PROBLEM: (77036) (PATCH ID: OSF445-003) ******** While running Classical IP over the lfa ATM driver, a kernel panic will occur "simple_lock: minimum spl violation" if the following conditions are true: 1) The lfa driver is configured to use deferred interrupt processing (driver attribute "minimal_isr" is set to 1). Note: This is the default for the V1.0.17 driver. 2) lockmode 4 is being employed (generic attribute "lockmode" set to 4). On systems where lockmode 4 is not employed, a cpu would hang instead.