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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
commitece668401250c1d0419ed078c1d26ccdd30d3289 (patch)
tree6a8fc43edbee644cc6af3cf8252795c858a99b6a /Documentation/x86_64
parentb885808e185a4ec2dfe16c84434f79e95f0245b0 (diff)
downloadlinux-ece668401250c1d0419ed078c1d26ccdd30d3289.tar.bz2
[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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diff --git a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
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+++ b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
@@ -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]