I'd like some input on this:

I have a patch that fixes SSE problems on 2.4 kernels. However, on 2.6
kernels it breaks OpenGL (applications segfault).

Currently I'm applying this patch if /usr/src/linux is linked to a 2.4
kernel at compile-time.

This means that if a user emerges xfree when linked to a 2.4 kernel,
that user will need to remerge xfree after moving to 2.6 kernels. This
takes about 40 minutes on a ~2GHz x86. However, if this patch is not
applied, the bug will continue to exist for all Gentoo users on 2.4
kernels.

My request to you is:
1) Is this acceptable?
2) If not, what is a better solution? Dropping the patch entirely? Note
that I don't know Mesa/programming well enough to write a patch
compatible for both 2.4 and 2.6 kernels.

Thanks,
Donnie