Known issue regarding iommu/VT-d and igb_uio on Linux kernel version
3.15 to 3.17 where unbinding the device from the driver removes the 1:1
mapping for the device on the iommu resulting in memory access errors.
Signed-off-by: Sergio Gonzalez Monroy <sergio.gonzalez.monroy at intel.com>
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| Driver/Module | Poll Mode Driver (PMD)
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| |
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+--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+
+Devices bound to igb_uio with VT-d enabled do not work on Linux* kernel
3.15-3.17
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
++--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| Title | Devices bound to igb_uio with VT-d enabled
do not work on Linux* kernel 3.15-3.17 |
+| |
|
++================================+======================================================================================+
+| Reference # | IXA00373938
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+| |
|
++--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| Description | When VT-d is enabled (iommu=pt
intel_iommu=on), devices are 1:1 mapped. |
+| | In the Linux* kernel unbinding devices from
drivers removes that mapping which |
+| | result in IOMMU errors.
|
+| |
|
++--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| Implication | Devices will not be allowed to access
memory. |
+| |
|
++--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| Resolution/ Workaround | Use earlier or later kernel versions, or
avoid driver binding on boot by |
+| | blacklisting the driver modules.
|
+| | ie. in the case of ixgbe, we can pass the
kernel command line option: |
+| |
|
+| | modprobe.blacklist=ixgbe
|
+| |
|
+| | This way we do not need to unbind the
device to bind it to igb_uio. |
+| |
|
++--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| Affected Environment/ Platform | Linux* systems with kernel versions 3.15 to
3.17 |
+| |
|
++--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| Driver/Module | igb_uio module
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+| |
|
++--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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