2.5.69-bk12 fails to boot

[Brett]

Hey,

Continuing problem since 2.5.68

More details at 
<http://bad-sports.com/~brett/bugreports/kernel/2.5.69-failboot/>
and 
<http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=677>

(including .config and steps taken to diagnose)

summary:

kernel refuses to boot
if vga=ask is used, it correctly asks for the resolution
changes to that resolution
and hangs

p75 laptop
problem occured with gcc-3.2.2 and 3.3
early_printk patch did not print anything to screen

i'm at a loss as to how to diagnose/fix
and would appreciate help and suggestions

thanks,

	/ Brett