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I updated my kernel to -2.6.36-rc2-3-default from the kernel head repository and during reboot got a blank screen. Had to do a hard reboot.

during mkinitrd saw one warning that said ext4 module not found

running mkinitrd -v returns
Kernel image:   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.36-rc2-3-default
Initrd image:   /boot/initrd-2.6.36-rc2-3-default
KMS drivers:    intel-agp i915
Root device:    /dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HTS543216L9SA00_090625FB02015CDJN8AA-part4 (/dev/sda4) (mounted on / as ext4)
Resume device:  /dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HTS543216L9SA00_090625FB02015CDJN8AA-part5 (/dev/sda5)
[BLOCK] /dev/sda -> ata_piix
[BLOCK] /dev/sda -> sd_mod
[MODULES]       02-start.sh: thermal ahci ata_piix ata_generic processor fan
[MODULES]       02-start.sh: 
[MODULES]       03-rtc.sh: rtc_cmos
[MODULES]       03-storage.sh: ext4
[MODULES]       05-kms.sh: intel-agp i915
[MODULES]       11-block.sh: ata_piix sd_mod
[MODULES]       11-usb.sh: usbcore
[MODULES]       11-usb.sh: ohci_hcd
[MODULES]       11-usb.sh: uhci-hcd
[MODULES]       11-usb.sh: ehci_hcd
[MODULES]       11-usb.sh: usbhid
[MODULES]       'modinfo -k "2.6.36-rc2-3-default" -F supported'  returned with an error.
Kernel Modules: hwmon thermal_sys thermal scsi_mod libata libahci ahci ata_piix ata_generic processor fan rtc-lib rtc-core rtc-cmos crc16 jbd2 ext4 intel-agp output video i2c-core button i2c-algo-bit drm drm_kms_helper i915 sd_mod usbcore ohci-hcd ehci-hcd uhci-hcd hid usbhid 
[MOUNT] Root:   /dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HTS543216L9SA00_090625FB02015CDJN8AA-part4
Features:       kms block usb resume.userspace resume.kernel
Bootsplash:     openSUSE (1024x768), openSUSE (1440x900)
Shared libs:    /lib/udev/bluetooth_serial is a script
/lib/udev/bluetooth.sh is a script
/lib/udev/collect_lvm is a script
/lib/udev/findkeyboards is a script
/lib/udev/idedma.sh is a script
/lib/udev/iwlwifi-led.sh is a script
/lib/udev/keyboard-force-release.sh is a script
/lib/udev/kpartx_id is a script
/lib/udev/udev-add-printer is a script
/lib/udev/usb_modeswitch is a script
/lib/udev/write_cd_rules is a script
/lib/udev/write_net_rules is a script
/lib/mkinitrd/bin/ipconfig.sh is a script
/sbin/ifup is a script
/lib/mkinitrd/bin/ipconfig.sh is a script
/lib/mkinitrd/bin/linuxrc is a script
/usr/bin/on_ac_power is a script
lib/ld-2.11.2.so lib/libacl.so.1.1.0 lib/libattr.so.1.1.0 lib/libblkid.so.1.1.0 lib/libcap.so.2.16 lib/libcom_err.so.2.1 lib/libcrypto.so.1.0.0 lib/libc-2.11.2.so lib/libdevmapper.so.1.02 lib/libdl-2.11.2.so lib/libe2p.so.2.3 lib/libext2fs.so.2.4 lib/libgcrypt.so.11.5.2 lib/libgpg-error.so.0.6.0 lib/libkeyutils-1.3.so lib/liblzo2.so.2.0.0 lib/libm-2.11.2.so lib/libncurses.so.5.7 lib/libpcre.so.0.0.1 lib/libpthread-2.11.2.so lib/libreadline.so.6.1 lib/libresolv-2.11.2.so lib/librt-2.11.2.so lib/libselinux.so.1 lib/libsepol.so.1 lib/libssl.so.1.0.0 lib/libsysfs.so.2.0.1 lib/libudev.so.0.9.1 lib/libutil-2.11.2.so lib/libuuid.so.1.3.0 lib/libz.so.1.2.3 usr/lib/libatasmart.so.4.0.3 usr/lib/libcups.so.2 usr/lib/libdal-0.3.so.0.0.0 usr/lib/libdirect-1.2.so.9.0.0 usr/lib/libdirectfb-1.2.so.9.0.0 usr/lib/libfusion-1.2.so.9.0.0 usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.2400.1 usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2.2 usr/lib/libk5crypto.so.3.1 usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3.3 usr/lib/libkrb5support.so.0.1 usr/lib/libparted.so.0.0.1 usr/lib/libreiserfs-0.3.so.0.0.0 usr/lib/libsplashycnf.so.1.0.0 usr/lib/libsplashy.so.1.0.0 usr/lib/libusb-0.1.so.4.4.4 usr/lib/libusb-1.0.so.0.0.0 lib/libnss_dns-2.11.2.so lib/libnss_dns.so.2 lib/libnss_files-2.11.2.so lib/libnss_files.so.2 lib/libgcc_s.so.1 
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Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.upgrade the kernel
2.reboot
3.
Actual Results:  
system freeze

Expected Results:  
a booted system