From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LCCrg-0007RG-MB for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:48:01 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 93614E08E8; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:47:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.osagesoftware.com (unknown [216.144.204.42]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62E6BE08E8 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:47:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fit-pc (unknown [192.168.1.232]) by mail.osagesoftware.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DAC37BC85; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:47:54 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:47:56 -0500 From: David Relson To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Cc: raffaele.belardi@st.com Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] ASUS M2A-VM and kernel 2.6.27 Message-ID: <20081215074756.33119ced@fit-pc> In-Reply-To: <49463793.8090000@st.com> References: <20081214183300.3ef9d3f1@osage.osagesoftware.com> <49463793.8090000@st.com> Organization: Osage Software Systems, Inc. X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.6.1 (GTK+ 2.12.11; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 94214b33-84b1-4348-90c5-1138cd66a7d3 X-Archives-Hash: 24ae795283b82d9e4eac3456a897c4e1 On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:55:15 +0100 Raffaele BELARDI wrote: > David Relson wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Anybody using an ASUS M2A-VM mobo with a 2.6.27 kernel? When I > > attempt to boot a 2.6.27 kernel, I see the "Loading modules" message > > (and messages for loaded modules) and then the boot process hangs. > > With a 2.6.25 kernel, after all the module messages boot displays > > "Activating mdev". I've never seen this message with the 2.6.27 > > kernel. For that matter, I tried 2.6.26 a while back and had the > > same problem. > > > > Anybody know about this problem or what might cause it? > > > > On a related note, a few weeks back I started seeing kernel messages > > like: > > > > PCI-DMA: Out of IOMMU space for 8192 bytes at device 0000:00:14.1 > > PCI-DMA: Out of IOMMU space for 1536 bytes at device 0000:02:00.0 > > > > The 2.6.25 kernel ran fine for several months before these started > > appearing, so I suspect a hardware issue. However, when running > > 2.6.27's "make xconfig" I noticed there's an AMD_IOMMU option. I'd > > very much like to see if it relates to the messages above. > > > > If you've got an M2A-VM running, perhaps you could share > > your .config with me??? > > I have used on a M2A-VM without problems the 2.6.27-rc6 from the > kernel.org, now I am using the 2.6.28-rc6 (well, almost without > problems, see http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11599, and I > have yet another USB-related problem with this mobo). > > I'm on a different box now, I'll send you my .config tomorrow if you > still need it. But I always have all the modules I need built in the > kernel and module loading disabled, so I might not be affected by your > issue. > > I've not seen yet the IOMMU message. > > I did update the BIOS before installing Gentoo, there is one upgrade > specifically released to support Linux on the Asus support site. > > raf Hi Raf, A copy of the .config would be appreciated. It'll be a few days before I can test it because the board is boxed up ready to cross-ship to ASUS for a replacement. FWIW, I've had the board for a year or so. I learned when I got it that the USB support for the SB600 is bad (based on discussions with the kernel USB mailing list). I worked around that problem with a PCI USB card. Regards, David