[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 3/9] linuxapp/eal_pci: get iommu class

Tan, Jianfeng jianfeng.tan at intel.com
Wed Oct 11 10:31:16 CEST 2017


> > Then how about we enable this, iova=va, if only all PCI devices are binded
> to vfio-pci (iommu mode)?
> 
> Right, same I proposed (I guess) in v2 such that iova bus autodetecting in
> case see all device bound
> to vfio-pci then autoselect iova=va, in v3 series (I guess) discussion: it was
> concluded that
> better to send hint from driver. Refer work history, though iova bus still does
> said
> auto-detection.

Sorry I missed that. I tend to think that almost all PMDs for physical devices shall add this flag then.

Thanks,
Jianfeng




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