Here's the fix:

1. "mem=nopentium" is actually only supported on x86_32.  On all other
platforms, "mem=nopentium" is not recognized at all, and gets handled
the same as "mem=blahblah" or any junk string: as if "mem=0" (zero) was
specified.  So on amd64 ...

2. Specifying "mem=0" (or any junk string, as above) surprisingly is not
detected as being a nutty idea... the kernel dutifully configures itself
with *zero* bytes of memory (!), resulting in the panic.

The attached patches correct the problem (I'll send them upstream).

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  mem=nopentium PANIC: early exception 08 rip 246:10

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