Andrey Petrov drunkenly mumbled...
> Can you try current kernel. I changed driver recently and I'd like to
> know how it behaves in situation like this. I might be able to provide
> kernel but will need some time to set an environment. If you got
> working system you just need to get current sources and build GENERIC.

at this point the machine is blank, so i can install and try whatever.  i'll
do that and report here, also, should i build anything special into the kernel
(debug for instance) or is a stright GENERIC fine?

-brian