[JaXXoN]

Hi just to keep you again in the loop, the problem still exists with
"mutex-free" 2.6.17. So it seems that mutexes are basically not the
problem ! However, it seems that there is some relationship concerning
how often the problem occurs ...

I fear, i need to go back kernel by kernel to 2.6.14 in order to
figure out where the regression was introduced.

regards

Bernhard