Hi Dave, I have tested compilation/boot on the following platforms: Compile Boot ia32 OK OK ppc OK OK itanium2 OK ** I'm just starting to muss around with the itanium2 and haven't figured out what the proper .config for it is yet. Btw, in your patch, I noticed the EXTRAVERSION wasn't set so did this change: --- Makefile~ 2005-06-30 10:32:41.000000000 -0700 +++ Makefile 2005-06-30 13:10:20.000000000 -0700 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ VERSION = 2 PATCHLEVEL = 6 SUBLEVEL = 13 -EXTRAVERSION =-rc1 +EXTRAVERSION =-rc1-mhp1 NAME=Woozy Numbat # *DOCUMENTATION*