When I flash the zImage to the device it won't boot properly, probably need to enable rd mode on the device and compile the kernel with framebuffer (so I can see the kernel boot messages) to debug this.

My weekend is already booked though, on sunday I might have an hour or so but I'll probably spend that on the Python/DBus side of things (since the kernel compile alone takes some 25-35min)

So if *you* have a scatchbox and some spare time: Use the patches linked above and see if you can figure it out.