Re: [RFC PATCH 3/3] x86-64: Calgary IOMMU - hook it in

[Muli Ben-Yehuda]

On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 06:06:21PM -0600, Jon Mason wrote:

> > No, it was pretty clear. But unless these machines are pretty common,
> > I'd suggest users to say N. ... its like most drivers, it takes space
> > but no other harm. Still we don't want to say "say Y" on all drivers.
> 
> Ah, I understand your point now.  I'll fixup the comment and default
> value.

I disagree - I think it's quite enough that it depends on EXPERIMENTAL
&& MPSC. Also, gart is default Y as well.
 
> > ...it is not required for boot on IBM x366 machines, is it?
> 
> No, it is not.

... but defaulting it to Y has significant advantages at this stage,
not the least of which is that it will get us more testing :-)

Cheers,
Muli
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Muli Ben-Yehuda
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