Hi Magnus,
On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 3:55 PM Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Magnus Damm <damm+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Introduce a keepipmmu boot paramenter to let the user override.
>
> Not-Yet-Signed-off-by: Magnus Damm <damm+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> drivers/iommu/ipmmu-vmsa.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> --- 0004/drivers/iommu/ipmmu-vmsa.c
> +++ work/drivers/iommu/ipmmu-vmsa.c 2019-02-20 23:17:54.038850305 +0900
> @@ -759,6 +759,17 @@ static int ipmmu_init_platform_device(st
> return 0;
> }
>
> +
> +static int keep_ipmmu;
> +
> +static int __init keepipmmu_setup(char *__unused)
> +{
> + keep_ipmmu = 1;
> + return 1;
> +}
> +
> +__setup("keepipmmu", keepipmmu_setup);
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt shows other IOMMUs
implement binary parameters, which allow to override the default, to
disable or enable the IOMMU.
Perhaps you want the default to be enabled when running in HYP mode,
so the IPMMU can be used for KVM+VFIO device pass-through?
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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