Hi Christopher,
There were no changes under the F11 ROM to the IOMMU issue under Fuduntu's
3.6 kernel as of two weeks ago. Also, I'm not currently running Ubuntu, so
I won't be able to test the 3.8 rc4 kernel until I can make a little time
for it, perhaps over the weekend.
On Jan 21, 2013 8:20 PM, "Christopher M. Penalver" <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> VB Wright, as per http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-
> page.aspx?pid=3891&dl=1#bios an update is available for your BIOS (F11).
> If you update to this, does it change anything?
>
> If not, could you please test http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-
> ppa/mainline/v3.8-rc4-raring/ ?
>
> ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
>        Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
>
> ** Tags removed: kernel-bug-exists-upstream
> ** Tags added: bios-outdated needs-upstream-testing
>
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>
> Title:
>   Marvell SATA Controller. Problem booting and detecting HDDs in kernel
>   3.2.0.
>
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
>   Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
>   While HDDs conected to my SB950 controller are detected, ones
>   connected to the Marvell 88SE9172 Controller are not, also causing a
>   significant delay in boot times. This was also present previously when
>   when I used kernel 3.0.0 in LinuxMint 12. The affected drives are
>   still able to be booted from and recognized within Windows 7.
>
>   ## dmesg results for delayed period:
>   [    6.908078] ata9: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
>   [    6.908948] ata9.00: failed to IDENTIFY (INIT_DEV_PARAMS failed,
> err_mask=0x80)
>   [   12.392060] ata10: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
>   [   12.393795] ata10.00: failed to IDENTIFY (device reports invalid
> type, err_mask=0x0)
>   [   17.392075] ata9: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
>   [   17.392958] ata9.00: failed to IDENTIFY (INIT_DEV_PARAMS failed,
> err_mask=0x80)
>   [   17.392962] ata9: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps
>   [   22.876062] ata10: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
>   [   22.884055] ata9: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
>   [   22.884926] ata9.00: failed to IDENTIFY (INIT_DEV_PARAMS failed,
> err_mask=0x80)
>   [   28.376054] ata9: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
>
>   I'm having a similar issue to bug #260543, "JMicron SATA Controller.
>   Problem booting with kernel 2.6.24-19. Boots fine with kernel
>   2.6.22-14"  [
>   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/260543 ].
>
>   WORKAROUND: Disabled IOMMU in the BIOS.
>
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
>   Package: linux-image-3.2.0-23-generic 3.2.0-23.36
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
>   Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
>   NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
>   AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
>   ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
>   Architecture: amd64
>   AudioDevicesInUse:
>    USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
>    /dev/snd/controlC1:  blairfus   1818 F.... pulseaudio
>    /dev/snd/controlC0:  blairfus   1818 F.... pulseaudio
>   CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1:
> nl80211 not found.
>   Card0.Amixer.info:
>    Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xfdff4000 irq 16'
>      Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC889'
>      Components : 'HDA:10ec0889,1458a132,00100004'
>      Controls      : 46
>      Simple ctrls  : 22
>   Card1.Amixer.info:
>    Card hw:1 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xfddfc000 irq 46'
>      Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI'
>      Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100200'
>      Controls      : 6
>      Simple ctrls  : 1
>   Card1.Amixer.values:
>    Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
>      Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
>      Playback channels: Mono
>      Mono: Playback [on]
>   Date: Sun May 27 12:49:54 2012
>   InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64
> (20120425)
>   IwConfig:
>    lo        no wireless extensions.
>
>    eth0      no wireless extensions.
>   MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-990FXA-UD5
>   ProcEnviron:
>    TERM=xterm
>    PATH=(custom, no user)
>    LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>    SHELL=/bin/bash
>   ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA
>   ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic
> root=UUID=487183dc-39a8-473b-9ccd-b61dae790470 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
>   RelatedPackageVersions:
>    linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-23-generic N/A
>    linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-23-generic  N/A
>    linux-firmware                            1.79
>   RfKill:
>
>   SourcePackage: linux
>   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>   dmi.bios.date: 03/30/2012
>   dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
>   dmi.bios.version: F7
>   dmi.board.name: GA-990FXA-UD5
>   dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
>   dmi.chassis.type: 3
>   dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
>   dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF7:bd03/30/2012:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnGA-990FXA-UD5:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnGA-990FXA-UD5:rvr:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
>   dmi.product.name: GA-990FXA-UD5
>   dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
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