SMP machine, 2x P3/700 on an Abit VP6. Never any trouble with the earlier 2.2.19pre's. a strace shows the hang to be in the delete_module("hisax") call. I'm having trouble with the sysrq-key, but I hope this is enough since there were some changes w.r.t. modules/locking etc. in pre10. Good luck, Jurriaan -- The guy sure looks like plantfood to me Little Shop of Horrors GNU/Linux 2.2.19pre10 SMP/ReiserFS 2x1402 bogomips load av: 0.02 0.05 0.05 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/