This one is new to me: PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 12, 32768 bytes) Initializing CPU#0 Checking aperture... No AGP bridge found Node 0: aperture @ 9c000000 size 64 MB Node 1: aperture @ 9c000000 size 64 MB Memory: 33083744k/35258368k available (3622k kernel code, 1706576k absent, 468048k reserved, 1606k data, 456k init) ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: at kernel/smp.c:369 smp_call_function_many+0x52/0x1b3() Hardware name: MCP55 Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.30-01557-gb640f04 #1 Call Trace: [] ? cache_grow+0x1e3/0x237 [] ? smp_call_function_many+0x52/0x1b3 [] warn_slowpath_common+0x72/0x9f [] warn_slowpath_null+0xf/0x11 [] smp_call_function_many+0x52/0x1b3 [] ? do_ccupdate_local+0x0/0x2f [] ? do_ccupdate_local+0x0/0x2f [] smp_call_function+0x20/0x24 [] on_each_cpu+0x18/0x2d [] do_tune_cpucache+0xf3/0x45a [] enable_cpucache+0x63/0xaf [] kmem_cache_init+0x401/0x45d [] ? mem_init+0x156/0x161 [] start_kernel+0x1a6/0x2b8 [] x86_64_start_reservations+0x80/0x84 [] x86_64_start_kernel+0xe1/0xe8 ---[ end trace 4eaa2a86a8e2da22 ]--- start_kernel(): bug: interrupts were enabled *very* early, fixing it NR_IRQS:4352 nr_irqs:880 Extended CMOS year: 2000 Fast TSC calibration using PIT Detected 2200.110 MHz processor. spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7. Console: colour VGA+ 80x25 console [tty0] enabled hpet clockevent registered HPET: 3 timers in total, 0 timers will be used for per-cpu timer Calibrating delay loop (skipped), value calculated using timer frequency.. 4401.55 BogoMIPS (lpj=7333690) Dentry cache hash table entries: 4194304 (order: 13, 33554432 bytes) Inode-cache hash table entries: 2097152 (order: 12, 16777216 bytes) Mount-cache hash table entries: 256 That's the bit that looked interesting at first glance. Full dmesg and config attached. Regards, Tony V.