Re: [PATCH 3/9] add frontend implementation for the IOMMU API

[Avi Kivity]

Joerg Roedel wrote:
> Hmm, is there any hardware IOMMU with which we can't emulate domains by
> partitioning the IO address space? This concept works for GART and
> Calgary.
>
>   

Is partitioning secure?  Domain X's user could program its hardware to 
dma to domain Y's addresses, zapping away Domain Y's user's memory.

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