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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/Kconfig')
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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index 5d285811993..7dc46ba26fb 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -533,6 +533,21 @@ config CALGARY_IOMMU_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT Calgary anyway, pass 'iommu=calgary' on the kernel command line. If unsure, say Y. +config AMD_IOMMU + bool "AMD IOMMU support" + select SWIOTLB + depends on X86_64 && PCI && ACPI + help + With this option you can enable support for AMD IOMMU hardware in + your system. An IOMMU is a hardware component which provides + remapping of DMA memory accesses from devices. With an AMD IOMMU you + can isolate the the DMA memory of different devices and protect the + system from misbehaving device drivers or hardware. + + You can find out if your system has an AMD IOMMU if you look into + your BIOS for an option to enable it or if you have an IVRS ACPI + table. + # need this always selected by IOMMU for the VIA workaround config SWIOTLB bool |