Dave Anderson wrote:
 But -- if you commented out the setting of (vt->flags | NODES) in
 vm_init() as I suggested, how is it possible to even make it to
 line 11504 in node_table_init() below?  You're crashing in the
 OFFSET_OPTION() call below: 
Sorry, you are right. 'which crash' showed i used the version
from rpm, not the modified version. The modified version looks
good.
Thanks,
 - jay
 
  11490 node_table_init(void)
  11491 {
  11492  int n;
  11493  ulong pgdat;
  11494
  11495  /*
  11496   *  Override numnodes -- some kernels may leave it at 1 on a system
  11497   *  with multiple memory nodes.
  11498   */
  11499  if (vt->flags & NODES) {
  11500          get_symbol_data("pgdat_list", sizeof(void *), &pgdat);
  11501
  11502          for (n = 0; pgdat; n++) {
  11503                  readmem(pgdat +
 *OFFSET_OPTION(pglist_data_node_next,*
 * 11504                          pglist_data_pgdat_next)*, KVADDR,
  11505                          &pgdat, sizeof(void *), "pglist_data
 node_next",
  11506                          FAULT_ON_ERROR);
  11507   }
 
 Dave