Attention is currently required from: Alexander Couzens, Angel Pons, Leah Rowe.
Paul Menzel has posted comments on this change. ( https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/81016?usp=email )
Change subject: nb/intel/haswell: make IOMMU a runtime option ......................................................................
Patch Set 1:
(2 comments)
Commit Message:
https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/81016/comment/3f7f36b3_3b1417dc : PS1, Line 9: When I tested graphics cards on a coreboot port for Dell : OptiPlex 9020 SFF, I could not use a graphics card unless : I set iommu=off on the Linux cmdline. Any idea why? What Linux version is that?
https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/81016/comment/6500f47b_6e36144a : PS1, Line 9: When I tested graphics cards on a coreboot port for Dell : OptiPlex 9020 SFF, I could not use a graphics card unless : I set iommu=off on the Linux cmdline. : : The current coreboot behaviour is to check whether the CPU : has vt-d support and, if it does, initialise the IOMMU. : : This patch maintains the current behaviour by default, but : allows the user to turn *off* the IOMMU, even if vt-d is : supported by the host CPU. : : If iommu=Disable is specified, the check will not be : performed, and the IOMMU will be left disabled. This option : has been added to all current Haswell boards, though it is : recommended to leave the IOMMU turned on in most setups. : Please try to use as many of the 72 characters per line as possible.