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The IOMMU VT-d implementation uses the first level for GPA->HPA translation by default. Although both the first level and the second level could handle the DMA translation, they're different in some way. For example, the second level translation has separate controls for the Access/Dirty page tracking. With the first level translation, there's no such control. On the other hand, the second level translation has the page-level control for forcing snoop, but the first level only has global control with pasid granularity. This uses the second level for GPA->HPA translation so that we can provide a consistent hardware interface for use cases like dirty page tracking for live migration. Signed-off-by: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@linux.intel.com> Reviewed-by: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@intel.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210926114535.923263-1-baolu.lu@linux.intel.com Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211014053839.727419-6-baolu.lu@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@suse.de>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.