RE: [PATCH 1/1] iommu/vt-d: Remove INTEL_IOMMU_BROKEN_GFX_WA

From: Tian, Kevin
Date: Sun Jan 28 2024 - 21:50:16 EST


> From: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2024 2:45 PM
>
> Commit 62edf5dc4a524 ("intel-iommu: Restore DMAR_BROKEN_GFX_WA
> option for
> broken graphics drivers") was introduced 24 years ago as a temporary
> workaround for graphics drivers that used physical addresses for DMA and
> avoided DMA APIs. This workaround was disabled by default.
>
> As 24 years have passed, it is expected that graphics driver developers
> have migrated their drivers to use kernel DMA APIs. Therefore, this
> workaround is no longer required and could been removed.
>
> Suggested-by: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>