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SubjectRe: [PATCHv4 4/4] iommu: create new api to set valid da range
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On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Guzman Lugo, Fernando
<fernando.lugo@ti.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 5:48 AM, Fernando Guzman Lugo
>> <x0095840@ti.com> wrote:
>> > Some IOMMUs cannot use the whole 0x0 - 0xFFFFFFFF range.
>> > With this new API the valid range can be set.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Fernando Guzman Lugo <x0095840@ti.com>
>>
>> I don't see the point in having an API. It could be done
>
> Thanks to this api we can make this:
>
> A new kconfig parameter for DMM size is added. Also DMM is
> allocated in the last part of the IVA MMU capable address.
> So that DMM address are far away of shared memory address
> reducing the probability of shared memory corruption.

Ok, that's why it's usually a good idea to send a patch that makes use
of the new API.

--
Felipe Contreras


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