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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V5 5/5] machine: remove iommu property
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David Gibson |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V5 5/5] machine: remove iommu property |
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Wed, 29 Jun 2016 11:43:15 +1000 |
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Mutt/1.6.1 (2016-04-27) |
On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 11:07:52AM +0300, Marcel Apfelbaum wrote:
> On 06/28/2016 05:57 AM, David Gibson wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 06:38:35PM +0300, Marcel Apfelbaum wrote:
> > > Since iommu devices can be created with '-device' there is
> > > no need to keep iommu as machine and mch property.
> >
> > Doesn't this break backwards compatibility?
> >
>
>
> Hi David,
>
> Intel IOMMU was a kind of POC until recent development.
> The new IOMMU features will require more command line options,
> so even if we keep the machine property around, it can't be really used.
>
> More on this was discussed in a prev thread.
> https://www.mail-archive.com/address@hidden/msg377385.html
Ok, fair enough.
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