here's a simple procedure that reproduces this problem my sparc1: run a -current kernel with a lengthy printf() added to the beginning of your favorite system call (I used chroot()). then do: perl -e 'for(;;) { print "foofoofoofoofoofoofoofoofoofoofoofoo\n"; $q = "/tmp"; syscall(61, $q); }' the crazy interrupts panic happens almost immediately. -Chuck