Christoph, Thanks for the reverse patch - from this I was able to reduce it down to a few changes which seems to fix the problem with my VirtualBox test environment.
commit fa921c78c5cd2000a6ea2bd10298118fbf076107 Author: Colin Ian King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri Aug 29 08:57:04 2008 +0000 UBUNTU: SAUCE: fix kernel oops in VirtualBox during paravirt patching Bug: 246067 Paravirtualisation patching of kernel trips a kernel oops when running in VirtualBox. Turning off interrupts around the entire paravirtualisation patching process avoids patching active code inside an interrupt. Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Intrepid) Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed Target: ubuntu-8.10 => intrepid-alpha-6 -- Kernel panic during boot in VirtualBox with kernel 2.6.26.*-generic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246067 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs