Hello,

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I hope the 0xffffffff change will go into pre9.

Did Dave ack that patch? I did not resend it, to be honest.

He didn't (at least not to me). I've to admit I've no experience
with submitting patches to main kernel. A sent them to you because
you are author of these parts and I haven't wanted to bypass you.

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I've another potential bug for you ;)

OK. I will pack both of them.

Thanks. I should say that I didn't tested the change extensively but
seems to work (I didn't tested it 497 days however :).
Probably the change is simple enough to be validated at the first
sight.