NMI on boot when initializing Broadcom BCM5704 with tg3 driver on RHEL 5.8

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

Trying to boot any 2.6.18-308 kernel so far produces:

Bringing up interface bond0 Uhhuh. NMI received from unknown reason 25.
Do you have a strange power saving mode enabled?
Dazed and confused, but trying to continue.

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8

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