Bug#404148: marked as done (kernel: data corruption with nvidia chipsets and IDE/SATA drives // memory hole mapping related bug?!)

2007-05-24 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#404148: marked as done (kernel: data corruption with nvidia chipsets and IDE/SATA drives // memory hole mapping related bug?!)

2007-05-24 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Re: Bug 404148.

2007-05-07 Thread dann frazier
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 05:02:15PM +0200, ?ukasz Buczy?ski / Gadu-Gadu S.A. wrote: Hi. i'v been following discussion and you reply with etch repo on this address: deb http://kernel-archive.buildserver.net/debian-kernel etch main i saw that there is .deb files for other architecture not for

Bug#404148: Upstream patch by nVidia

2007-05-04 Thread Marcin Gozdalik
Hi I've been following this discussion as this problem hits many of my servers as well. Recently an upstream patch has appeared: http://groups.google.pl/group/linux.kernel/browse_thread/thread/4783711fa3d7592/dd12faec9a78f874 Is it possible to fix this problem in etch? Best regards, Marcin

Bug#404148: Upstream patch by nVidia

2007-05-04 Thread dann frazier
On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 10:34:39PM +0200, Marcin Gozdalik wrote: Hi I've been following this discussion as this problem hits many of my servers as well. Recently an upstream patch has appeared:

Bug#404148: kernel: data corruption with nvidia chipsets and IDE/SATA drives // memory hole mapping

2007-04-04 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 11:29:23PM +0200, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: Steve Langasek wrote: Well, there's no reason that someone can't use iommu=soft when booting the installer, as well. So perhaps it would be best to clone that bug and include this information in the installation

Bug#404148: disabling hw iommu on nvidia

2007-04-02 Thread dann frazier
+ /* Forcibly disabling nvidia HW iommu, + per Debian bug #404148. */ + if ((end_pfn MAX_DMA32_PFN || +force_iommu) + !iommu_aperture_allowed

Bug#404148: disabling hw iommu on nvidia

2007-04-02 Thread Andi Kleen
On Tuesday 03 April 2007 00:29:16 dann frazier wrote: hey Andi, Debian is looking at patching our kernel to disable the hw iommu on nvidia chipsets for the data corruption bug that's been discussed on lkml[1]. It would be better if you waited until the official solution. The hardware

Bug#404148: disabling hw iommu on nvidia

2007-04-02 Thread dann frazier
On Tue, Apr 03, 2007 at 12:37:09AM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: On Tuesday 03 April 2007 00:29:16 dann frazier wrote: hey Andi, Debian is looking at patching our kernel to disable the hw iommu on nvidia chipsets for the data corruption bug that's been discussed on lkml[1]. It would be

Bug#404148: disabling hw iommu on nvidia

2007-04-02 Thread Steve Langasek
Hi Andi, On Tue, Apr 03, 2007 at 12:37:09AM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: On Tuesday 03 April 2007 00:29:16 dann frazier wrote: hey Andi, Debian is looking at patching our kernel to disable the hw iommu on nvidia chipsets for the data corruption bug that's been discussed on lkml[1]. It

Bug#404148: kernel: data corruption with nvidia chipsets and IDE/SATA drives // memory hole mapping

2007-03-31 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 01:29:04AM +0200, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: As I've told you in my email before I just tested your patch with the following results (used linux-source-2.6.18 (2.6.18.dfsg.1-12) from testing, of course on an amd64 system): - The patch applies without problems -

Bug#404148: kernel: data corruption with nvidia chipsets and IDE/SATA drives // memory hole mapping

2007-03-31 Thread Christoph Anton Mitterer
Steve Langasek wrote: But regardless, there are no plans for another kernel update before etch r0, and including one is likely to delay the release. I'm of the opinion that this bug does not justify a delay at this point. Uhm, sad to hear this... With the consent of the kernel team

Bug#404148: kernel: data corruption with nvidia chipsets and IDE/SATA drives // memory hole mapping

2007-03-31 Thread Andreas Barth
* Steve Langasek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070331 12:59]: On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 01:29:04AM +0200, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: I would say (although I'm by any means not kernel expert) that your patch looks good and I _strongly_ recommend to include it in etch r0 (!!)... You're the release

Bug#404148: kernel: data corruption with nvidia chipsets and IDE/SATA drives // memory hole mapping

2007-03-31 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 03:11:09PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: * Steve Langasek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070331 12:59]: On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 01:29:04AM +0200, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: I would say (although I'm by any means not kernel expert) that your patch looks good and I

Bug#404148: i'm not convinced release notes are enough

2007-03-31 Thread Bastian Blank
On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 01:15:31AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: In the meantime, I don't see any reason why we shouldn't patch the kernel to disable hw iommu on nvidia systems only. I believe the attached patch should do this. Are you in a position to confirm that this does disable hw iommu

Bug#404148: kernel: data corruption with nvidia chipsets and IDE/SATA drives // memory hole mapping

2007-03-31 Thread Christoph Anton Mitterer
Andreas Barth wrote: BTW, we intended to have frequent kernel uploads to proposed-updates, and frankly speaking, I personally don't mind to already have a newer kernel in proposed-updates during the release, but that's something I want to have signed-off by Martin. The main problem with the

Bug#404148: kernel: data corruption with nvidia chipsets and IDE/SATA drives // memory hole mapping

