Grsec Kernel Either Panics Or Hang On Reboot

I installed latest kernel ( 2.6.24.4 or 2.6.24.3 ) with grsec which either panics or hang on reboot before reaching boot prompt, just when /sbin/init runs. Experienced the same with grsec patched kernel 2.6.22.9 on several servers with the same hardware.

On server with AMD Operton, I was able to successfully compile 2.6.24.4 with grsec and boot into.

Server hardware details
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[root@server kernels]# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU 5148 @ 2.33GHz
stepping : 6
cpu MHz : 2333.469
cache size : 4096 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 0
cpu cores : 2
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr dca lahf_lm
bogomips : 4670.51

processor : 1
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU 5148 @ 2.33GHz
stepping : 6
cpu MHz : 2333.469
cache size : 4096 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 1
cpu cores : 2
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr dca lahf_lm
bogomips : 4667.16

[root@server kernels]#

[root@server ~]# uname -a
Linux server.name 2.6.19.2-grsec #1 SMP Tue Jan 15 07:08:50 CST 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[root@server ~]#

[root@server kernels]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5000P Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev b1)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset PCI Express x8 Port 2-3 (rev b1)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset PCI Express x8 Port 4-5 (rev b1)
00:06.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset PCI Express x8 Port 6-7 (rev b1)
00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset DMA Engine (rev b1)
00:10.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset FSB Registers (rev b1)
00:10.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset FSB Registers (rev b1)
00:10.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset FSB Registers (rev b1)
00:11.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset Reserved Registers (rev b1)
00:13.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset Reserved Registers (rev b1)
00:15.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset FBD Registers (rev b1)
00:16.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset FBD Registers (rev b1)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 09)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset UHCI USB Controller #1 (rev 09)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset UHCI USB Controller #2 (rev 09)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset UHCI USB Controller #3 (rev 09)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset UHCI USB Controller #4 (rev 09)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset EHCI USB2 Controller (rev 09)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev d9)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 09)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB IDE Controller (rev 09)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset SATA IDE Controller (rev 09)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 09)
01:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6311ESB/6321ESB PCI Express Upstream Port (rev 01)
01:00.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6311ESB/6321ESB PCI Express to PCI-X Bridge (rev 01)
02:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6311ESB/6321ESB PCI Express Downstream Port E1 (rev 01)
02:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6311ESB/6321ESB PCI Express Downstream Port E3 (rev 01)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 80003ES2LAN Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 01)
04:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 80003ES2LAN Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 01)
06:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 80333 Segment-A PCI Express-to-PCI Express Bridge
06:00.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 80333 Segment-B PCI Express-to-PCI Express Bridge
07:0e.0 RAID bus controller: Adaptec AAC-RAID
0a:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6702PXH PCI Express-to-PCI Bridge A (rev 09)
0c:01.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc ES1000 (rev 02)
[root@server kernels]#

[root@server ~]# lsmod
Module Size Used by
ip_conntrack_irc 11181 0
xt_conntrack 6876 0
xt_state 6544 16
ip_conntrack_ftp 11800 0
ipt_recent 13376 0
ipt_LOG 10781 0
xt_length 6312 0
xt_mac 6274 0
xt_multiport 7643 4
ipt_ttl 6266 0
xt_limit 6976 6
ipt_TOS 6555 14
ipt_ULOG 12126 0
ipt_TCPMSS 8276 1
ipt_owner 6335 0
ipt_ecn 6579 0
ip_conntrack 49498 4 ip_conntrack_irc,xt_conntrack,xt_state,ip_conntrack_ftp
ptpatch2008 7144 0
xt_tcpudp 7444 194
ipv6 248537 39
sunrpc 155556 1
iptable_filter 7336 1
iptable_mangle 7151 1
ip_tables 17800 2 iptable_filter,iptable_mangle
x_tables 19427 16 xt_conntrack,xt_state,ipt_recent,ipt_LOG,xt_length,xt_mac,xt_multiport,ipt_ttl,xt_limit,ipt_TOS,ipt_ULOG,ipt_TCPMSS,ipt_owner,ipt_ecn,xt_tcpudp,ip_tab les
dm_mirror 27216 0
dm_mod 60685 1 dm_mirror
button 11061 0
battery 14432 0
asus_acpi 20440 0
ac 9549 0
i2c_i801 12050 0
i2c_core 25366 1 i2c_i801
shpchp 40012 0
e1000 119987 0
floppy 61606 0
ext3 130212 6
jbd 61020 1 ext3
ata_piix 19728 0
libata 104369 1 ata_piix
aacraid 60341 7
usb_storage 66142 0
uhci_hcd 26859 0
ohci_hcd 23774 0
ehci_hcd 34026 0
sd_mod 24286 8
scsi_mod 136564 4 libata,aacraid,usb_storage,sd_mod

[root@server ~]# cat /etc/modprobe.conf
alias scsi_hostadapter usb-storage
alias eth0 e1000
alias eth1 e1000
alias scsi_hostadapter1 aacraid
alias scsi_hostadapter2 ata_piix
alias scsi_hostadapter3 usb-storage
alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
alias usb-controller1 uhci-hcd
[root@server ~]#