diff -ru linux-2.5.70-clean/arch/i386/mm/discontig.c linux-2.5.70-numa-mem=1/arch/i386/mm/discontig.c
--- linux-2.5.70-clean/arch/i386/mm/discontig.c	Mon May 26 18:00:40 2003
+++ linux-2.5.70-numa-mem=1/arch/i386/mm/discontig.c	Fri Jun  6 16:52:18 2003
@@ -114,10 +114,16 @@
  */
 static void __init find_max_pfn_node(int nid)
 {
-	if (node_start_pfn[nid] >= node_end_pfn[nid])
-		BUG();
 	if (node_end_pfn[nid] > max_pfn)
 		node_end_pfn[nid] = max_pfn;
+	/*
+	 * if a user has given mem=XXXX, then we need to make sure 
+	 * that the node _starts_ before that, too, not just ends
+	 */
+	if (node_start_pfn[nid] > max_pfn)
+		node_start_pfn[nid] = max_pfn;
+	if (node_start_pfn[nid] > node_end_pfn[nid])
+		BUG();
 }
 
 /* 
diff -ru linux-2.5.70-clean/mm/page_alloc.c linux-2.5.70-numa-mem=1/mm/page_alloc.c
--- linux-2.5.70-clean/mm/page_alloc.c	Mon May 26 18:00:22 2003
+++ linux-2.5.70-numa-mem=1/mm/page_alloc.c	Fri Jun  6 16:57:30 2003
@@ -1153,8 +1153,11 @@
 	for (i = 0; i < MAX_NR_ZONES; i++)
 		size += zones_size[i];
 	size = LONG_ALIGN((size + 7) >> 3);
-	pgdat->valid_addr_bitmap = (unsigned long *)alloc_bootmem_node(pgdat, size);
-	memset(pgdat->valid_addr_bitmap, 0, size);
+	if (size) {
+		pgdat->valid_addr_bitmap = 
+			(unsigned long *)alloc_bootmem_node(pgdat, size);
+		memset(pgdat->valid_addr_bitmap, 0, size);
+	}
 }
 
 /*