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From: Dominik Csapak <d.csapak@proxmox.com>
To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Subject: [pve-devel] [PATCH docs 1/2] pcie-passthrough: note that iommu activation is not always necessary
Date: Fri, 20 May 2022 10:43:24 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220520084325.1388661-1-d.csapak@proxmox.com> (raw)

especially on newer kernels

Signed-off-by: Dominik Csapak <d.csapak@proxmox.com>
---
 qm-pci-passthrough.adoc | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/qm-pci-passthrough.adoc b/qm-pci-passthrough.adoc
index fa6ba35..5ef325d 100644
--- a/qm-pci-passthrough.adoc
+++ b/qm-pci-passthrough.adoc
@@ -49,8 +49,9 @@ First, the IOMMU support has to be enabled in your BIOS/UEFI. Most often, that
 options is named `IOMMU` or `VT-d`, but check the manual for your motherboard
 for the exact option you need to enable.
 
-Then, the IOMMU has to be activated on the
+Then, the IOMMU might need to be activated on the
 xref:sysboot_edit_kernel_cmdline[kernel commandline].
+(On newer kernels, this should not be necessary.)
 
 The command line parameters are:
 
-- 
2.30.2





             reply	other threads:[~2022-05-20  8:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-05-20  8:43 Dominik Csapak [this message]
2022-05-20  8:43 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH docs 2/2] pcie-passthrough: add short note about iommu passthrough mode Dominik Csapak
2022-11-18 10:17 ` [pve-devel] applied: [PATCH docs 1/2] pcie-passthrough: note that iommu activation is not always necessary Thomas Lamprecht

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