The attached patch fixes the problems introduced in this commit:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=eea0579fc85e64e9f05361d5aacf496fe7a151aa

- Fix nForce workaround by honouring the pointer_update var
- Revert "ns" to u64, as per the hrtimer API
- Revert to the zero-delay timer startup, since I can't reproduce any
  problem with it (please, give me the hint!)
Signed-off-by: Stas Sergeev <stsp@aknet.ru>
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>