On Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 05:28:27PM +0000, Srujana Challa wrote: > When using the DPDK virtio user PMD, we’ve noticed a significant 70% > performance improvement when IOMMU is disabled on specific low-end > x86 machines. This performance improvement can be particularly > advantageous for embedded platforms where applications operate in > controlled environments. Therefore, we believe supporting the intel_iommu=off > mode is beneficial. While making the system completely unsafe to use. Maybe you should fix your stack to use the iommu more itelligently instead?
