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RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] [VTD] Add a command line param to enable/disable

To: "Han, Weidong" <weidong.han@xxxxxxxxx>, <Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] [VTD] Add a command line param to enable/disable pass-through feature
From: "Cihula, Joseph" <joseph.cihula@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:21:49 -0700
Cc: "Kay, Allen M" <allen.m.kay@xxxxxxxxx>
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Thread-topic: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] [VTD] Add a command line param to enable/disable pass-through feature
A couple of comments:
-  Isn't there an "official" or standards-defined name for this
capability?  If so, would it be a better choice for the command line
option?
-  The comment in iommu.c should be more verbose (and this and the other
options should be added to docs/vtd.txt) and say something to the effect
of "...for Dom0 for devices that have the <real name per above>
capability."

Otherwise, ACKed-by:  Joseph Cihula  <joseph.cihula@xxxxxxxxx>

Joe

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From: Han, Weidong 
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 2:07 AM
To: 'Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Cc: Kay, Allen M; Cihula, Joseph
Subject: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] [VTD] Add a command line param to
enable/disable pass-through feature

Taking security into accout, it's not suitable to bypass VT-d
translation for Dom0 by default when the pass-through field in extended
capability register is set. This feature is for people/usages who are
not overly worried about security/isolation, but want better
performance.

This patch adds a command line param that controls if it's enabled or
disabled. 

Signed-off-by: Weidong Han <weidong.han@xxxxxxxxx>

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