Bug#536354: linux-2.6: [s390,lenny] kernel panic during boot

[dann frazier <dannf@debian.org>]

On Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 10:05:15AM -0600, dann frazier wrote:
> 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.

Here's a simple rebuild from zelenka's lenny chroot:
  http://people.debian.org/~dannf/bugs/536354/
(will appear once slow rsync finishes)
-- 
dann frazier