linux-kernel - Re: PCI: BIOS Bug: MCFG area at f0000000 is not E820-reserved with 2.6.18 kernel

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Date:	Tue, 03 Oct 2006 14:23:22 +0200
From:	Matthias Hentges <oe@...tges.net>
To:	Wink Saville <wink@...ille.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PCI: BIOS Bug: MCFG area at f0000000 is not E820-reserved with
	2.6.18 kernel

Hi Wink,

Am Montag, den 02.10.2006, 21:12 -0700 schrieb Wink Saville:
> Matthias,
> 
> Thanks, I tried your config file on 2.6.18 and it works!
> 
> The first time I tried my command line was:
> 
> Command line: root=/dev/sda2 ro quiet splash initcall_debug 
> console=ttyS0,115200n8 loglevel=7 video=nvidiafb:nomtrr
> 
> and it came up but no keyboard or mouse, I changed it too:
> 
> Command line: root=/dev/sda2 ro quiet splash
> 
> You mentioned you "saw some hangs", I assume with the current 
> configuration your having no problems with stability?
> 

correct. These hangs at boot-time were all related to the nvidia FB
driver. The current config with 2.6.18-mm1 is rock-stable for me ( the
box is running 24/7 ).

I was seeing randon freezes w/ 2.6.18-mm2 for which I could not identify
the cause.

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