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From: "joro@8bytes.org" <joro@8bytes.org>
To: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
Cc: Bhushan Bharat-R65777 <R65777@freescale.com>,
	"alex.williamson@redhat.com" <alex.williamson@redhat.com>,
	"benh@kernel.crashing.org" <benh@kernel.crashing.org>,
	"galak@kernel.crashing.org" <galak@kernel.crashing.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org" <linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org>,
	"linux-pci@vger.kernel.org" <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>,
	"agraf@suse.de" <agraf@suse.de>,
	Wood Scott-B07421 <B07421@freescale.com>,
	"iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org"
	<iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] powerpc: Add interface to get msi region information
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 19:02:28 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131008170228.GD17455@8bytes.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAErSpo742BOxzxRaFQn+UnsNday4_8LM6+3G6=cfp9DHecPxDg@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 10:47:49AM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> I still have no idea what an "aperture type IOMMU" is,
> other than that it is "different."

An aperture based IOMMU is basically any GART-like IOMMU which can only
remap a small window (the aperture) of the DMA address space. DMA
outside of that window is either blocked completly or passed through
untranslated.


	Joerg



  reply	other threads:[~2013-10-08 17:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-09-19  7:29 [PATCH 0/7] vfio-pci: add support for Freescale IOMMU (PAMU) Bharat Bhushan
2013-09-19  7:29 ` [PATCH 1/7] powerpc: Add interface to get msi region information Bharat Bhushan
2013-09-24 23:58   ` Bjorn Helgaas
2013-10-04  5:19     ` Bhushan Bharat-R65777
2013-10-08 16:47       ` Bjorn Helgaas
2013-10-08 17:02         ` joro [this message]
2013-10-08 17:09           ` Bhushan Bharat-R65777
2013-10-10 21:13             ` Sethi Varun-B16395
2013-10-08 17:09         ` Scott Wood
2013-10-08 22:57   ` Scott Wood
2013-10-08 23:25     ` Bjorn Helgaas
2013-10-08 23:35       ` Scott Wood
2013-10-09  4:47     ` Bhushan Bharat-R65777
2013-09-19  7:29 ` [PATCH 2/7] iommu: add api to get iommu_domain of a device Bharat Bhushan
2013-09-25 16:45   ` Alex Williamson
2013-10-04  9:54     ` Bhushan Bharat-R65777
2013-10-04 15:45       ` Alex Williamson
2013-10-04 16:47         ` Bhushan Bharat-R65777
2013-10-04 17:12           ` Alex Williamson
2013-10-04 17:23             ` Bhushan Bharat-R65777
2013-10-04 18:12               ` Alex Williamson
2013-10-07  5:46                 ` Bhushan Bharat-R65777
2013-10-08  3:13                   ` Alex Williamson
2013-10-08  3:42                     ` Bhushan Bharat-R65777
2013-10-10 20:09                     ` Sethi Varun-B16395
2013-10-10 20:41                       ` Alex Williamson
2013-10-14 12:58                         ` Sethi Varun-B16395
2013-10-14 14:20                           ` Alex Williamson
2013-10-04 10:42     ` Bhushan Bharat-R65777
2013-09-19  7:29 ` [PATCH 3/7] fsl iommu: add get_dev_iommu_domain Bharat Bhushan
2013-09-19  7:29 ` [PATCH 4/7] powerpc: translate msi addr to iova if iommu is in use Bharat Bhushan
2013-09-19  7:29 ` [PATCH 5/7] iommu: supress loff_t compilation error on powerpc Bharat Bhushan
2013-09-25 16:40   ` Alex Williamson
2013-09-26  3:53     ` Bhushan Bharat-R65777
2013-09-26 22:20       ` Scott Wood
2013-09-19  7:29 ` [PATCH 6/7] vfio: moving some functions in common file Bharat Bhushan
2013-09-25 17:02   ` Alex Williamson
2013-09-26  3:57     ` Bhushan Bharat-R65777
2013-09-19  7:29 ` [PATCH 7/7] vfio pci: Add vfio iommu implementation for FSL_PAMU Bharat Bhushan
2013-09-25 19:06   ` Alex Williamson
2013-09-26  5:27     ` Bhushan Bharat-R65777

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