Re: virtio DMA API?

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On Wed, 2014-08-27 at 13:52 +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:

> For x86 as of QEMU 2.0 there's no iommu.
> So a reasonable thing to do for that platform
> might be to always use iommu *if it's there*.
> My understanding is this isn't the case for powerpc?

All 64-bit powerpc have an iommu but not all 32-bit ones.

Also using/emulating one has a cost. Whatever we do shouldn't
impair the fast path of virtio-on-kvm doing direct physical
access.

Cheers,
Ben.


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