linux-kernel - Re: [Intel IOMMU 10/10] Iommu floppy workaround

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Date:	Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:25:35 -0700
From:	"Keshavamurthy, Anil S" <anil.s.keshavamurthy@...el.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Keshavamurthy, Anil S" <anil.s.keshavamurthy@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...e.de, muli@...ibm.com,
	suresh.b.siddha@...el.com, arjan@...ux.intel.com,
	ashok.raj@...el.com, davem@...emloft.net, clameter@....com
Subject: Re: [Intel IOMMU 10/10] Iommu floppy workaround

On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 12:37:55PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> 
> > > Index: linux-2.6.22-rc4-mm2/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
> > > ===================================================================
> > > --- linux-2.6.22-rc4-mm2.orig/arch/x86_64/Kconfig	2007-06-18 15:45:08.000000000 -0700
> > > +++ linux-2.6.22-rc4-mm2/arch/x86_64/Kconfig	2007-06-18 15:45:09.000000000 -0700
> > > @@ -752,6 +752,16 @@
> > >  	 all the OS visible memory. Hence the driver can continue
> > >  	 to use physical addresses for DMA.
> > >  
> > > +config DMAR_FLPY_WA
> > 
> > FLOPPY is spelled "FLOPPY"!
> 
> Also this shouldn't be a user visible config.  The floppy driver should just
> do this transparently when loaded and undo when unloaded.

Yup, I agree. 

Here goes the patch to make it user invisible config option.

Signed-off-by: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@...el.com>
---
 arch/x86_64/Kconfig |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux-2.6.22-rc4-mm2/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.22-rc4-mm2.orig/arch/x86_64/Kconfig	2007-06-26 12:04:42.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.22-rc4-mm2/arch/x86_64/Kconfig	2007-06-26 12:06:01.000000000 -0700
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@
 	 to use physical addresses for DMA.
 
 config DMAR_FLOPPY_WA
-	bool "Support for Floppy disk workaround"
+	bool
 	depends on DMAR
 	default y
 	help

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