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

[Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>]

> 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?

Cheers,
FJP