Re: [Xen-devel] Option iommu=1 causes hypervisor to start debugger

[Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's needed for passing through physical devices to HVM guests.

 -- Keir

On 02/02/2009 23:42, "Alexia Benington" <alexbenington@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> If I do not include the iommu option, I/O virtualisation is disabled.
> I never thought that iommu is a necessary prerequisite for I/O virt,
> or am I mistaken?
> 
> -Alex
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