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authorAndi Kleen <ak@suse.de>2006-09-30 01:47:55 +0200
committerAndi Kleen <andi@basil.nowhere.org>2006-09-30 01:47:55 +0200
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[PATCH] Allow disabling DAC using command line options
Might or might not work around some reported bugs on VIA systems. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
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@@ -199,6 +199,10 @@ IOMMU
allowed overwrite iommu off workarounds for specific chipsets.
soft Use software bounce buffering (default for Intel machines)
noaperture Don't touch the aperture for AGP.
+ allowdac Allow DMA >4GB
+ When off all DMA over >4GB is forced through an IOMMU or bounce
+ buffering.
+ nodac Forbid DMA >4GB
swiotlb=pages[,force]