Hi Eric,

All done for suggestions on this patch and patch21.

Thanks
Zhenzhong

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Eric Auger <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 23/23] docs/devel: Add IOMMUFD nesting
>documentation
>
>Zhenzhong,
>
>On 10/24/25 10:43 AM, Zhenzhong Duan wrote:
>> Add documentation about using IOMMUFD backed VFIO device with
>intel_iommu with
>> x-flts=on.
>>
>> Suggested-by: Yi Liu <[email protected]>
>> Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan <[email protected]>
>> ---
>>  docs/devel/vfio-iommufd.rst | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/docs/devel/vfio-iommufd.rst b/docs/devel/vfio-iommufd.rst
>> index 3d1c11f175..f1e4d940e6 100644
>> --- a/docs/devel/vfio-iommufd.rst
>> +++ b/docs/devel/vfio-iommufd.rst
>> @@ -164,3 +164,28 @@ RAM discarding for mdev.
>>
>>  ``vfio-ap`` and ``vfio-ccw`` devices don't have same issue as their backend
>>  devices are always mdev and RAM discarding is force enabled.
>> +
>> +Usage with intel_iommu with x-flts=on
>s/with/featuring to void repetition?
>> +-------------------------------------
>> +
>> +Only IOMMUFD backed VFIO device is supported when intel_iommu is
>configured
>> +with x-flts=on, for legacy container backed VFIO device, below error
>shows:
>> +
>> +.. code-block:: none
>> +
>> +    qemu-system-x86_64: -device vfio-pci,host=0000:02:00.0: vfio
>0000:02:00.0: Failed to set vIOMMU: Need IOMMUFD backend when
>x-flts=on
>> +
>> +VFIO device under PCI bridge is unsupported, use PCIE bridge if necessary,
>> +or else below error shows:
>s/or else/otherwise
>> +
>> +.. code-block:: none
>> +
>> +    qemu-system-x86_64: -device
>vfio-pci,host=0000:02:00.0,bus=bridge1,iommufd=iommufd0: vfio
>0000:02:00.0: Failed to set vIOMMU: Host device under PCI bridge is
>unsupported when x-flts=on
>s/under PCI bridge/downstream to a PCI bridge
>may have been better I think
>> +
>> +If host IOMMU has ERRATA_772415_SPR17, kexec or reboot from
>"intel_iommu=on,sm_on"
>> +to "intel_iommu=on,sm_off" in guest is also unsupported. Configure
>scalable mode
>> +off as below if it's not needed by guest.
>> +
>> +.. code-block:: bash
>> +
>> +    -device intel-iommu,x-scalable-mode=off
>Besides
>Reviewed-by: Eric Auger <[email protected]>
>
>Eric

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