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[v1,1/1] usertools/devbind: add documentation for no-IOMMU mode

Message ID a1a8fce7e0eb311e7ca673867862a549270f5450.1733132101.git.anatoly.burakov@intel.com (mailing list archive)
State New
Delegated to: Thomas Monjalon
Headers
Series [v1,1/1] usertools/devbind: add documentation for no-IOMMU mode |

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Commit Message

Burakov, Anatoly Dec. 2, 2024, 9:35 a.m. UTC 
Support for `--noiommu-mode` flag was added, but documentation for it was
not. Add documentation for the flag.

Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/tools/devbind.rst | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

Comments

Burakov, Anatoly Dec. 4, 2024, 12:33 p.m. UTC | #1 
On 12/2/2024 10:35 AM, Anatoly Burakov wrote:
> Support for `--noiommu-mode` flag was added, but documentation for it was
> not. Add documentation for the flag.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
> ---

This update is also included in my devbind rewrite:

https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=34098
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diff --git a/doc/guides/tools/devbind.rst b/doc/guides/tools/devbind.rst
index 841615570f..e010d4b7df 100644
--- a/doc/guides/tools/devbind.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/tools/devbind.rst
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@  OPTIONS
       Use this flag to change ownership to the specified user and group, so that
       devices bound to VFIO would be usable by unprivileged users.
 
+* ``--noiommu-mode``
+
+      When using vfio-pci driver on a system with no IOMMU, this flag should be used to
+      enable unsafe no-IOMMU mode for vfio-pci driver.
+
 
 .. warning::