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* [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: Clarify IOMMU usage with "uio-pci" kernel module
@ 2018-09-04  8:59 tone.zhang
  2018-09-04  9:16 ` Gavin Hu (Arm Technology China)
                   ` (3 more replies)
  0 siblings, 4 replies; 23+ messages in thread
From: tone.zhang @ 2018-09-04  8:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: dev; +Cc: nd

When binding the devices used by DPDK to the "uio-pci" kernel module,
the IOMMU should be disabled in order not to break the IO transmission
because of the virtual / physical address mapping.

The patch clarifies the IOMMU configuration on both x86_64 and arm64
systems.

Signed-off-by: tone.zhang <tone.zhang@arm.com>
---
 doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst
index 371a817..8f9ec8f 100644
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/linux_drivers.rst
@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ be loaded as shown below:
    ``vfio-pci`` kernel module rather than ``igb_uio`` or ``uio_pci_generic``.
    For more details see :ref:`linux_gsg_binding_kernel` below.
 
+.. note::
+
+   If the devices for used DPDK bound to the ``uio-pci`` kernel module, please make
+   sure that the IOMMU is disabled. We can add ``intel_iommu=off`` or ``amd_iommu=off``
+   in ``GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX`` in grub on x86_64 systems, or add ``iommu.passthrough=1``
+   on arm64 system.
+
 Since DPDK release 1.7 onward provides VFIO support, use of UIO is optional
 for platforms that support using VFIO.
 
-- 
2.7.4

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2018-09-04  8:59 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: Clarify IOMMU usage with "uio-pci" kernel module tone.zhang
2018-09-04  9:16 ` Gavin Hu (Arm Technology China)
2018-09-04 10:06 ` Bruce Richardson
2018-09-04 10:15   ` Luca Boccassi
2018-09-04 10:25     ` Tone Zhang (Arm Technology China)
2018-09-04 19:55 ` Rami Rosen
2018-09-05  0:20   ` Tone Zhang (Arm Technology China)
2018-09-05  9:22     ` Stephen Hemminger
2018-09-05  9:49       ` Tone Zhang (Arm Technology China)
2018-09-05  4:39 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: Clarify IOMMU usage with "uio_pci_generic" " tone.zhang
2018-09-05  5:17   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] " tone.zhang
2018-09-05  5:23     ` Gavin Hu (Arm Technology China)
2018-09-19  7:44     ` Tone Zhang (Arm Technology China)
2018-09-19 11:33       ` Bruce Richardson
2018-09-19 11:54         ` Luca Boccassi
2018-09-21  2:39           ` Tone Zhang (Arm Technology China)
2018-09-19 10:42     ` Luca Boccassi
2018-09-21  3:07     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] " tone.zhang
2018-09-21 11:20       ` Bruce Richardson
2018-09-25  6:18         ` Tone Zhang (Arm Technology China)
2018-09-25  6:54       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5] " tone.zhang
2018-09-26  5:08         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6] " tone.zhang
2018-11-19  0:04           ` Thomas Monjalon

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