DJBARROW@de.ibm.com writes:
 > I'm sure you both understand the problem & have a valid solution.
 > But out of curiousity have either of you looked at the
dev.c.2.4.5.v2.patch
 > & have an opinon on it.

Not yet, I simply don't have the time today.  I'll look at it tomorrow
or the next day.

Besides, debugging PCI x86 bios code is so much fun. :-(

Later,
David S. Miller
davem@redhat.com