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
