> Soeren, what compiler are you using?
Its not compiler specific.
> Mandrake 7.1) with two different compilers (gcc / pgcc 2.95.3). Both
> these distribs use 'pidof' in their init scripts, spewing many Oopsen
> with each boot. I build most of the alpha kernels, and have saw
> it first with t1-ac18.
>
> Both distribs use the latest 2.78 version of SysVinit (which
> contains the 'pidof' program.)
The oops is caused because some kernel threads are created before we have
the root fs mounted. That leaves them with invalid things procfs follows
with fatal results.
I believe Tigran posted one possible solution to this
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