linux-kernel - Re: IOMMU and graphics cards

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Message-ID: <20090507143717.GK4059@amd.com>
Date:	Thu, 7 May 2009 16:37:18 +0200
From:	Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>
To:	FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp>
CC:	dwmw2@...radead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org, mingo@...hat.com,
	airlied@...ux.ie
Subject: Re: IOMMU and graphics cards

On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 09:59:19PM +0900, FUJITA Tomonori wrote:
> 
> Have you already discussed this issue with distribution people?
> 
> I'm not sure if they would just disable the IOMMU. They want it for
> exotic virtualization features?

Not yet. But thats true for distributions using KVM as their
virtualization technology.

Joerg

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