diff -urN 2.2.19pre3/include/linux/kernel.h hard_panic/include/linux/kernel.h
--- 2.2.19pre3/include/linux/kernel.h	Mon Dec 11 16:58:05 2000
+++ hard_panic/include/linux/kernel.h	Fri Dec 22 20:43:43 2000
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
 extern struct notifier_block *panic_notifier_list;
 NORET_TYPE void panic(const char * fmt, ...)
 	__attribute__ ((NORET_AND format (printf, 1, 2)));
+NORET_TYPE void hard_panic(const char * fmt, ...)
+	__attribute__ ((NORET_AND format (printf, 1, 2)));
 NORET_TYPE void do_exit(long error_code)
 	ATTRIB_NORET;
 extern unsigned long simple_strtoul(const char *,char **,unsigned int);
diff -urN 2.2.19pre3/kernel/ksyms.c hard_panic/kernel/ksyms.c
--- 2.2.19pre3/kernel/ksyms.c	Mon Dec 11 16:58:06 2000
+++ hard_panic/kernel/ksyms.c	Fri Dec 22 20:43:43 2000
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@
 
 /* misc */
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(panic);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(hard_panic);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(printk);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sprintf);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vsprintf);
diff -urN 2.2.19pre3/kernel/panic.c hard_panic/kernel/panic.c
--- 2.2.19pre3/kernel/panic.c	Thu May  4 13:00:40 2000
+++ hard_panic/kernel/panic.c	Fri Dec 22 20:43:54 2000
@@ -88,3 +88,55 @@
 		CHECK_EMERGENCY_SYNC
 	}
 }
+
+NORET_TYPE void hard_panic(const char * fmt, ...)
+{
+        static char buf[1024];
+        va_list args;
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_S390
+        unsigned long caller = (unsigned long) __builtin_return_address(0);
+#endif
+
+        va_start(args, fmt);
+        vsprintf(buf, fmt, args);
+        va_end(args);
+        printk(KERN_EMERG "Kernel panic: %s\n", buf);
+
+        unblank_console();
+
+#ifdef __SMP__
+        smp_send_stop();
+#endif
+
+        notifier_call_chain(&panic_notifier_list, 0, NULL);
+
+        if (panic_timeout > 0)
+        {
+                /*
+                 * Delay timeout seconds before rebooting the machine. 
+                 * We can't use the "normal" timers since we just panicked..
+                 */
+                printk(KERN_EMERG "Rebooting in %d seconds..",panic_timeout);
+                mdelay(panic_timeout*1000);
+                /*
+                 *      Should we run the reboot notifier. For the moment Im
+                 *      choosing not too. It might crash, be corrupt or do
+                 *      more harm than good for other reasons.
+                 */
+                machine_restart(NULL);
+        }
+#ifdef __sparc__
+        {
+                extern int stop_a_enabled;
+                /* Make sure the user can actually press L1-A */
+                stop_a_enabled = 1;
+                printk("Press L1-A to return to the boot prom\n");
+        }
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_S390
+        disabled_wait(caller);
+#endif
+        sti();
+        for(;;) {
+        }
+}