linux-kernel - Re: `AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=y` causes AMDGPU to fail on Ryzen: amdgpu: SME is not compatible with RAVEN

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Message-ID: <YWQ3963xcO3xbFo5@zn.tnic>
Date:   Mon, 11 Oct 2021 15:11:19 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Paul Menzel <pmenzel@...gen.mpg.de>
Cc:     Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@...il.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        amd-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
Subject: Re: `AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=y` causes AMDGPU to fail on
 Ryzen: amdgpu: SME is not compatible with RAVEN

On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 03:05:33PM +0200, Paul Menzel wrote:
> I think, the IOMMU is enabled on the MSI B350M MORTAR, but otherwise, yes
> this looks fine. The help text could also be updated to mention problems
> with AMD Raven devices.

This is not only about Raven GPUs but, as Alex explained, pretty much
about every device which doesn't support a 48 bit DMA mask. I'll expand
that aspect in the changelog.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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