problem booting linux with qemu-system-arm -M spitz

[Waldemar Brodkorb]

Hi Kernel hackers,

I am trying to run Linux on Qemu/arm emulator with machine type
spitz. In the past this worked fine.
Now with Linux version 3.9.11 it does not boot anymore. 
(blank screen, no kernel messages)

I used git bisect to find the commit, which breaks the boot:
commit 4e8ee7de227e3ab9a72040b448ad728c5428a042
Author: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>
Date:   Wed Nov 23 12:26:25 2011 +0000

I am using Qemu 1.6.0 on a Debian/x86_64 host.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance
 Waldemar