On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 22:02:00 PST, Andrew Morton said: > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.20-rc3/2.6.20-rc3-mm1/ reiser4-sb_sync_inodes.patch causes my system to lock hard (no alt-sysrq, need to power cycle) *very* early in the boot - earlyprintk hasn't fired up yet, I don't get penguins, *nada*. I'm guessing it's something to do with the changed spinlocking from the -rc2-mm1 version. Kernel boots OK with that one patch reverted.