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?

Thanks,
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Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
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