Re: [gentoo-amd64] ASUS M2A-VM and kernel 2.6.27

[Raffaele BELARDI]

David Relson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Anybody using an ASUS M2A-VM mobo with a 2.6.27 kernel?  When I
> attempt to boot a 2.6.27 kernel, I see the "Loading modules" message
> (and messages for loaded modules) and then the boot process hangs.
> With a 2.6.25 kernel, after all the module messages boot displays
> "Activating mdev".  I've never seen this message with the 2.6.27
> kernel.  For that matter, I tried 2.6.26 a while back and had the same
> problem.
>
> Anybody know about this problem or what might cause it?
>
> On a related note, a few weeks back I started seeing kernel messages
> like:
>
> PCI-DMA: Out of IOMMU space for 8192 bytes at device 0000:00:14.1
> PCI-DMA: Out of IOMMU space for 1536 bytes at device 0000:02:00.0
>
> The 2.6.25 kernel ran fine for several months before these started
> appearing, so I suspect a hardware issue.  However, when running
> 2.6.27's "make xconfig" I noticed there's an AMD_IOMMU option.  I'd
> very much like to see if it relates to the messages above.
>
> If you've got an M2A-VM running, perhaps you could share your .config
> with me???

I have used on a M2A-VM without problems the 2.6.27-rc6 from the
kernel.org, now I am using the 2.6.28-rc6 (well, almost without
problems, see http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11599, and I
have yet another  USB-related problem with this mobo).

I'm on a different box now, I'll send you my .config tomorrow if you
still need it. But I always have all the modules I need built in the
kernel and module loading disabled, so I might not be affected by your
issue.

I've not seen yet the IOMMU message.

I did update the BIOS before installing Gentoo, there is one upgrade
specifically released to support Linux on the Asus support site.

raf