I am experiencing a few kernel panics on my Linux system using 2.6.32 and 2.6.32.1 kernels
with nosmp.

Linux f6bvp-11 2.6.32.1-nosmp #4 Tue Dec 15 23:13:28 CET 2009 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     E4500  @ 2.20GHz GNU/Linux
 
Gnu C                  4.3.2
Gnu make               3.81
binutils               2.19.51.0.2.20090204
util-linux             2.14.1
mount                  support
module-init-tools      3.6
e2fsprogs              1.41.4
PPP                    2.4.4
Linux C Library        2.9
Dynamic linker (ldd)   2.9
Procps                 3.2.7
Net-tools              1.60
Kbd                    1.15
Sh-utils               7.1
Modules Loaded         netconsole netrom mkiss rose ax25 nfsd exportfs nfs lockd nfs_acl auth_rpcgss sunrpc af_packet ipv6 binfmt_misc loop ext3 jbd snd_via82xx snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus snd_mpu401_uart snd_rawmidi snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm snd_timer snd_page_alloc snd_mixer_oss snd i2c_viapro 8139cp i2c_core floppy sg sr_mod shpchp 8139too rtc_cmos soundcore pci_hotplug button via_agp mii evdev pata_via ata_generic ide_pci_generic sata_via libata sd_mod scsi_mod crc_t10dif

The last kernel panic is reporting a kernel BUG at kernel/timer.c:951!

Bernard Pidoux