--- initmem/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c.~1~	Tue May  1 19:35:18 2001
+++ initmem/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c	Fri May 11 01:59:19 2001
@@ -934,7 +934,6 @@
 	 * trampoline before removing it. (see the GDT stuff)
 	 */
 	reserve_bootmem(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE);
-	smp_alloc_memory(); /* AP processor realmode stacks in low memory*/
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC
@@ -943,18 +942,6 @@
 	 */
 	find_smp_config();
 #endif
-	paging_init();
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC
-	/*
-	 * get boot-time SMP configuration:
-	 */
-	if (smp_found_config)
-		get_smp_config();
-#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
-	init_apic_mappings();
-#endif
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
 	if (LOADER_TYPE && INITRD_START) {
 		if (INITRD_START + INITRD_SIZE <= (max_low_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT)) {
@@ -971,6 +958,26 @@
 			initrd_start = 0;
 		}
 	}
+#endif
+
+	/*
+	 * NOTE: before this point _nobody_ is allowed to allocate
+	 * any memory using the bootmem allocator.
+	 */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+	smp_alloc_memory(); /* AP processor realmode stacks in low memory*/
+#endif
+	paging_init();
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC
+	/*
+	 * get boot-time SMP configuration:
+	 */
+	if (smp_found_config)
+		get_smp_config();
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
+	init_apic_mappings();
 #endif
 
 	/*