Bug#536354: linux-2.6: [s390,lenny] kernel panic during boot
On Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 03:03:51PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> > A user reported on d-s390 [1] that a Lenny installation on s390 failed
> > with a kernel panic during boot. I could reproduce the panic on my
> > Hercules system using the installer.
>
> Hmmm. This is fun. If I cross-compile the kernel myself it boots fine.
>
> I used my own cross-build system for this, not the Debian build system.
>
> Here's what I did:
> - apt-get source linux-2.6 (on lenny of course)
> - apply patches from all series files (1-17; except *-extra)
> - copy kernel config from 2.6.26-2-s390
> - cross-build
> - install and boot the resulting .deb package
>
> Did I miss anything here?
>
> Anyway, I wonder if the problem is maybe just a weird error in the build
> environment used to build the current official package. If that is the
> case then a simple rebuild could fix that.
>
> Dann: could you maybe rebuild the kernel for s390 and send me the
> resulting image so I could check that?
I'll start a build on zelenka once my build-dep install request is
fulfilled.
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dann frazier
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