On Wed, 2009-12-16 at 23:27 +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> > Do you want me to revert 1c7c474c31aea6d5cb2fb35f31d9e9e91ae466b1
> > locally or try linux-2.6 old enough not to have this?
> The former.

That resolves the issue completely. I am now able to boot.

Regards,
Tony V.