Bug 238696

Summary:	ide=nodma does nothing on LiveCD 2008.0-r1
Product:	Gentoo Release Media	Reporter:	Ben Anderson <roothorick>
Component:	LiveCD/DVD/USB	Assignee:	Gentoo Release Team <releng>
Status:	RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Severity:	critical	CC:	kernel
Priority:	High
Version:	2008.0
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Ben Anderson 2008-09-25 21:11:25 UTC

Despite setting ide=nodma on the boot: line, the kernel still tries to use DMA on my CF card in IDE adapter, which breaks horribly with pata_via and hangs the system before the initrd handoff. (see: http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Kernel/2007-10/msg03155.html )

Haven't tried 2008.0 (not -r1) yet.

Comment 1 Andrew Gaffney (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-09-25 21:40:12 UTC

Uhh, you said it breaks on 2008.0-r1 and then said that you hadn't tried 2008.0 or 2008.0-r1 yet. Which is it?

Comment 2 Ben Anderson 2008-09-25 21:47:30 UTC

Didn't think that was ambiguous, but: I discovered this bug while trying to boot 2008.0-r1. I haven't tried 2008.0 yet.

Comment 3 Andrew Gaffney (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-09-25 23:43:08 UTC

Ah, I misread "not" as "nor".

Comment 4 Ben Anderson 2008-09-26 01:40:13 UTC

Same thing is happing with 2008.0 stock. To where from here?

Comment 5 Andrew Gaffney (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-09-26 01:45:04 UTC

Sounds like a kernel issue. Nothing that can be done for the media until the next release. Try going back to a 2007.0 LiveCD.

Comment 6 Mike Pagano gentoo-dev

2008-09-26 22:54:27 UTC

What kernel version is that?

Comment 7 Andrew Gaffney (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-09-27 00:49:15 UTC

It was g-s-2.6.24-rX (not sure which -rX off the top of my head).

Comment 8 Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto (RETIRED) Gentoo Infrastructure

2011-06-19 13:17:09 UTC

The 2008.0 release was done a long time ago.