Re: XFS frequent crashes on PE1950 with perc 5/e and 2xMD1000

[Tomek Kruszona <bloodyscarion@gmail.com>]

Andrew Reid wrote:
>   This strongly resembles an issue I had on a file server -- 
> I don't have my notes handy, but it had to do with an issue
> in which the kernel was interacting badly with a particular 
> motherboard chipset.
> 
>   The workaround was to reboot with the "iommu=soft" option
> passed to the kernel.
> 
>   My problem was with an "etch" kernel, and it was my understanding
> that newer kernels were not expected to have this problem, so 
> I may be off-base, but that's my experience.
> 
>   It sounds like this is at least an easy thing to try -- I really
> wish I could find my notes...
I'll try this option. I just need to wait for next crash ;)