my bad - sorry. it was some other stupid change of mine to the kernel [i.e
not a fresh kernel] which caused the lockup.
i am mailing this after booting from a _fresh_ kernel, no modules and
your patch applied.
it works great:). hope this helps.
i can now start stress-testing it....
Vikram
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