On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 12:26:12AM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> On ?t 14-03-06 17:22:48, Jon Mason wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 12:03:48AM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > > On ?t 14-03-06 10:26:34, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote:
> > > > This patch hooks Calgary into the build and the x86-64 IOMMU
> > > > initialization paths.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-Off-By: Muli Ben-Yehuda <[email protected]>
> > > > Signed-Off-By: Jon Mason <[email protected]>
> > > >
> > > > diff -Naurp --exclude-from /home/muli/w/dontdiff iommu_detected/arch/x86_64/Kconfig linux/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
> > > > --- iommu_detected/arch/x86_64/Kconfig 2006-03-14 08:58:23.000000000 +0200
> > > > +++ linux/arch/x86_64/Kconfig 2006-03-12 10:49:04.000000000 +0200
> > > > @@ -372,6 +372,16 @@ config GART_IOMMU
> > > > and a software emulation used on other systems.
> > > > If unsure, say Y.
> > > >
> > > > +config CALGARY_IOMMU
> > > > + bool "IBM x366 server IOMMU"
> > > > + default y
> > > > + depends on PCI && MPSC && EXPERIMENTAL
> > > > + help
> > > > + Support for hardware IOMMUs in IBM's x366 server
> > > > + systems. The IOMMU can be turned off at runtime with the
> > > > + iommu=off parameter. Normally the kernel will make the right
> > >
> > > Runtime? I think you meant boottime.
> >
> > Yes, thanks for pointing it out.
> >
> > >
> > > > + choice by itself. If unsure, say Y.
> > >
> > > Eh? How common are those machines?
> >
> > While this code is specific to IBM's xSeries systems, it will not hurt
> > to have it enabled on other systems. The code is intelligent enough to
> > detect the existence of Calgary chips and, if not there, will go down
> > the standard path of no-iommu (providing that swiotlb has not been
> > specified at boottime). If this isn't clear enough in the description,
> > I can remedy that.
>
> No, it was pretty clear. But unless these machines are pretty common,
> I'd suggest users to say N. ... its like most drivers, it takes space
> but no other harm. Still we don't want to say "say Y" on all drivers.
Ah, I understand your point now. I'll fixup the comment and default value.
> ...it is not required for boot on IBM x366 machines, is it?
No, it is not.
Thanks,
Jon
> Pavel
>
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