RE: [Xen-devel] [bug] 'VT-d 1G super page' feature is blocked

["Kay, Allen M" <allen.m.kay@xxxxxxxxx>]

Off hand, I don't see any reason iommu_setup() cannot be moved after 
do_presmp_initcalls() in __start_xen().

Theoretically, iommu_setup() just needs to be called before any device 
operation.  We should give it a try.

Allen

-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Deegan [mailto:tim@xxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 10:13 AM
To: Ren, Yongjie
Cc: Xen Devel; Kay, Allen M; Li, Xin
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [bug] 'VT-d 1G super page' feature is blocked

At 10:08 +0800 on 03 Aug (1312366080), Ren, Yongjie wrote:
> Hi Tim,
> Any comment on this issue ?
> It seems that cs# 23247 introduced this issue.

Hi, 

Allen points out that the EPT capability variable that is checked
doesn't get initialized until VMX is set up, which right now happens
_after_ the IOMMU is configured.

Allen, is there any reason that the call to iommu_enable() shouldn't be
moved to after do_presmp_initcalls()?  If so, then I guess we should
open-code the hardware capability check in the vtD init code. 

Tim.

-- 
Tim Deegan <tim@xxxxxxx>
Principal Software Engineer, Xen Platform Team
Citrix Systems UK Ltd.  (Company #02937203, SL9 0BG)

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