Fresh from Grant's room @ OLS :-) ftp://ftp.parisc-linux.org/patches/diff-2.6.0-test1-preempt Seems to boot and can compile stuff on a500. YMMV. Comments, test results, etc appreciated. randolph -- Randolph Chung Debian GNU/Linux Developer, hppa/ia64 ports http://www.tausq.org/