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Message-ID: <VI1PR04MB49604A96195B07032826B0AA92340@VI1PR04MB4960.eurprd04.prod.outlook.com>
Date:   Sun, 27 Sep 2020 08:05:07 +0000
From:   Sherry Sun <sherry.sun@....com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
CC:     "sudeep.dutt@...el.com" <sudeep.dutt@...el.com>,
        "ashutosh.dixit@...el.com" <ashutosh.dixit@...el.com>,
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Subject: RE: [PATCH 4/5] misc: vop: set VIRTIO_F_ACCESS_PLATFORM for
 nocoherent platform

Hi Christoph,

> On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 03:26:29PM +0800, Sherry Sun wrote:
> > Set VIRTIO_F_ACCESS_PLATFORM feature for nocoherent platform, since it
> > needs the DMA API for virtio.
> 
> Given that VOP is a plug-in PCIe card VIRTIO_F_ACCESS_PLATFORM must
> always be set, as the DMA mapping details are not something the virtio
> implementation decides on, but the host PCIe/iommu implementation.

So do you mean that we should remove the check, and set VIRTIO_F_ACCESS_PLATFORM feature directly?

Regards
Sherry 

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