diff -Naur -X /home/greg/linux/dontdiff linux-2.4.19-pre3-ac4/arch/i386/kernel/mpparse.c linux-2.4.19-pre3-ac4-greg/arch/i386/kernel/mpparse.c
--- linux-2.4.19-pre3-ac4/arch/i386/kernel/mpparse.c	Wed Mar 20 10:20:08 2002
+++ linux-2.4.19-pre3-ac4-greg/arch/i386/kernel/mpparse.c	Wed Mar 20 10:27:42 2002
@@ -35,18 +35,20 @@
  * MP-table.
  */
 int apic_version [MAX_APICS];
-int mp_bus_id_to_type [MAX_MP_BUSSES];
-int mp_bus_id_to_node [MAX_MP_BUSSES];
-int mp_bus_id_to_local [MAX_MP_BUSSES];
 int quad_local_to_mp_bus_id [NR_CPUS/4][4];
-int mp_bus_id_to_pci_bus [MAX_MP_BUSSES] = { [0 ... MAX_MP_BUSSES-1] = -1 };
 int mp_current_pci_id;
+int *mp_bus_id_to_type;
+int *mp_bus_id_to_node;
+int *mp_bus_id_to_local;
+int *mp_bus_id_to_pci_bus;
+int max_mp_busses;
+int max_irq_sources;
 
 /* I/O APIC entries */
 struct mpc_config_ioapic mp_ioapics[MAX_IO_APICS];
 
 /* # of MP IRQ source entries */
-struct mpc_config_intsrc mp_irqs[MAX_IRQ_SOURCES];
+struct mpc_config_intsrc *mp_irqs;
 
 /* MP IRQ source entries */
 int mp_irq_entries;
@@ -303,7 +305,7 @@
 			m->mpc_irqtype, m->mpc_irqflag & 3,
 			(m->mpc_irqflag >> 2) & 3, m->mpc_srcbus,
 			m->mpc_srcbusirq, m->mpc_dstapic, m->mpc_dstirq);
-	if (++mp_irq_entries == MAX_IRQ_SOURCES)
+	if (++mp_irq_entries == max_irq_sources)
 		panic("Max # of irq sources exceeded!!\n");
 }
 
@@ -396,6 +398,9 @@
 	char str[16];
 	int count=sizeof(*mpc);
 	unsigned char *mpt=((unsigned char *)mpc)+count;
+	int num_bus = 0;
+	int num_irq = 0;
+	unsigned char *bus_data;
 
 	if (memcmp(mpc->mpc_signature,MPC_SIGNATURE,4)) {
 		panic("SMP mptable: bad signature [%c%c%c%c]!\n",
@@ -441,9 +446,70 @@
 		mpc_record = 0;
 	}
 
