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List:       gentoo-sparc
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-sparc] Corrupt filesystem
From:       Jason Wever <weeve () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2004-02-13 13:06:28
Message-ID: 20040213060628.5bc8e398.weeve () gentoo ! org
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On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 09:14:32 +0100
Jonas Bandi <jbandi@scs.ch> wrote:

> You say "depending on the kernel version"... Is there a list somewhere 
> which kernels do have problems with DMA?

The later 2.4.x series of kernels (2.4.24 for example) have seperated the
dangerous DMA modes out for the Blade 100 IDE controller so you have
explicitly enable the dangerous modes.  To be safe though, you may want to
passs the "ide=nodma" argument to your kernel at boot time.

> Is this a general sparc-problem, or only a problem with the sun blade
> 100?

Just the Sun Blade 100/150s.


-- 
Jason Wever
Gentoo/Sparc Team Co-Lead

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