APIC problem on kernel Kernel 2.4.18

Hello,

I am running RedHat 7.3 with the SMP kernel 2.4.18 on IBM-x360 hardware, with 6GB memory and 2x1.6GHz Xeon CPUs. This server panic-ed with the following message:

mp-bios bug: 8254 time not connected to io-apic

  Kernel panic io-apic + timer doesn't work pester [email protected]

I also found these message:

WARNING: MP table in the EBDA can be UNSAFE, contact
[email protected] if you experience SMP problems!

WARNING: unexpected IO-APIC, please mail to [email protected]

in the syslog.

Has anyone else seen these messages? Is there a patch for this problem?

Thanks in advance.

-Ghaeini