+	/* Pre-scan to determine the number of bus and 
+	 * interrupts records we have
+	 */
+	while (count < mpc->mpc_length) {
+		switch (*mpt) {
+			case MP_PROCESSOR:
+				mpt += sizeof(struct mpc_config_processor);
+				count += sizeof(struct mpc_config_processor);
+				break;
+			case MP_BUS:
+				++num_bus;
+				mpt += sizeof(struct mpc_config_bus);
+				count += sizeof(struct mpc_config_bus);
+				break;
+			case MP_INTSRC:
+				++num_irq;
+				mpt += sizeof(struct mpc_config_intsrc);
+				count += sizeof(struct mpc_config_intsrc);
+				break;
+			case MP_IOAPIC:
+				mpt += sizeof(struct mpc_config_ioapic);
+				count += sizeof(struct mpc_config_ioapic);
+				break;
+			case MP_LINTSRC:
+				mpt += sizeof(struct mpc_config_lintsrc);
+				count += sizeof(struct mpc_config_lintsrc);
+				break;
+			default:
+				count = mpc->mpc_length;
+				break;
+		}
+	}
+	/* 
+	 * Paranoia: Allocate one extra of both the number of busses and number
+	 * of irqs, and make sure that we have at least 4 interrupts per PCI
+	 * slot.  But some machines do not report very many busses, so we need
+	 * to fall back on the older defaults.
+	 */
+	++num_bus;
+	max_mp_busses = max(num_bus, MAX_MP_BUSSES);
+	if (num_irq < (4 * max_mp_busses))
+		num_irq = 4 * num_bus;	/* 4 intr/PCI slot */
+	++num_irq;
+	max_irq_sources = max(num_irq, MAX_IRQ_SOURCES);
+	
+	count = (max_mp_busses * sizeof(int)) * 4;
+	count += (max_irq_sources * sizeof(struct mpc_config_intsrc));
+	bus_data = alloc_bootmem(count);
+	if (!bus_data) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "SMP mptable: out of memory!\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+	mp_bus_id_to_type = (int *)&bus_data[0];
+	mp_bus_id_to_node = (int *)&bus_data[(max_mp_busses * sizeof(int))];
+	mp_bus_id_to_local = (int *)&bus_data[(max_mp_busses * sizeof(int)) * 2];
+	mp_bus_id_to_pci_bus = (int *)&bus_data[(max_mp_busses * sizeof(int)) * 3];
+	mp_irqs = (struct mpc_config_intsrc *)&bus_data[(max_mp_busses * sizeof(int)) * 4];
+	memset(mp_bus_id_to_pci_bus, -1, max_mp_busses);
+
 	/*
 	 *	Now process the configuration blocks.
 	 */
+	count = sizeof(*mpc);
+	mpt = ((unsigned char *)mpc)+count;
 	while (count < mpc->mpc_length) {
 		switch(*mpt) {
 			case MP_PROCESSOR:
diff -Naur -X /home/greg/linux/dontdiff linux-2.4.19-pre3-ac4/include/asm-i386/io_apic.h linux-2.4.19-pre3-ac4-greg/include/asm-i386/io_apic.h
--- linux-2.4.19-pre3-ac4/include/asm-i386/io_apic.h	Mon Feb 25 11:38:12 2002
+++ linux-2.4.19-pre3-ac4-greg/include/asm-i386/io_apic.h	Wed Mar 20 10:29:35 2002
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 extern int mp_irq_entries;
 
 /* MP IRQ source entries */
-extern struct mpc_config_intsrc mp_irqs[MAX_IRQ_SOURCES];
+extern struct mpc_config_intsrc *mp_irqs;
 
 /* non-0 if default (table-less) MP configuration */
 extern int mpc_default_type;
diff -Naur -X /home/greg/linux/dontdiff linux-2.4.19-pre3-ac4/include/asm-i386/mpspec.h linux-2.4.19-pre3-ac4-greg/include/asm-i386/mpspec.h
--- linux-2.4.19-pre3-ac4/include/asm-i386/mpspec.h	Wed Mar 20 10:19:46 2002
+++ linux-2.4.19-pre3-ac4-greg/include/asm-i386/mpspec.h	Wed Mar 20 10:29:35 2002
@@ -184,11 +184,7 @@
  *	7	2 CPU MCA+PCI
  */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_MULTIQUAD
-#define MAX_IRQ_SOURCES 512
-#else /* !CONFIG_MULTIQUAD */
 #define MAX_IRQ_SOURCES 256
-#endif /* CONFIG_MULTIQUAD */
 
 #define MAX_MP_BUSSES 32
 enum mp_bustype {
@@ -197,11 +193,11 @@
 	MP_BUS_PCI,
 	MP_BUS_MCA
 };
-extern int mp_bus_id_to_type [MAX_MP_BUSSES];
-extern int mp_bus_id_to_node [MAX_MP_BUSSES];
-extern int mp_bus_id_to_local [MAX_MP_BUSSES];
+extern int *mp_bus_id_to_type;
+extern int *mp_bus_id_to_node;
+extern int *mp_bus_id_to_local;
+extern int *mp_bus_id_to_pci_bus;
 extern int quad_local_to_mp_bus_id [NR_CPUS/4][4];
-extern int mp_bus_id_to_pci_bus [MAX_MP_BUSSES];
 
 extern unsigned int boot_cpu_physical_apicid;
 extern unsigned long phys_cpu_present_map;
@@ -210,11 +206,9 @@
 extern void get_smp_config (void);
 extern int nr_ioapics;
 extern int apic_version [MAX_APICS];
-extern int mp_bus_id_to_type [MAX_MP_BUSSES];
 extern int mp_irq_entries;
-extern struct mpc_config_intsrc mp_irqs [MAX_IRQ_SOURCES];
+extern struct mpc_config_intsrc *mp_irqs;
 extern int mpc_default_type;
-extern int mp_bus_id_to_pci_bus [MAX_MP_BUSSES];
 extern int mp_current_pci_id;
 extern unsigned long mp_lapic_addr;
 extern int pic_mode;