Hello,
So I guess some lessons to learn for this project:

1) If you modify someone's code, make sure you test your changes (and preferably don't mess up the formatting) so their code is not now blamed for a boot regression.
2) If someone tells you how to fix their code after it's been messed up, apply the fix.
3) If you choose to roll your own fix, write something useful instead of breaking the function (logic-wise) even more.

Again, I'm afraid the problem is most of you are students and don't have work ethics of real employees -- this seems to be the root of many problems this project has had since the last 2 years I've been watching and working on the ARM port.

 Carry on!

-r