diff -urN linux-2.6.11-rc4-fix7/arch/i386/kernel/srat.c linux-2.6.11-rc4.orig/arch/i386/kernel/srat.c
--- linux-2.6.11-rc4-fix7/arch/i386/kernel/srat.c	2005-02-21 11:39:59.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.11-rc4.orig/arch/i386/kernel/srat.c	2005-02-16 17:23:52.000000000 -0800
@@ -273,14 +273,6 @@
 		int been_here_before = 0;
 
 		for (j = 0; j < num_memory_chunks; j++){
-			/*
-			 *Only add present memroy to node_end/start_pfn 
-			 *There is no guarantee from the srat that the memory is present
-			 */
-			if (node_memory_chunk[j].start_pfn >= max_pfn) {
-				printk ("Ignoring chunk of memory reported in the SRAT (could be hot-add zone?)\n");
-				continue;
-			}
 			if (node_memory_chunk[j].nid == nid) {
 				if (been_here_before == 0) {
 					node_start_pfn[nid] = node_memory_chunk[j].start_pfn;
diff -urN linux-2.6.11-rc4-fix7/arch/i386/mm/discontig.c linux-2.6.11-rc4.orig/arch/i386/mm/discontig.c
--- linux-2.6.11-rc4-fix7/arch/i386/mm/discontig.c	2005-02-21 11:40:28.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.11-rc4.orig/arch/i386/mm/discontig.c	2005-02-16 17:23:52.000000000 -0800
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
  */
 static void __init allocate_pgdat(int nid)
 {
-	if (nid && node_has_online_mem(nid))
+	if (nid)
 		NODE_DATA(nid) = (pg_data_t *)node_remap_start_vaddr[nid];
 	else {
 		NODE_DATA(nid) = (pg_data_t *)(__va(min_low_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT));
@@ -204,10 +204,8 @@
 		if (nid == 0)
 			continue;
 		/* calculate the size of the mem_map needed in bytes */
-		size = node_end_pfn[nid] - node_start_pfn[nid];
-		if (size)
-			size = (size + 1) * sizeof(struct page) + sizeof(pg_data_t);
-		
+		size = (node_end_pfn[nid] - node_start_pfn[nid] + 1) 
+			* sizeof(struct page) + sizeof(pg_data_t);
 		/* convert size to large (pmd size) pages, rounding up */
 		size = (size + LARGE_PAGE_BYTES - 1) / LARGE_PAGE_BYTES;
 		/* now the roundup is correct, convert to PAGE_SIZE pages */
@@ -244,7 +242,6 @@
 	unsigned long bootmap_size, system_start_pfn, system_max_low_pfn;
 	unsigned long reserve_pages, pfn;
 
-	find_max_pfn();
 	/*
 	 * When mapping a NUMA machine we allocate the node_mem_map arrays
 	 * from node local memory.  They are then mapped directly into KVA
@@ -273,6 +270,7 @@
 	/* partially used pages are not usable - thus round upwards */
 	system_start_pfn = min_low_pfn = PFN_UP(init_pg_tables_end);
 
+	find_max_pfn();
 	system_max_low_pfn = max_low_pfn = find_max_low_pfn() - reserve_pages;
 	printk("reserve_pages = %ld find_max_low_pfn() ~ %ld\n",
 			reserve_pages, max_low_pfn + reserve_pages);
@@ -401,27 +399,24 @@
 
 		max_dma = virt_to_phys((char *)MAX_DMA_ADDRESS) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 
-		if (node_has_online_mem(nid)){
-			if (start > low) {
+		if (start > low) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
-				BUG_ON(start > high);
-				zones_size[ZONE_HIGHMEM] = high - start;
+			BUG_ON(start > high);
+			zones_size[ZONE_HIGHMEM] = high - start;
 #endif
-			} else {
-				if (low < max_dma)
-					zones_size[ZONE_DMA] = low;
-				else {
-					BUG_ON(max_dma > low);
-					BUG_ON(low > high);
-					zones_size[ZONE_DMA] = max_dma;
-					zones_size[ZONE_NORMAL] = low - max_dma;
+		} else {
+			if (low < max_dma)
+				zones_size[ZONE_DMA] = low;
+			else {
+				BUG_ON(max_dma > low);
+				BUG_ON(low > high);
+				zones_size[ZONE_DMA] = max_dma;
+				zones_size[ZONE_NORMAL] = low - max_dma;
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
-					zones_size[ZONE_HIGHMEM] = high - low;
-#endif	
-				}
+				zones_size[ZONE_HIGHMEM] = high - low;
+#endif
 			}
 		}
-		
 		zholes_size = get_zholes_size(nid);
 		/*
 		 * We let the lmem_map for node 0 be allocated from the
diff -urN linux-2.6.11-rc4-fix7/include/asm-i386/topology.h linux-2.6.11-rc4.orig/include/asm-i386/topology.h
--- linux-2.6.11-rc4-fix7/include/asm-i386/topology.h	2005-02-21 11:32:10.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.11-rc4.orig/include/asm-i386/topology.h	2005-02-16 17:23:58.000000000 -0800
@@ -88,16 +88,6 @@
 	.nr_balance_failed	= 0,			\
 }
 
-extern unsigned long node_start_pfn[];
-extern unsigned long node_end_pfn[];
-
-#define node_has_online_mem(nid) !(node_start_pfn[nid] == node_end_pfn[nid])                 
-/*                                                                            
-inline int __node_has_online_mem(int nid) {
-        return !(node_start_pfn[nid]== node_end_pfn[nid]);
-}
-*/
-
 #else /* !CONFIG_NUMA */
 /*
  * Other i386 platforms should define their own version of the 
diff -urN linux-2.6.11-rc4-fix7/include/linux/topology.h linux-2.6.11-rc4.orig/include/linux/topology.h
--- linux-2.6.11-rc4-fix7/include/linux/topology.h	2005-02-21 11:32:10.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.11-rc4.orig/include/linux/topology.h	2005-02-16 17:23:58.000000000 -0800
@@ -31,11 +31,8 @@
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
 #include <linux/mmzone.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
-#include <asm/topology.h>
 
-#ifndef node_has_online_mem
-#define node_has_online_mem(nid) (1)
-#endif
+#include <asm/topology.h>
 
 #ifndef nr_cpus_node
 #define nr_cpus_node(node)							\