From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org>,
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com>,
iommu@lists.linux.dev, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iommu: Documentation: rearrange, update kernel-parameters
Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:58:06 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8733z69jgh.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260528054611.1524937-1-rdunlap@infradead.org>
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> writes:
> Add text for some undescribed iommu= parameters (merge, nomerge,
> biomerge, panic, nopanic, pt, nopt). Add "usedac" and its description.
> Add that iommu=pt is equivalent to iommu.passthrough=1
> and that iommu=nopt is equivalent to iommu.passthrough=0.
>
> Move the PPC/POWERNV heading & its option "nobypass" to a separate
> area since the current "iommu=" applies only to X86 (according to
> its heading).
>
> Unindent the AMD GART IOMMU options heading to make it stand out.
> Also add its kconfig symbol name to be explicit about what these
> options apply to.
>
> Make sure that the IOMMU options that are listed under AMD Gart
> HW IOMMU-specific options are only for that product; i.e., add "force"
> there and move "merge", "nomerge", and "panic" to the general IOMMU
> options area.
Applied, thanks.
jon
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2026-05-28 5:46 [PATCH] iommu: Documentation: rearrange, update kernel-parameters Randy Dunlap
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