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On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:55:15 +0100 |
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Raffaele BELARDI wrote: |
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> David Relson wrote: |
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> > Hi, |
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> > |
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> > Anybody using an ASUS M2A-VM mobo with a 2.6.27 kernel? When I |
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> > attempt to boot a 2.6.27 kernel, I see the "Loading modules" message |
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> > (and messages for loaded modules) and then the boot process hangs. |
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> > With a 2.6.25 kernel, after all the module messages boot displays |
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> > "Activating mdev". I've never seen this message with the 2.6.27 |
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> > kernel. For that matter, I tried 2.6.26 a while back and had the |
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> > same problem. |
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> > |
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> > Anybody know about this problem or what might cause it? |
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> > |
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> > On a related note, a few weeks back I started seeing kernel messages |
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> > like: |
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> > |
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> > PCI-DMA: Out of IOMMU space for 8192 bytes at device 0000:00:14.1 |
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> > PCI-DMA: Out of IOMMU space for 1536 bytes at device 0000:02:00.0 |
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> > |
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> > The 2.6.25 kernel ran fine for several months before these started |
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> > appearing, so I suspect a hardware issue. However, when running |
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> > 2.6.27's "make xconfig" I noticed there's an AMD_IOMMU option. I'd |
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> > very much like to see if it relates to the messages above. |
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> > |
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> > If you've got an M2A-VM running, perhaps you could share |
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> > your .config with me??? |
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> I have used on a M2A-VM without problems the 2.6.27-rc6 from the |
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> kernel.org, now I am using the 2.6.28-rc6 (well, almost without |
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> problems, see http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11599, and I |
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> have yet another USB-related problem with this mobo). |
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> I'm on a different box now, I'll send you my .config tomorrow if you |
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> still need it. But I always have all the modules I need built in the |
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> kernel and module loading disabled, so I might not be affected by your |
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> issue. |
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> I've not seen yet the IOMMU message. |
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> I did update the BIOS before installing Gentoo, there is one upgrade |
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> specifically released to support Linux on the Asus support site. |
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> raf |
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Hi Raf, |
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A copy of the .config would be appreciated. It'll be a few days before |
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I can test it because the board is boxed up ready to cross-ship to ASUS |
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for a replacement. |
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FWIW, I've had the board for a year or so. I learned when I got it |
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that the USB support for the SB600 is bad (based on discussions with |
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the kernel USB mailing list). I worked around that problem with a PCI |
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USB card. |
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Regards, |
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David |
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