2007-03-31 Thread Andreas Barth
* Sven Luther ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070331 16:03]: The ideal would have been a framework where we could build new kernels and have it integrated within a few days only. I gave a speach about this at FOSDEM, of how we could use the initramfs incremental nature, to separate fully the kernel

Bug#404148: kernel: data corruption with nvidia chipsets and IDE/SATA drives // memory hole mapping

2007-03-31 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 08:18:26PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: * Sven Luther ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070331 16:03]: The ideal would have been a framework where we could build new kernels and have it integrated within a few days only. I gave a speach about this at FOSDEM, of how we could use

Bug#404148: kernel: data corruption with nvidia chipsets and IDE/SATA drives // memory hole mapping

2007-03-31 Thread dann frazier
On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 03:58:49AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 01:29:04AM +0200, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: As I've told you in my email before I just tested your patch with the following results (used linux-source-2.6.18 (2.6.18.dfsg.1-12) from testing, of

Bug#404148: i'm not convinced release notes are enough

2007-03-31 Thread Steve Langasek
Hi Bastian, On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 04:05:33PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 01:15:31AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: In the meantime, I don't see any reason why we shouldn't patch the kernel to disable hw iommu on nvidia systems only. I believe the attached patch

Bug#404148: kernel: data corruption with nvidia chipsets and IDE/SATA drives // memory hole mapping

2007-03-31 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 07:59:44PM +0200, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: Andreas Barth wrote: BTW, we intended to have frequent kernel uploads to proposed-updates, and frankly speaking, I personally don't mind to already have a newer kernel in proposed-updates during the release, but

Bug#404148: kernel: data corruption with nvidia chipsets and IDE/SATA drives // memory hole mapping

2007-03-31 Thread Christoph Anton Mitterer
Steve Langasek wrote: Well, there's no reason that someone can't use iommu=soft when booting the installer, as well. So perhaps it would be best to clone that bug and include this information in the installation guide or errata? Yes that's a good idea. I assume it would be also a problem,

Bug#404148: kernel: data corruption with nvidia chipsets and IDE/SATA drives // memory hole mapping

2007-03-30 Thread Christoph Anton Mitterer
Hi Steve. As I've told you in my email before I just tested your patch with the following results (used linux-source-2.6.18 (2.6.18.dfsg.1-12) from testing, of course on an amd64 system): - The patch applies without problems - The kernel compiles with it without problems (at least with my

Bug#404148: kernel: data corruption with nvidia chipsets and IDE/SATA drives // memory hole mapping related bug?!

2007-03-27 Thread Steve Langasek
bug #404148 for full details. Thanks, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Bug#404148: i'm not convinced release notes are enough

2007-03-22 Thread Steve Langasek
-22 00:54:33.0 -0700 +++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c 2007-03-22 01:13:06.0 -0700 @@ -344,6 +344,22 @@ timer override.\n); } #endif +#ifdef CONFIG_IOMMU + /* Forcibly disabling nvidia HW iommu, + per Debian bug #404148. */ + if ((end_pfn

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2007-03-22 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#404148: i'm not convinced release notes are enough

2007-03-22 Thread Christoph Anton Mitterer
Steve Langasek wrote: In all doing respect, I think that it's a much greater risk to not use iommu=soft per default than doing so. Even if we imagine that there would by systems that don't work with the sw-iommu it's likely that they simply break (at boot time). And then the affected user

Bug#404148: i'm not convinced release notes are enough

2007-03-13 Thread Peter Green
despite the best intentions of debian i am convinced that most users will not read the release notes and over the lifetime of the etch release having large ammounts (just how much is needed to trigger this bug btw) of memory will become more and more common. what does the sarge kernel do when

Bug#404148: i'm not convinced release notes are enough

2007-03-13 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 09:01:03PM +, Peter Green wrote: despite the best intentions of debian i am convinced that most users will not read the release notes and over the lifetime of the etch release having large ammounts (just how much is needed to trigger this bug btw) of memory will

Bug#404148: i'm not convinced release notes are enough

2007-03-13 Thread Christoph Anton Mitterer
Hi. Sorry that I've ignored the last answers to the bug but I somehow missed the mail. First of all,.. there is still no other solution than iommu=soft (at least as of my knowledge) and we had even someone on the bugreport at bugzilla.kernel.org who claimed that _only_ iommu=soft helped, but not

Processed: bug 404148 is forwarded to http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7768

2007-03-12 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: forwarded 404148 http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7768 Bug#404148: kernel: data corruption with nvidia chipsets and IDE/SATA drives // memory hole mapping related bug?! Noted your statement that Bug has been forwarded to http

Bug#404148: kernel: data corruption with nvidia chipsets and IDE/SATA drives // memory hole mapping related bug?!

2007-03-12 Thread Steve Langasek
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

Bug#404148: kernel: data corruption with nvidia chipsets and IDE/SATA drives // memory hole mapping related bug?!

2007-03-12 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 11:25:13PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: 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

Bug#404148: kernel: data corruption with nvidia chipsets and IDE/SATA drives // memory hole mapping related bug?!

2006-12-21 Thread Christoph Anton Mitterer
Package: kernel Severity: critical Justification: causes serious data loss Hi everybody. I'm currently (together with others) investigating in a severe data corruption problem that at least many users might suffer from. A short description, when you validate lots of GBs over and over with