And as an aside for everyone, the same bug has been there for a long time, even in the 1.02/1.03 player releases. But for stuck jiffies to actually happen, other system interrupts have to do a lot of processing (more than a jiffie's worth).

The Hijack kernels perform more processing per interrupt than the "stock" kernels, causing the condition to arise more often than it otherwise might have. The ethernet and USB drivers (in the kernel) are also relatively slow at times, triggering the condition.

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