I think the subject of the bug should be changed to: Kernel 2.6.32-5 panics whan vlan tagging an interface without link ready regards, matthias -- Matthias Wamser, Senior Systems Engineer, mailto: mw@ilk.net ILK Internet GmbH, Am Sandfeld 15 a, D-76149 Karlsruhe Tel: +49 (0) 721 9100 0, http://www.ilk.net Geschaeftsfuehrer Matthias Felger, AG Mannheim, HRB 107037