Re: [PATCH] powerpc/iommu: remove default window before creating larger window

2011-10-31 Thread Nishanth Aravamudan
Hi Ben, Please don't take this patch :) While, it does work around some issues I'm tracking down, it can lead to worse ones if we are unable to configure the larger DMA window, or if some functions in a PE don't use 64-bit DMA masks. Thanks, Nish On 26.10.2011 [15:43:23 -0700], Nishanth

[PATCH] powerpc/iommu: remove default window before creating larger window

2011-10-26 Thread Nishanth Aravamudan
The DDW feature relies on there being sufficient TCE space to allocate for the requested DMA window size. The default window uses up some of that space, though, and it is recommended to first remove the default window and then allocate the larger window advertised by firmware. Do this by