This kernel _DOES_ boot. Other things were causing my problem.
However if you do want to try this kernel with previously created
image with u-boot setup to load a devtree then I believe you will need
to change the boot.scr file to remove the loading of the device tree
since this kernel does not y
There is a packaged kernel work in progress here:
http://git.linaro.org/gitweb?p=ubuntu/linux-linaro-oneiric.git;a=summary
git://git.linaro.org/ubuntu/linux-linaro-oneiric.git
It is based on a snapshot of linux-linaro-2.6.39 from today plus sauce
and packaging from Ubuntu-2.6.39-3.10.
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