2.6.10 kernel hangs after timer_init

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2.6.10 kernel hangs on my board with PPC64 processors. The log is below. There must be a fix for this somewhere because it boots just fine on 2.6.14 kernel. Could someone please point me to the fix for this?

time_init: decrementer frequency = 112.500000 MHz
time_init: processor frequency   = 1800.000000 MHz
 -> set_preferred_console()
stdout is /ht@0/isa@8,2/serial@a0
Found serial console at ttyS0
smp_prepare_cpus
smp_mpic_probe()...
nr_cpus: 2
smp: kicking cpu 1

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