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Edward M wrote: |
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> On 10/20/2013 9:27 PM, Dale wrote: |
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>> I did some googling and found out that I have to add " |
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>> iommu=pt" to the kernel command line. When I do that, it works fine. |
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> In the UEFI/BIOS menus; does it have a "|IOMMU Controller" |
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> option and if |
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> it does, try enabling it and boot linux normally. |
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That is what I had to do. I also had to add the line to the kernel |
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command line to be able to boot. It required both to get this working. |
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It *seems* that I have to force something to work by adding the command |
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line option. I have done that a few times in the past but to me, it |
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seems like some sort of hack. I *hope* to have this mobo for many |
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years. If it is going to be flakey, weird, odd or any other words that |
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some may use to describe ME, lol, I'd just rather switch to something |
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else now. I picked Gigabyte because they seem to be rock solid. It |
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seems this mobo is a exception to the rule. |
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While I like Gigabyte as a brand, if this is going to be something that |
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reduces the value of my purchase, I want to get something else. I |
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assume that the iommu has something to do with IO, input/output. If |
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using that option is going to slow something down or otherwise have a |
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negative impact on performance, time to switch. |
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I still got some reading to do so this may change as I find out more but |
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based on what I have read so far, this mobo just doesn't like Linux. |
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Anything that doesn't like Linux in this house, doesn't stay around |
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long. As some may know, I am a Linux only person. |
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Tyan is a mobo I have heard good things about. I think someone gave me |
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a puter to repair once that had a ASUS mobo. It seemed to be a nice |
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mobo. Pity the guys house caught fire from the central heat tho. I'm |
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open to ideas here. |
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Basically, I want to make sure this is going to meet my expectations for |
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years to come. If it won't, time to switch. |
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Thanks to all for the help. I figured I was missing something in the |
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kernel but wasn't expecting this, not from Gigabyte at least. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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