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Message-ID: <20090702213013.GC1419@ucw.cz>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:30:23 +0200
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To: Joseph Cihula <joseph.cihula@...el.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu, arjan@...ux.intel.com,
hpa@...or.com, andi@...stfloor.org, chrisw@...s-sol.org,
jmorris@...ei.org, jbeulich@...ell.com, peterm@...hat.com,
gang.wei@...el.com, shane.wang@...el.com
Subject: Re: [RFC v6][PATCH 4/4] intel_txt: force IOMMU on for Intel(R) TXT
launch
On Tue 2009-06-30 19:31:10, Joseph Cihula wrote:
> The tboot module will DMA protect all of memory in order to ensure the that
> kernel will be able to initialize without compromise (from DMA). Consequently,
> the kernel must enable Intel(R) Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O
> (VT-d or Intel IOMMU) in order to replace this broad protection with the
> appropriate page-granular protection. Otherwise DMA devices will be unable
> to read or write from memory and the kernel will eventually panic.
>
> Because runtime IOMMU support is configurable by command line options, this
> patch will force it to be enabled regardless of the options specified, and will
> log a message if it was required to force it on.
>
>
> dmar.c | 7 +++++++
> intel-iommu.c | 17 +++++++++++++++--
> 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> Signed-off-by: Joseph Cihula <joseph.cihula@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Shane Wang <shane.wang@...el.com>
NAK. Breaks user expectations, misses docs updates.
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