Kernel Panic 10.4.8. with MacPro 3.0 and VMWARE Fusion Beta/ Parallels (?)

Hello,
got I couple of times different Kernel panics in
AppleIntel8254XE. Seams to me, that this is Macos 10.4.8 related, and same as in http://forum.parallels.com/thread7375.html .
1.) Sun Jan 14 00:14:06 2007
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x0035BEAC): freeing free mbuf
Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
Backtrace continues...
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleIntel8254XEthernet(1.1.4a5)@0x35148000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily(1.5.1)@0x35102000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.1)@0x35014000
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily(1.5.1)@0x35102000
2.) Sun Jan 14 00:12:29 2007
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x0035BEAC): mfreemlist: m_nextpkt of m_next != NULL
Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x2504b6e8 : 0x128d1f (0x3c9540 0x2504b70c 0x131df4 0x0)
Backtrace continues...
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleIntel8254XEthernet(1.1.4a5)@0x35148000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily(1.5.1)@0x35102000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.1)@0x35014000
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily(1.5.1)@0x35102000
Backtrace continues...
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleIntel8254XEthernet(1.1.4a5)@0x35148000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily(1.5.1)@0x35102000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.1)@0x35014000
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily(1.5.1)@0x35102000

Already made. In the meantime one more report in VMTN
about the same issue with parallels.
Henri
Can you link to the parallels thread?
I can reliably reproduce a kernel panic in 10.4.8 by ejecting a volume mounted from a host system (default afp mount) that is either of two macintel systems (mini & mbp).
Problem started when I installed Fusion, went away when I de-installed. Both systems also have Parallels (latest build but one) installed.
The workaround of unloading the networking kexts makes me nervous -- sooner or later I'll forget, and then KABLOOEY!
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