Comment 13 for bug 568611

@Jerone - This fix has not yet been submitted to the kernel lists, since I'm still working on polishing the patches -- I consider this to be a "PRELIMINARY TEST FIX" only, but I would like to get confirmation from the other bug subscribers that the method works without problems for them. The patches as they currently stand are available for inspection (at the same URL as the binary kernel). The patches will be sent upstream to linux-acpi and linux-kernel once they're ready.