Re: Dual Core processor ?

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

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On 07/25/08 20:21, Andrew Reid wrote:
[snip]
> 
>   - For certain nVidia chipsets in combination with large XFS
>       file systems, you need to boot with "iommu=soft" in order
>       to avoid (infrequent) random filesystem errors.  See the
>       Debian "etch" release notes for details.

I don't see this mentioned in the i386 notes.  Does it only affect
AMD64?  And, specifically, AMD chips?
http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-rc@lists.debian.org/msg97076.html

Also, has it been fixed in later kernels?

Lastly, what, in this instance, is "large"?

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

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