Went ahead and (up)graded my kernel from v2.6.35-rc1 to v2.6.32-23 and patched as described in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/554099/comments/33
Works now, though another bug is present in this kernel too (Intel i3/i5/i7 fails to resume from suspend).
So now I am going to try to apply two patches, at some point.
Went ahead and (up)graded my kernel from v2.6.35-rc1 to v2.6.32-23 and patched as described in https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ linux/+ bug/554099/ comments/ 33
Works now, though another bug is present in this kernel too (Intel i3/i5/i7 fails to resume from suspend).
So now I am going to try to apply two patches, at some point.