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    PCI: Add support for multiple DMA aliases · 338c3149
    Jacek Lawrynowicz authored
    Solve IOMMU support issues with PCIe non-transparent bridges that use
    Requester ID look-up tables (RID-LUT), e.g., the PEX8733.
    
    The NTB connects devices in two independent PCI domains.  Devices separated
    by the NTB are not able to discover each other.  A PCI packet being
    forwared from one domain to another has to have its RID modified so it
    appears on correct bus and completions are forwarded back to the original
    domain through the NTB.  The RID is translated using a preprogrammed table
    (LUT) and the PCI packet propagates upstream away from the NTB.  If the
    destination system has IOMMU enabled, the packet will be discarded because
    the new RID is unknown to the IOMMU.  Adding a DMA alias for the new RID
    allows IOMMU to properly recognize the packet.
    
    Each device behind the NTB has a unique RID assigned in the RID-LUT.  The
    current DMA alias implementation supports only a single alias, so it's not
    possible to support mutiple devices behind the NTB when IOMMU is enabled.
    
    Enable all possible aliases on a given bus (256) that are stored in a
    bitset.  Alias devfn is directly translated to a bit number.  The bitset is
    not allocated for devices that have no need for DMA aliases.
    
    More details can be found in the following article:
    http://www.plxtech.com/files/pdf/technical/expresslane/RTC_Enabling%20MulitHostSystemDesigns.pdf
    
    
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJacek Lawrynowicz <jacek.lawrynowicz@intel.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarBjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarAlex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarDavid Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarJoerg Roedel <jroedel@suse.de>
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