> > > On amd 8-core system, I get crash on boot... Last messages:
> > >
> > > Quad-Core AMD Opteron...
> > > Checking TSC Synchronization [CPU#0 -> CPU#3]: passed
> > > BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 00...005958
> > > IP: __alloc_pages+0x38
> > > ...
> > > Call trace:
> > > kmem_getpages
> > > cache_grow
> > > ____cache_alloc_node
> > > cpuup_callback
> > > kmem_cache_alloc_node
> > > cpuup_callback
> > > notifier_call_chain
> > > _cpu_up
> >
> > could you try latest x86.git:
> >
> >
http://people.redhat.com/mingo/x86.git/README
> >
> > does it fix it? Could be one of the numa fixes that are queued up.
>
> can we have your config and whole bootlog?