For a tiny box, I comment out SVS and friends in the kernel config. I now see: ../../../../arch/amd64/amd64/amd64_trap.S:264: Error: no such instruction: `svs_enter_nmi' ../../../../arch/amd64/amd64/amd64_trap.S:284: Error: no such instruction: `svs_leave_nmi' Cheers, Patrick