[PATCH] [2/2] POWERPC: Lower threshold for DART enablement to 1GB, V2

[Jon Mason]

On Sat, Apr 15, 2006 at 06:57:55AM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> 
> > What I had in mind is an interface that given a PCI bridge will tell
> > you what's the most restrictive DMA mask for a device on that bridge,
> > so that you'll know whether you need to enable the IOMMU for that
> > bridge. I'll even settle for a function that tells you what's the most
> > restrictive DMA mask in the system, period. There's nothing inherently
> > arch specific about this.
> >
> > (and as a side note, the IOMMU we are working on on x86-64 is Calgary,
> > which is actually roughly the same chipset used in some PPC
> > machines...)
> 
> Not sure I ever heard about that... What chipsets ?

The pSeries POWER4 based systems (Regatta) had Calgary, and the 
RS/6000 POWER3 based systems (Condor) had Winnipeg (a precursor to
Calgary, with many of the same features).

Thanks,
Jon

> 
> Ben.
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