diff -rudp linux-2.6.16/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c linux-2.6.16.new/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c
--- linux-2.6.16/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c	2006-03-20 05:53:29.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-2.6.16.new/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c	2006-04-06 17:45:04.009752787 +0100
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <linux/config.h>	/* CONFIG_ALPHA_LCA etc */
 #include <linux/mc146818rtc.h>
 #include <linux/console.h>
+#include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
@@ -477,6 +478,22 @@ page_is_ram(unsigned long pfn)
 #undef PFN_PHYS
 #undef PFN_MAX
 
+static struct cpu cpu_devices[NR_CPUS];
+
+int __init alpha_init(void)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	/* register CPU devices */
+	for (i = 0; i < NR_CPUS; i++)
+		if (cpu_possible(i))
+			register_cpu(&cpu_devices[i], i, NULL);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+arch_initcall(alpha_init);
+
 void __init
 setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 {
diff -rudp linux-2.6.16/arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c linux-2.6.16.new/arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c
--- linux-2.6.16/arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c	2006-03-20 05:53:29.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-2.6.16.new/arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c	2006-04-06 17:45:08.810533978 +0100
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ static int smp_secondary_alive __initdat
 
 /* Which cpus ids came online.  */
 cpumask_t cpu_present_mask;
+cpumask_t cpu_possible_map;
 cpumask_t cpu_online_map;
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpu_online_map);
diff -rudp linux-2.6.16/include/asm-alpha/smp.h linux-2.6.16.new/include/asm-alpha/smp.h
--- linux-2.6.16/include/asm-alpha/smp.h	2006-03-20 05:53:29.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-2.6.16.new/include/asm-alpha/smp.h	2006-04-06 17:45:08.812487103 +0100
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ extern struct cpuinfo_alpha cpu_data[NR_
 #define raw_smp_processor_id()	(current_thread_info()->cpu)
 
 extern cpumask_t cpu_present_mask;
+extern cpumask_t cpu_possible_map;
 extern cpumask_t cpu_online_map;
 extern int smp_num_cpus;
-#define cpu_possible_map	cpu_present_mask
 
 int smp_call_function_on_cpu(void (*func) (void *info), void *info,int retry, int wait, cpumask_t cpu);