xHi all,

2.6.5-rc1-mm2 contains new slab code that is more memory efficient by 
setting (and thus reducing) the alignment of the objects based on the 
actual cpu cache line size. This means that the cpu identification must 
be done far earlier than before and that caused the boot problems with 
2.6.5-mm1.

Attached is a new proposal against 2.6.5-rc1-mm2 - could you give it a 
try? It's tested with Pentium 4, bochs (i.e. Intel Pentium) and Athlon 
XP cpus.

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    Manfred