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 placed on a machine like this? does it use the hardware iommu? does it use the software one? does it not use one at all (and hence lose some memory). In other words is the current situation a regression from sarge? what is the performance impact of using the safe option on all hardware even that not affected by this bug? would using that option by default result in a noticable performance degrdation? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
