwmon nfs lockd nfs_acl auth_rpcgss sunrpc cpufreq_ondemand acpi_cpufreq dm_multipath radeon drm ipv6 snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_ice1712 snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx snd_ak4xxx_adda pcspkr snd_cs8427 snd_ac97_codec serio_raw i2c_i801 ac97_bus snd_i2c i2c_core iTCO_wdt ohci1394 snd_mpu401_uart iTCO_vendor_support snd_rawmidi snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm joydev snd_timer sky2 snd soundcore snd_page_alloc [last unloaded: microcode] Pid: 5844, comm: slogin Not tainted 2.6.29-0.0.rc6.rt2.1.rc6.fc9.ccrma.i686.rtPAE-tip #1 Call Trace: [] warn_slowpath+0x71/0xa8 [] ? cpupri_set+0xdd/0xfb [] ? update_curr+0x15f/0x167 [] ? resched_task+0x33/0x6b [] ? update_curr+0x15f/0x167 [] __list_add+0x44/0x5c [] internal_add_timer+0x88/0x8c [] __mod_timer+0xcc/0xde [] mod_timer+0x19/0x1f [] add_timer+0x14/0x16 [] __nf_ct_refresh_acct+0x5b/0xdb [] tcp_packet+0xa78/0xa9f [] ? topology_sysfs_init+0xf/0x51 [] ? __spin_lock_irqsave+0x30/0x39 [] ? __nf_conntrack_find+0x64/0x7f [] nf_conntrack_in+0x394/0x407 [] ipv4_conntrack_local+0x32/0x3c [] nf_iterate+0x2f/0x62 [] ? dst_output+0x0/0xb [] nf_hook_slow+0x42/0x9f [] ? dst_output+0x0/0xb [] __ip_local_out+0x87/0x91 [] ? dst_output+0x0/0xb [] ip_local_out+0xb/0x1b [] ip_queue_xmit+0x2b7/0x331 [] ? pollwake+0x0/0x55 [] ? update_curr+0x15f/0x167 [] tcp_transmit_skb+0x5cb/0x602 [] tcp_write_xmit+0x785/0x853 [] ? rt_spin_lock_fastlock+0x27/0x5e [] ? rt_spin_lock+0xd/0xf [] ? __kmalloc+0xb6/0xeb [] __tcp_push_pending_frames+0x21/0x56 [] tcp_push+0x84/0x8a [] tcp_sendmsg+0x6b0/0x75a [] __sock_sendmsg+0x45/0x4e [] sock_aio_write+0xce/0xdb [] ? inode_has_perm+0x58/0x62 [] do_sync_write+0xab/0xe9 [] ? file_has_perm+0x80/0x89 [] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x33 [] ? security_file_permission+0xf/0x11 [] vfs_write+0x95/0xdf [] sys_write+0x3b/0x60 [] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x2c ---[ end trace 934e4b7ba06b93c0 ]--- Nfs/network stops working -> I have to reboot... I'm attaching the full dmesg output of the test machine. -- Fernando