diff -ur linux-2.5.53-clean/arch/i386/mm/init.c linux-2.5.53-weirdsplit/arch/i386/mm/init.c
--- linux-2.5.53-clean/arch/i386/mm/init.c	Mon Dec 23 21:21:03 2002
+++ linux-2.5.53-weirdsplit/arch/i386/mm/init.c	Mon Jan  6 09:41:02 2003
@@ -117,6 +117,24 @@
 	}
 }
 
+
+/*
+ * Abstract out using large pages when mapping KVA, or the SMP identity
+ * mapping
+ */
+void pmd_map_pfn_range(pmd_t* pmd_entry, unsigned long pfn, unsigned long max_pfn)
+{
+	int pte_ofs;
+	/* Map with big pages if possible, otherwise create normal page tables. */
+	if (cpu_has_pse) {
+		set_pmd(pmd_entry, pfn_pmd(pfn, PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE));
+		pfn += PTRS_PER_PTE;
+	} else {
+		pte_t* pte = one_page_table_init(pmd_entry);
+		for (pte_ofs = 0; pte_ofs < PTRS_PER_PTE && pfn < max_pfn; pte++, pfn++, pte_ofs++)
+			set_pte(pte, pfn_pte(pfn, PAGE_KERNEL));
+	}
+}
 /*
  * This maps the physical memory to kernel virtual address space, a total 
  * of max_low_pfn pages, by creating page tables starting from address 
@@ -127,8 +145,7 @@
 	unsigned long pfn;
 	pgd_t *pgd;
 	pmd_t *pmd;
-	pte_t *pte;
-	int pgd_ofs, pmd_ofs, pte_ofs;
+	int pgd_ofs, pmd_ofs;
 
 	pgd_ofs = __pgd_offset(PAGE_OFFSET);
 	pgd = pgd_base + pgd_ofs;
@@ -138,19 +155,47 @@
 		pmd = one_md_table_init(pgd);
 		if (pfn >= max_low_pfn)
 			continue;
-		for (pmd_ofs = 0; pmd_ofs < PTRS_PER_PMD && pfn < max_low_pfn; pmd++, pmd_ofs++) {
-			/* Map with big pages if possible, otherwise create normal page tables. */
-			if (cpu_has_pse) {
-				set_pmd(pmd, pfn_pmd(pfn, PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE));
-				pfn += PTRS_PER_PTE;
-			} else {
-				pte = one_page_table_init(pmd);
-
-				for (pte_ofs = 0; pte_ofs < PTRS_PER_PTE && pfn < max_low_pfn; pte++, pfn++, pte_ofs++)
-					set_pte(pte, pfn_pte(pfn, PAGE_KERNEL));
-			}
+	
+		/* beware of starting KVA in the middle of a pmd. */
+		if( pgd_ofs == __pgd_offset(PAGE_OFFSET) ) {
+			pmd_ofs = __pmd_offset(PAGE_OFFSET);
+			pmd = &pmd[pmd_ofs];
+		} else
+			pmd_ofs = 0;
+		
+		for (; pmd_ofs < PTRS_PER_PMD && pfn < max_low_pfn; pmd++, pmd_ofs++) {
+			pmd_map_pfn_range(pmd, pfn, max_low_pfn);
+			pfn += PTRS_PER_PTE; 
 		}
-	}	
+	}
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * Add low memory identity-mappings - SMP needs it when
+ * starting up on an AP from real-mode. In the non-PAE
+ * case we already have these mappings through head.S.
+ * All user-space mappings are explicitly cleared after
+ * SMP startup in zap_low_mappings().
+ */
+static void __init low_physical_mapping_init(pgd_t *pgd_base)
+{
+#if CONFIG_X86_PAE
+	unsigned long pfn = 0;
+	int pmd_ofs = 0;
+	pmd_t *pmd = one_md_table_init(pgd_base);
+
+	if(!cpu_has_pse) {
+		printk("PAE enabled, but no support for PSE (large pages)!");
+		printk("this is likely to waste some RAM.");
+	}
+	
+	for (; pmd_ofs < PTRS_PER_PMD && pfn <= max_low_pfn; pmd++, pmd_ofs++) { 
+		pmd_map_pfn_range(pmd, pfn, max_low_pfn);
+		pfn += PTRS_PER_PTE;
+	}
+#endif
+			
 }
 
 static inline int page_kills_ppro(unsigned long pagenr)
@@ -213,7 +258,7 @@
 	pgd = swapper_pg_dir + __pgd_offset(vaddr);
 	pmd = pmd_offset(pgd, vaddr);
 	pte = pte_offset_kernel(pmd, vaddr);
-	pkmap_page_table = pte;	
+	pkmap_page_table = pte;
 }
 
 void __init one_highpage_init(struct page *page, int pfn, int bad_ppro)
@@ -278,6 +323,7 @@
 	}
 
 	kernel_physical_mapping_init(pgd_base);
+	low_physical_mapping_init(pgd_base);
 	remap_numa_kva();
 
 	/*
@@ -286,19 +332,7 @@
 	 */
 	vaddr = __fix_to_virt(__end_of_fixed_addresses - 1) & PMD_MASK;
 	page_table_range_init(vaddr, 0, pgd_base);
-
 	permanent_kmaps_init(pgd_base);
-
-#if CONFIG_X86_PAE
-	/*
-	 * Add low memory identity-mappings - SMP needs it when
-	 * starting up on an AP from real-mode. In the non-PAE
-	 * case we already have these mappings through head.S.
-	 * All user-space mappings are explicitly cleared after
-	 * SMP startup.
-	 */
-	pgd_base[0] = pgd_base[USER_PTRS_PER_PGD];
-#endif
 }
 
 void zap_low_mappings (void)
@@ -310,6 +344,7 @@
 	 * Note that "pgd_clear()" doesn't do it for
 	 * us, because pgd_clear() is a no-op on i386.
 	 */
+	free_page(pgd_page(swapper_pg_dir[0]));
 	for (i = 0; i < USER_PTRS_PER_PGD; i++)
 #if CONFIG_X86_PAE
 		set_pgd(swapper_pg_dir+i, __pgd(1 + __pa(empty_zero_page)));