diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 93936de67796a2e7bed3539ef7cef978e4f6616d..0eacb1ffb42135b02435fa2f0a1897eca651a7dd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ config GART_IOMMU
 	bool "GART IOMMU support" if EMBEDDED
 	default y
 	select SWIOTLB
-	depends on X86_64 && PCI
+	depends on X86_64 && PCI && K8_NB
 	---help---
 	  Support for full DMA access of devices with 32bit memory access only
 	  on systems with more than 3GB. This is usually needed for USB,
@@ -2061,7 +2061,7 @@ endif # X86_32
 
 config K8_NB
 	def_bool y
-	depends on AGP_AMD64 || (X86_64 && (GART_IOMMU || (PCI && NUMA)))
+	depends on CPU_SUP_AMD && PCI
 
 source "drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig"
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_uv_x.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_uv_x.c
index 3740c8a4eae7d8afa65c86785b2a3004c7dff871..49dbeaef2a27b03f092b2eb267d26b6028b9c382 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_uv_x.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_uv_x.c
@@ -120,11 +120,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(uv_possible_blades);
 unsigned long sn_rtc_cycles_per_second;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sn_rtc_cycles_per_second);
 
-/* Start with all IRQs pointing to boot CPU.  IRQ balancing will shift them. */
-
 static const struct cpumask *uv_target_cpus(void)
 {
-	return cpumask_of(0);
+	return cpu_online_mask;
 }
 
 static void uv_vector_allocation_domain(int cpu, struct cpumask *retmask)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_intel.c
index 7c785634af2b495682565db7ecf86c2452d5edb5..d15df6e49bf02936be5f51854040efbf7a7e89cf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_intel.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static void cmci_discover(int banks, int boot)
 
 		/* Already owned by someone else? */
 		if (val & CMCI_EN) {
-			if (test_and_clear_bit(i, owned) || boot)
+			if (test_and_clear_bit(i, owned) && !boot)
 				print_update("SHD", &hdr, i);
 			__clear_bit(i, __get_cpu_var(mce_poll_banks));
 			continue;
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static void cmci_discover(int banks, int boot)
 
 		/* Did the enable bit stick? -- the bank supports CMCI */
 		if (val & CMCI_EN) {
-			if (!test_and_set_bit(i, owned) || boot)
+			if (!test_and_set_bit(i, owned) && !boot)
 				print_update("CMCI", &hdr, i);
 			__clear_bit(i, __get_cpu_var(mce_poll_banks));
 		} else {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/k8.c b/arch/x86/kernel/k8.c
index cbc4332a77b25927947d18c69f47188465a29d3e..9b895464dd0311f9c0c4619b5cf7e3f5e94dd2de 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/k8.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/k8.c
@@ -121,3 +121,17 @@ void k8_flush_garts(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(k8_flush_garts);
 
+static __init int init_k8_nbs(void)
+{
+	int err = 0;
+
+	err = cache_k8_northbridges();
+
+	if (err < 0)
+		printk(KERN_NOTICE "K8 NB: Cannot enumerate AMD northbridges.\n");
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+/* This has to go after the PCI subsystem */
+fs_initcall(init_k8_nbs);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/pci-gart_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/pci-gart_64.c
index 34de53b46f8759ad90ec23575cca26828b07093a..f3af115a573a5adbb053eae3a6c6921acf8b41fd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/pci-gart_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/pci-gart_64.c
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ int __init gart_iommu_init(void)
 	unsigned long scratch;
 	long i;
 
-	if (cache_k8_northbridges() < 0 || num_k8_northbridges == 0)
+	if (num_k8_northbridges == 0)
 		return 0;
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_AGP_AMD64
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index 02d678065d7d1f8a9d43a7c6efd58b5e83c61604..ad9540676fccb7138917dc6520cdf88dd95b10f8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ void __cpuinit select_idle_routine(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	if (pm_idle == poll_idle && smp_num_siblings > 1) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "WARNING: polling idle and HT enabled,"
+		printk_once(KERN_WARNING "WARNING: polling idle and HT enabled,"
 			" performance may degrade.\n");
 	}
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
index 1d4eb93d333c125d5d33682f46ac62263bbd82ff..cf07c26d9a4a59b9637a7b5389ffe33efbf5a701 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
@@ -291,8 +291,29 @@ static inline pgprot_t static_protections(pgprot_t prot, unsigned long address,
 	 */
 	if (kernel_set_to_readonly &&
 	    within(address, (unsigned long)_text,
-		   (unsigned long)__end_rodata_hpage_align))
-		pgprot_val(forbidden) |= _PAGE_RW;
+		   (unsigned long)__end_rodata_hpage_align)) {
+		unsigned int level;
+
+		/*
+		 * Don't enforce the !RW mapping for the kernel text mapping,
+		 * if the current mapping is already using small page mapping.
+		 * No need to work hard to preserve large page mappings in this
+		 * case.
+		 *
+		 * This also fixes the Linux Xen paravirt guest boot failure
+		 * (because of unexpected read-only mappings for kernel identity
+		 * mappings). In this paravirt guest case, the kernel text
+		 * mapping and the kernel identity mapping share the same
+		 * page-table pages. Thus we can't really use different
+		 * protections for the kernel text and identity mappings. Also,
+		 * these shared mappings are made of small page mappings.
+		 * Thus this don't enforce !RW mapping for small page kernel
+		 * text mapping logic will help Linux Xen parvirt guest boot
+		 * aswell.
+		 */
+		if (lookup_address(address, &level) && (level != PG_LEVEL_4K))
+			pgprot_val(forbidden) |= _PAGE_RW;
+	}
 #endif
 
 	prot = __pgprot(pgprot_val(prot) & ~pgprot_val(forbidden));
diff --git a/drivers/char/agp/Kconfig b/drivers/char/agp/Kconfig
index 2fb3a480f6b07e1fdd41c2e2bf9fd02ad06ab4d5..4b66c69eaf5790d104cf653dd48a14e5eb2940bf 100644
--- a/drivers/char/agp/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/char/agp/Kconfig
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ config AGP_AMD
 
 config AGP_AMD64
 	tristate "AMD Opteron/Athlon64 on-CPU GART support"
-	depends on AGP && X86
+	depends on AGP && X86 && K8_NB
 	help
 	  This option gives you AGP support for the GLX component of
 	  X using the on-CPU northbridge of the AMD Athlon64/Opteron CPUs.