I have just committed the attached patch to the -tip tree.  I'm hoping 
it will improve the boot on certain embedded x86 platforms.  In 
particular, it should remove the need for CONFIG_X86_ELAN, which would 
be a good thing.

If you have access to any embedded platforms without KBC, and especially 
Elan, I would really appreciate it if you could test this out and report 
if it works.

	-hpa