--- linux-2.6.20.noarch/drivers/base/firmware_class.c.orig	2007-03-26 14:20:38.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.20.noarch/drivers/base/firmware_class.c	2007-03-26 18:10:09.000000000 -0400
@@ -81,8 +81,15 @@
 firmware_timeout_store(struct class *class, const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
 	loading_timeout = simple_strtol(buf, NULL, 10);
-	if (loading_timeout < 0)
+	if (loading_timeout <= 0)
 		loading_timeout = 0;
+	else if (loading_timeout < 60) {
+		if (printk_ratelimit)
+			printk(KERN_INFO
+			       "firmware_class: attempt to set timeout to %d\n",
+			       loading_timeout);
+		loading_timeout = 60;
+	}
 	return count;
 }