diff -urN linux-2.6.17-mm1-orig/arch/x86_64/Kconfig linux-2.6.17-mm1/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
--- linux-2.6.17-mm1-orig/arch/x86_64/Kconfig	2006-06-23 16:12:00.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.17-mm1/arch/x86_64/Kconfig	2006-06-23 20:35:03.000000000 -0400
@@ -335,6 +335,10 @@
 	def_bool y
 	depends on MEMORY_HOTPLUG
 
+config ARCH_FIND_NODE
+	def_bool y
+	depends on MEMORY_HOTPLUG
+
 config ARCH_FLATMEM_ENABLE
 	def_bool y
 	depends on !NUMA
diff -urN linux-2.6.17-mm1-orig/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h linux-2.6.17-mm1/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
--- linux-2.6.17-mm1-orig/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h	2006-06-23 16:12:09.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.17-mm1/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h	2006-06-23 20:35:03.000000000 -0400
@@ -132,7 +132,11 @@
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_NUMA */
 #endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_NODEDATA_EXTENSION */
-
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_FIND_NODE
+	extern int arch_find_node(unsigned long, unsigned long);
+#else
+	static inline int arch_find_node(unsigned long a,  unsigned long b) {return 0;}
+#endif
 #else /* ! CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG */
 /*
  * Stub functions for when hotplug is off
diff -urN linux-2.6.17-mm1-orig/mm/memory_hotplug.c linux-2.6.17-mm1/mm/memory_hotplug.c
--- linux-2.6.17-mm1-orig/mm/memory_hotplug.c	2006-06-23 16:12:10.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.17-mm1/mm/memory_hotplug.c	2006-06-23 20:35:03.000000000 -0400
@@ -234,12 +234,17 @@
 
 
 
-int add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size)
+int add_memory(int node, u64 start, u64 size)
 {
 	pg_data_t *pgdat = NULL;
 	int new_pgdat = 0;
-	int ret;
+	int ret,nid;
 
+	if (node < 0) 
+		nid = arch_find_node(start,size);
+	else
+		nid = node;
+	
 	if (!node_online(nid)) {
 		pgdat = hotadd_new_pgdat(nid, start);
 		if (!pgdat)