diff -u -r linux-2.6.29-rc8/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c patched-linux-2.6.29-rc8/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
--- linux-2.6.29-rc8/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c	2009-03-12 22:39:28.000000000 -0400
+++ patched-linux-2.6.29-rc8/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c	2009-03-24 15:50:33.000000000 -0400
@@ -846,6 +846,13 @@
 			ret = vt_waitactive(arg - 1);
 		break;
 
+
+	case VT_WAITSWITCH:
+		if (!perm)
+			goto eperm;
+      ret = vt_waitactive(-1234);
+		break;
+      
 	/*
 	 * If a vt is under process control, the kernel will not switch to it
 	 * immediately, but postpone the operation until the process calls this
@@ -1202,6 +1209,11 @@
 		if (signal_pending(current))
 			break;
 		schedule();
+
+      if (vt == -1234) {
+         retval = 0;
+         break;
+      }
 	}
 	remove_wait_queue(&vt_activate_queue, &wait);
 	__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
diff -u -r linux-2.6.29-rc8/include/linux/time.h patched-linux-2.6.29-rc8/include/linux/time.h
--- linux-2.6.29-rc8/include/linux/time.h	2009-03-12 22:39:28.000000000 -0400
+++ patched-linux-2.6.29-rc8/include/linux/time.h	2009-03-23 16:57:37.000000000 -0400
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@
 
 extern void do_gettimeofday(struct timeval *tv);
 extern int do_settimeofday(struct timespec *tv);
+extern unsigned long do_callfunc_gettimeoffset(void);
+
+
 extern int do_sys_settimeofday(struct timespec *tv, struct timezone *tz);
 #define do_posix_clock_monotonic_gettime(ts) ktime_get_ts(ts)
 extern long do_utimes(int dfd, char __user *filename, struct timespec *times, int flags);
diff -u -r linux-2.6.29-rc8/include/linux/vt.h patched-linux-2.6.29-rc8/include/linux/vt.h
--- linux-2.6.29-rc8/include/linux/vt.h	2009-03-12 22:39:28.000000000 -0400
+++ patched-linux-2.6.29-rc8/include/linux/vt.h	2009-03-24 11:16:31.000000000 -0400
@@ -73,5 +73,6 @@
 #define VT_LOCKSWITCH   0x560B  /* disallow vt switching */
 #define VT_UNLOCKSWITCH 0x560C  /* allow vt switching */
 #define VT_GETHIFONTMASK 0x560D  /* return hi font mask */
+#define VT_WAITSWITCH    0x560E	/* wait for change in active vt */
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_VT_H */