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Re: [Xen-devel] Status of "Out of SW-IOMMU space" problem?

To: Stephan Seitz <s.seitz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, xen devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Status of "Out of SW-IOMMU space" problem?
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:22:29 +0100
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Well then, you should try the patch you originally posted about. :-)

 -- Keir

On 1/4/08 22:04, "Stephan Seitz" <s.seitz@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> No, firmware updates doesn't solve this issue.
> At least not for us. I updated different 7000 and 8000 series controller
> without any success.
> But I'm also interested if there's some patch around for this 'out of
> sw-iommu'
> error ;)
> 
> Stephan
> 
> 
> Keir Fraser schrieb:
>> I'd be interested to know if it does. Unfortunately I have my doubts since
>> the patch fixes a page-boundary straddling issue, and if that were the root
>> problem it's unlikely to be affected by controller firmware updates.
>> 
>>  -- Keir
>> 
>> On 31/3/08 18:23, "Christopher S. Aker" <caker@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>> Is the "dma: avoid unnecessarily SWIOTLB bounce buffering" patch likely
>>> to fix the "Out of SW-IOMMU space" issue with 3ware cards and Xen, or
>>> any other patches for that matter?
>>> 
>>> I know some people have had success updating their 3ware card's firmware
>>> to latest, but that's not easily achievable for our situation.  So,
>>> we're stuck on 2.6.16.x for dom0 :(
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> -Chris
>>> 
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