> Can you check if kernels before 2.1.52 have the same problem? I did
> some optimisation work for select(2) and poll(2) back then, but I
> haven't heard of any problems with the patches that were subsequently
> included into the mainstream kernel. A good kernel to try is 2.1.42
> which I found to be quite robust (many of the 2.1.5x kernels had file
> corruption problems).
I'll be able to try 2.1.42; 2.1.56 will be possible, too, but with
some additional work (I only have space for two complete kernel
trees, and one is 2.0).
Ulrich