Bug#404148: kernel: data corruption with nvidia chipsets and IDE/SATA drives // memory hole mapping
On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 07:59:44PM +0200, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote:
> Andreas Barth wrote:
> > BTW, we intended to have frequent kernel uploads to proposed-updates,
> > and frankly speaking, I personally don't mind to already have a newer
> > kernel in proposed-updates during the release, but that's something I
> > want to have signed-off by Martin.
> The main problem with the whole release-notes-only-issue is,... that
> data corruption might already occur during installation. So even if the
> user reads the release notes (I assume this happens mostly (if at all)
> after installation) he might already have some corruptions.
Well, there's no reason that someone can't use iommu=soft when booting the
installer, as well. So perhaps it would be best to clone that bug and
include this information in the installation guide or errata?
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