diff -burN linux-2.4.7/arch/alpha/kernel/entry.S linux-247-patched/arch/alpha/kernel/entry.S
--- linux-2.4.7/arch/alpha/kernel/entry.S	Thu Jul 26 16:45:31 2001
+++ linux-247-patched/arch/alpha/kernel/entry.S	Wed Aug  1 17:28:50 2001
@@ -290,6 +290,8 @@
 .end	__kernel_execve
 
 .align 3
+.globl do_switch_fp_start
+.globl do_switch_fp_end	
 .ent	do_switch_stack
 do_switch_stack:
 	lda	$30,-SWITCH_STACK_SIZE($30)
@@ -301,6 +303,7 @@
 	stq	$14,40($30)
 	stq	$15,48($30)
 	stq	$26,56($30)
+do_switch_fp_start:		
 	stt	$f0,64($30)
 	stt	$f1,72($30)
 	stt	$f2,80($30)
@@ -335,10 +338,13 @@
 	stt	$f30,304($30)
 	stt	$f0,312($30)	# save fpcr in slot of $f31
 	ldt	$f0,64($30)	# dont let "do_switch_stack" change fp state.
+do_switch_fp_end:		
 	ret	$31,($1),1
 .end do_switch_stack
 
 .align 3
+.globl undo_switch_fp_start
+.globl undo_switch_fp_end		
 .ent	undo_switch_stack
 undo_switch_stack:
 	ldq	$9,0($30)
@@ -349,6 +355,7 @@
 	ldq	$14,40($30)
 	ldq	$15,48($30)
 	ldq	$26,56($30)
+undo_switch_fp_start:		
 	ldt	$f30,312($30)	# get saved fpcr
 	ldt	$f0,64($30)
 	ldt	$f1,72($30)
@@ -382,6 +389,7 @@
 	ldt	$f28,288($30)
 	ldt	$f29,296($30)
 	ldt	$f30,304($30)
+undo_switch_fp_end:	
 	lda	$30,SWITCH_STACK_SIZE($30)
 	ret	$31,($1),1
 .end undo_switch_stack
diff -burN linux-2.4.7/arch/alpha/kernel/proto.h linux-247-patched/arch/alpha/kernel/proto.h
--- linux-2.4.7/arch/alpha/kernel/proto.h	Thu Jul 26 16:16:37 2001
+++ linux-247-patched/arch/alpha/kernel/proto.h	Wed Aug  1 17:28:54 2001
@@ -134,6 +134,11 @@
 extern void entUna(void);
 extern void entDbg(void);
 
+extern void do_switch_fp_start(void);
+extern void do_switch_fp_end(void);
+extern void undo_switch_fp_start(void);
+extern void undo_switch_fp_end(void);
+
 /* process.c */
 extern void cpu_idle(void) __attribute__((noreturn));
 
diff -burN linux-2.4.7/arch/alpha/kernel/traps.c linux-247-patched/arch/alpha/kernel/traps.c
--- linux-2.4.7/arch/alpha/kernel/traps.c	Thu Jul 26 16:45:31 2001
+++ linux-247-patched/arch/alpha/kernel/traps.c	Wed Aug  1 17:29:01 2001
@@ -188,6 +188,23 @@
 	 unsigned long a2, unsigned long a3, unsigned long a4,
 	 unsigned long a5, struct pt_regs regs)
 {
+	if (type == 3 && !(regs.ps & 8) ) {
+		/*
+		 * Handle a rare case where the user has disabled floating
+		 * point using the clrfen PALcall and the kernel is attempting
+		 * to view floating point state. This happens in two asm stubs:
+		 * do_switch_stack and undo_switch_stack. 
+		 * If this is the case, we modify the return value to pass
+		 * over this section and resume from there. 
+		 */
+		if (regs.pc == (unsigned long) do_switch_fp_start) {
+			regs.pc = (unsigned long) do_switch_fp_end;
+			return;
+		} else if (regs.pc == (unsigned long) undo_switch_fp_start) {
+			regs.pc = (unsigned long) undo_switch_fp_end;
+			return;
+		}
+	}
 	die_if_kernel((type == 1 ? "Kernel Bug" : "Instruction fault"),
 		      &regs, type, 0);