Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: David Relson <david@×××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] ASUS M2A-VM and kernel 2.6.27
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:43:51
Message-Id: 20081215074348.18a71437@fit-pc
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] ASUS M2A-VM and kernel 2.6.27 by Martin Herrman
1 On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:11:22 +0100
2 Martin Herrman wrote:
3
4 > On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 1:37 AM, David Relson
5 > <david@×××××××××××××.com> wrote:
6 >
7 > > H'lo Branko,
8 > >
9 > > No nvidia. The M2A-VM mobo has builtin ATI Radeon X1200 capability
10 > > so I have no need for a separate video card.
11 > >
12 > > As to the IOMMU, I've already changed the BIOS to allow the maximum
13 > > memory usage (256MB) for the purpose. The change hasn't stopped the
14 > > "IOMMU out of space" messages.
15 > >
16 > > I'm truly looking for someone running 64 bit gentoo on the M2A-VM
17 > > mobo and using a new kernel with the CONFIG_AMD_IOMMU capability.
18 > >
19 > > Regards,
20 > >
21 > > David
22 >
23 > there are lot's of bios updates for this board that fix
24 > memory/compatibility issues. You might want to try latest BIOS, which
25 > currently is version 2201 that was released 10th of November.
26 >
27 > Martin
28
29 Hi Martin,
30
31 The board was RMA'd about 2 weeks ago. ASUS reflashed the BIOS and
32 sent it back. It still has problems, so it'll be cross shipped to ASUS
33 this week and I'll have a different board.
34
35 As the board is now outside my computer (waiting to be shipped), I
36 can't verify the BIOS revision. I'll check that info when the new
37 board arrives.
38
39 Regards,
40
41 David