There was a second patch that I missed that fixed an original regression, so I've just squashed that one into this V3 patch along with the reference count issue that Jack Stone pointed out. These patches can be found in their original form in git://kernel.ubuntu.git/ubuntu/ubuntu-oneiric.git UBUNTU: SAUCE: fbcon -- fix race between open and removal of framebuffers UBUNTU: SAUCE: fbcon -- fix OOPs triggered by race prevention fixes rtg -- Tim Gardner tim.gardner@canonical.com