Bug#404148: kernel: data corruption with nvidia chipsets and IDE/SATA drives // memory hole mapping related bug?!
On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 11:25:13PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> So regrettably, this bug went more or less unnoticed on the 'kernel'
> pseudopackage until now, and it does appear (based on the upstream
> discussion) to affect the etch kernels. And in addition to it being noticed
> after the upload of 2.6.18.dfsg.1-11, there also doesn't seem to be a real
> upstream fix available for the problem yet.
>
> There does seem to be a workaround available though, which is iommu=soft.
> At the moment, I'm doubtful that we could change the kernel to force this
> setting on only the nvidia chipsets in time for etch. Should we instead tag
> this bug etch-ignore, and refer the iommu=soft workaround to the release
> notes?
Could this also be related to my #414580 problems ? Will try the iommu=soft
option now. Mmm, ...
No, iommu=soft doesn't seem to help there.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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