Re: [Xen-users] Xen support for AMD's IOMMU

[Daniel McAllansmith <dm.maillists@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 27 February 2007 01:50, Petersson, Mats wrote:
> > Hello.
> >
> > What is the status of support for AMD's (hardware/Pacifica)
> > IOMMU in xen
> > 3.0.2/3/4?
>
> Considering that we haven't yet got a part available with IOMMU, the
> software to fullfill that function is pretty much a moot point, right?
>
> As to a direct answer to the question: There is no AMD IOMMU software in
> 3.0.{2,3,4}. There's been a patch supplied by Mark Langsdorf to use the
> GART in the current AMD64 architecture for IOMMU operations (same way as
> the Linux kernel itself uses this portion of the chip). This is NOT to
> be confused with the REAL IOMMU design.

Ahhh, my mistake.  I thought that both the DEV and the IOMMU had been added to 
the Pacifica architecture.

When a 'real' IOMMU is added (perhaps in the Barcelona), and supported, will 
that allow unmodified drivers on unmodified guest OS's total control of 
devices?  Or will IRQ delivery issues still require modifications to the 
guest driver/OS?


Cheers
Daniel

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