diff -urN linux-2.6.11-rc4.orig/arch/i386/kernel/srat.c linux-2.6.11-rc4-fix7/arch/i386/kernel/srat.c
--- linux-2.6.11-rc4.orig/arch/i386/kernel/srat.c	2005-02-16 17:23:52.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.11-rc4-fix7/arch/i386/kernel/srat.c	2005-02-21 13:56:28.000000000 -0800
@@ -273,6 +273,17 @@
 		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 at boot time. 
+			 */
+			if (node_memory_chunk[j].start_pfn >= max_pfn) {
+				printk (KERN_INFO "Ignoring chunk of memory reported in the SRAT (could be hot-add zone?)\n");
+				printk (KERN_INFO "chunk is reported from pfn %04x to %04x\n",
+					node_memory_chunk[j].start_pfn, node_memory_chunk[j].end_pfn);
+				continue;
+			}
 			if (node_memory_chunk[j].nid == nid) {
 				if (been_here_before == 0) {
 					node_start_pfn[nid] = node_memory_chunk[j].start_pfn;
Files linux-2.6.11-rc4.orig/arch/i386/mm/.discontig.c.swp and linux-2.6.11-rc4-fix7/arch/i386/mm/.discontig.c.swp differ
diff -urN linux-2.6.11-rc4.orig/arch/i386/mm/discontig.c linux-2.6.11-rc4-fix7/arch/i386/mm/discontig.c
--- linux-2.6.11-rc4.orig/arch/i386/mm/discontig.c	2005-02-16 17:23:52.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.11-rc4-fix7/arch/i386/mm/discontig.c	2005-02-21 11:40:28.000000000 -0800
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
  */
 static void __init allocate_pgdat(int nid)
 {
-	if (nid)
+	if (nid && node_has_online_mem(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));
@@ -204,8 +204,10 @@
 		if (nid == 0)
 			continue;
 		/* calculate the size of the mem_map needed in bytes */
-		size = (node_end_pfn[nid] - node_start_pfn[nid] + 1) 
-			* sizeof(struct page) + sizeof(pg_data_t);
+		size = node_end_pfn[nid] - node_start_pfn[nid];
+		if (size)
+			size = (size + 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 */
@@ -242,6 +244,7 @@
 	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
@@ -270,7 +273,6 @@
 	/* 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);
@@ -399,24 +401,27 @@
 
 		max_dma = virt_to_phys((char *)MAX_DMA_ADDRESS) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 
-		if (start > low) {
+		if (node_has_online_mem(nid)){
+			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.orig/include/asm-i386/topology.h linux-2.6.11-rc4-fix7/include/asm-i386/topology.h
--- linux-2.6.11-rc4.orig/include/asm-i386/topology.h	2005-02-16 17:23:58.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.11-rc4-fix7/include/asm-i386/topology.h	2005-02-21 15:39:12.000000000 -0800
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@
 	.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])                 
+
 #else /* !CONFIG_NUMA */
 /*
  * Other i386 platforms should define their own version of the 
diff -urN linux-2.6.11-rc4.orig/include/linux/topology.h linux-2.6.11-rc4-fix7/include/linux/topology.h
--- linux-2.6.11-rc4.orig/include/linux/topology.h	2005-02-16 17:23:58.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.11-rc4-fix7/include/linux/topology.h	2005-02-21 11:32:10.000000000 -0800
@@ -31,9 +31,12 @@
 #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
+
 #ifndef nr_cpus_node
 #define nr_cpus_node(node)							\
 	({									\