Vertical padding of nested inline elements rendered under wrapping inline element

Actual (live) results in your browser:

abcdefghi

Expected results (screenshot 555px by 266px; link underlining may be different):

Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 1.5, Firefox 2, Firefox 3, Opera 9.27, Opera 9.50, Safari 3.1.2, Safari 4.0, Konqueror 3.5.9, Konqueror 4.1, Hv3 TKHTML alpha 16, Amaya 10.0.1, Seamonkey 1.x, Seamonkey 2.x, NS 7.2, K-meleon 1.x, Galeon 2.x, Epiphany 2.x all pass this test.

Update: This bug has been FIXED in Internet Explorer 8 beta 2 (build 6001.18241) released on August 28th 2008. Otherwise, Internet Explorer 8 beta 2 PASSES this specific and particular testcase.