[parisc-linux] kernel panic when extracting large tar files

[Carlos O'Donell]

> > > FWIW, I experienced that bug too on the A500, had no time to chase it 
> > > down but I will look at it soon.
> > 
> > How big is the file? I routinely tar/untar _very_ large source archives
> > on my A500 and I see no problems. 

> About 700M gzipped.

I just unpacked 1234744157 Jan  7 19:33 src.tar.gz into a 4GB source
archive on an ext2 fs. The box didn't even blink. Running 2.4.19-pa22 
parisc64 non-SMP.

As it turns out Vlad's archive is on 14MB's but contains lots of very
small files. I'm trying to get a hold of this to test it out.

c.