[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/2] eal: force IOVA to particular mode

Burakov, Anatoly anatoly.burakov at intel.com
Wed Sep 26 14:43:28 CEST 2018


On 18-Sep-18 8:10 PM, eric zhang wrote:
> This patch uses EAL option "--iova-mode" to force the IOVA mode to a
> particular value. There exists virtual devices that are not directly
> attached to the PCI bus, and therefore the auto detectioni of the IOVA
> mode based on probing the PCI bus and IOMMU configuration may not
> report the required addressing mode. Using the EAL option permits the
> mode to be explicitly configured in this scenario.
> 
> Signed-off-by: eric zhang <eric.zhang at windriver.com>
> 
> ---

Acked-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov at intel.com>

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Thanks,
Anatoly


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