Introduce intel_iommu=forcedac commandline option.
This option is helpful to verify the pci device capability
of handling physical dma'able address greater than 4G.
Signed-off-by: Anil S Keshavamurthy <[email protected]>
---
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 +++++++
drivers/pci/intel-iommu.c | 7 ++++++-
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Index: linux-2.6.22-rc4-mm2/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.22-rc4-mm2.orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 2007-06-18 15:45:46.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.22-rc4-mm2/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 2007-06-18 15:45:46.000000000 -0700
@@ -788,6 +788,13 @@
bypassed by not enabling DMAR with this option. In
this case, gfx device will use physical address for
DMA.
+ forcedac [x86_64]
+ With this option iommu will not optimize to look
+ for io virtual address below 32 bit forcing dual
+ address cycle on pci bus for cards supporting greater
+ than 32 bit addressing. The default is to look
+ for translation below 32 bit and if not available
+ then look in the higher range.
io7= [HW] IO7 for Marvel based alpha systems
See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
Index: linux-2.6.22-rc4-mm2/drivers/pci/intel-iommu.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.22-rc4-mm2.orig/drivers/pci/intel-iommu.c 2007-06-18 15:45:46.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.22-rc4-mm2/drivers/pci/intel-iommu.c 2007-06-19 13:09:06.000000000 -0700
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
static int dmar_disabled;
static int __initdata dmar_map_gfx = 1;
+static int dmar_forcedac;
#define DUMMY_DEVICE_DOMAIN_INFO ((struct device_domain_info *)(-1))
static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(device_domain_lock);
@@ -70,6 +71,10 @@
dmar_map_gfx = 0;
printk(KERN_INFO
"Intel-IOMMU: disable GFX device mapping\n");
+ } else if (!strncmp(str, "forcedac", 8)) {
+ printk (KERN_INFO
+ "Intel-IOMMU: Forcing DAC for PCI devices\n");
+ dmar_forcedac = 1;
}
str += strcspn(str, ",");
@@ -1557,7 +1562,7 @@
start_addr = IOVA_START_ADDR;
- if (pdev->dma_mask <= DMA_32BIT_MASK) {
+ if ((pdev->dma_mask <= DMA_32BIT_MASK) || (dmar_forcedac)) {
iova = iommu_alloc_iova(domain, addr, size, start_addr,
pdev->dma_mask);
} else {
--
-
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