linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] x86: per-device dma_mapping

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Message-ID: <20080514054924.GD6682@il.ibm.com>
Date:	Wed, 14 May 2008 08:49:24 +0300
From:	Muli Ben-Yehuda <muli@...ibm.com>
To:	FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	alexisb@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] x86: per-device dma_mapping_ops

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 03:04:50PM +0900, FUJITA Tomonori wrote:

> This patchset adds per-device dma_mapping_ops support for
> CONFIG_X86_64 like POWER architecture does. This change enables us
> to cleanly fix the Calgary IOMMU issue that some devices are not
> behind the IOMMU [1]. It also would be helpful to handle KVM PCI
> passthrough.

Awesome! Much needed, thank you for doing this.

Cheers,
Muli


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