Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c	2008-05-26 19:09:10.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c	2008-05-26 19:09:17.000000000 -0700
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
 	}
 }
 
-static struct x8664_pda boot_cpu_pda[NR_CPUS] __cacheline_aligned;
+struct x8664_pda boot_cpu_pda[NR_CPUS] __cacheline_aligned;
 
 void __init x86_64_start_kernel(char * real_mode_data)
 {
@@ -162,10 +162,10 @@
 	early_printk("Kernel alive\n");
 
 	/*
-	 * Boot cpu can get a fully functional per cpu area immediately
-	 * by using the per cpu area provided by the loader. Includes the pda.
+	 * Boot cpu can get a functional per cpu area immediately by using
+	 * the per cpu area copy provided by the loader. Includes the pda.
 	 */
-	__per_cpu_offset[0] = (unsigned long)__per_cpu_load;
+	__per_cpu_offset[0] = (unsigned long)__per_cpu_area0;
 	pda_init(0);
 	per_cpu(pda.data_offset, 0) = __per_cpu_offset[0];