kernel 2.4.19-pre3 locks solid at boot for Intel machine check

[Francois Baligant]

(sorry for the dupe if any, mail not reliable here today)

        I just tried plain 2.4.19-pre3 and it locks just after: 

CPU: L1 I cache: 16K, L1 D cache: 16K 
CPU: L2 cache: 512K 
Intel machine check architecture supported. 

where it display with 2.4.17-0.8 (rawhide): 

CPU: L1 I cache: 16K, L1 D cache: 16K 
CPU: L2 cache: 512K 
CPU: After vendor init, caps: 0387f9ff 00000000 00000000 000000000 
CPU serial number disabled 
Intel machine check architecture supported. 
Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0. 

cat /proc/cpuinfo 

processor       : 0 
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel 
cpu family      : 6 
model           : 7 
model name      : Pentium III (Katmai) 
stepping        : 2 
cpu MHz         : 501.158 
cache size      : 512 KB 
fdiv_bug        : no 
hlt_bug         : no 
f00f_bug        : no 
coma_bug        : no 
fpu             : yes 
fpu_exception   : yes 
cpuid level     : 2 
wp              : yes 
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse 
bogomips        : 999.42 

        Is this a know problem ? 

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