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+=================
+x86 IOMMU Support
+=================
+
+The architecture specs can be obtained from the below locations.
+
+- Intel: http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/product-specifications/vt-directed-io-spec.pdf
+- AMD: https://www.amd.com/system/files/TechDocs/48882_IOMMU.pdf
+
+This guide gives a quick cheat sheet for some basic understanding.
+
+Basic stuff
+-----------
+
+ACPI enumerates and lists the different IOMMUs on the platform, and
+device scope relationships between devices and which IOMMU controls
+them.
+
+Some ACPI Keywords:
+
+- DMAR - Intel DMA Remapping table
+- DRHD - Intel DMA Remapping Hardware Unit Definition
+- RMRR - Intel Reserved Memory Region Reporting Structure
+- IVRS - AMD I/O Virtualization Reporting Structure
+- IVDB - AMD I/O Virtualization Definition Block
+- IVHD - AMD I/O Virtualization Hardware Definition
+
+What is Intel RMRR?
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+There are some devices the BIOS controls, for e.g USB devices to perform
+PS2 emulation. The regions of memory used for these devices are marked
+reserved in the e820 map. When we turn on DMA translation, DMA to those
+regions will fail. Hence BIOS uses RMRR to specify these regions along with
+devices that need to access these regions. OS is expected to setup
+unity mappings for these regions for these devices to access these regions.
+
+What is AMD IVRS?
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The architecture defines an ACPI-compatible data structure called an I/O
+Virtualization Reporting Structure (IVRS) that is used to convey information
+related to I/O virtualization to system software. The IVRS describes the
+configuration and capabilities of the IOMMUs contained in the platform as
+well as information about the devices that each IOMMU virtualizes.
+
+The IVRS provides information about the following:
+
+- IOMMUs present in the platform including their capabilities and proper configuration
+- System I/O topology relevant to each IOMMU
+- Peripheral devices that cannot be otherwise enumerated
+- Memory regions used by SMI/SMM, platform firmware, and platform hardware. These are generally exclusion ranges to be configured by system software.
+
+How is an I/O Virtual Address (IOVA) generated?
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+Well behaved drivers call dma_map_*() calls before sending command to device
+that needs to perform DMA. Once DMA is completed and mapping is no longer
+required, driver performs dma_unmap_*() calls to unmap the region.
+
+Intel Specific Notes
+--------------------
+
+Graphics Problems?
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+If you encounter issues with graphics devices, you can try adding
+option intel_iommu=igfx_off to turn off the integrated graphics engine.
+If this fixes anything, please ensure you file a bug reporting the problem.
+
+Some exceptions to IOVA
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Interrupt ranges are not address translated, (0xfee00000 - 0xfeefffff).
+The same is true for peer to peer transactions. Hence we reserve the
+address from PCI MMIO ranges so they are not allocated for IOVA addresses.
+
+AMD Specific Notes
+------------------
+
+Graphics Problems?
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+If you encounter issues with integrated graphics devices, you can try adding
+option iommu=pt to the kernel command line use a 1:1 mapping for the IOMMU. If
+this fixes anything, please ensure you file a bug reporting the problem.
+
+Fault reporting
+---------------
+When errors are reported, the IOMMU signals via an interrupt. The fault
+reason and device that caused it is printed on the console.
+
+
+Kernel Log Samples
+------------------
+
+Intel Boot Messages
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Something like this gets printed indicating presence of DMAR tables
+in ACPI:
+
+::
+
+ ACPI: DMAR (v001 A M I OEMDMAR 0x00000001 MSFT 0x00000097) @ 0x000000007f5b5ef0
+
+When DMAR is being processed and initialized by ACPI, prints DMAR locations
+and any RMRR's processed:
+
+::
+
+ ACPI DMAR:Host address width 36
+ ACPI DMAR:DRHD (flags: 0x00000000)base: 0x00000000fed90000
+ ACPI DMAR:DRHD (flags: 0x00000000)base: 0x00000000fed91000
+ ACPI DMAR:DRHD (flags: 0x00000001)base: 0x00000000fed93000
+ ACPI DMAR:RMRR base: 0x00000000000ed000 end: 0x00000000000effff
+ ACPI DMAR:RMRR base: 0x000000007f600000 end: 0x000000007fffffff
+
+When DMAR is enabled for use, you will notice:
+
+::
+
+ PCI-DMA: Using DMAR IOMMU
+
+Intel Fault reporting
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+::
+
+ DMAR:[DMA Write] Request device [00:02.0] fault addr 6df084000
+ DMAR:[fault reason 05] PTE Write access is not set
+ DMAR:[DMA Write] Request device [00:02.0] fault addr 6df084000
+ DMAR:[fault reason 05] PTE Write access is not set
+
+AMD Boot Messages
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Something like this gets printed indicating presence of the IOMMU:
+
+::
+
+ iommu: Default domain type: Translated
+ iommu: DMA domain TLB invalidation policy: lazy mode
+
+AMD Fault reporting
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+::
+
+ AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT domain=0x0007 address=0xffffc02000 flags=0x0000]
+ AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT device=07:00.0 domain=0x0007 address=0xffffc02000 flags=0x0000]