Subject: Re: [PATCH] skge: 32bit DMA for ASUS A8N-SLI Premium

From: Shannon Wynter <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:55:13 +1000

I don't mean to be impatient but any progress with this?

On 27/11/10 05:05, Shannon Wynter wrote:
> Stephen Hemminger wrote:
>> On Fri, 26 Nov 2010 23:51:46 +1000
>> Shannon Wynter <[email-masked]> wrote:
>>
>>> Add ASUS A8N-SLI Premium to the list of boards that require the 
>>> quirk to
>>> limit DMA to 32bit in the skge.c module.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Shannon Wynter <[email-masked]>
>>> ---
>>> --- a/drivers/net/skge.c    2010-11-26 08:35:21.000000000 +1000
>>> +++ b/drivers/net/skge.c    2010-11-26 08:58:52.000000000 +1000
>>> @@ -4158,6 +4158,13 @@
>>>               DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "nForce"),
>>>           },
>>>       },
>>> +    {
>>> +        .ident = "ASUSTeK A8N-SLI Premium",
>>> +        .matches = {
>>> +            DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_VENDOR, "ASUSTeK Computer INC."),
>>> +            DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "A8N-SLI Premium"),
>>> +        },
>>> +    },
>>>       {}
>>>   };
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Ok. Maybe I have to buy one of these beasts to find the root
>> cause of this.
>>
>
> It's quite an old board, I'd let you on mine and say go for your life 
> but it's actually kind of mission critical (in so much as a home 
> server can be).
>
> Is there anything I can provide/do/run for you to give you a head 
> start in the right direction?
> The problem showed up when I upgraded from 1gb to 4gb of memory (the 
> maximum the board can handle)
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