> > Just don't run fdisk on any cobalt that has its DMA disabled
> is this really related ? fdisk causes a panic on every cobalt raq and qube
> where dma support ist turned off ?

Yes.  I have both qube2 and raq1 hardware.  The kernel panic occurs on both
if DMA is off.  I have compiled identicle 1.5 kernels where the only
difference is the DMA bit mask to test it, and that was my finding.

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