CONFIG_SWIOTLB's existing help information refers to "the current
generation of Intel's x86-64 CPUs", but the statement is no longer
true. After researching on Intel's ark site, I changed the statement
to the also true "all Intel CPUs released before 2008".
Signed-off-by: Joe Millenbach <jmillenb...@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <j...@joshtriplett.org>
---
arch/x86/Kconfig | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 5bed94e..dadbfd6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -755,10 +755,10 @@ config SWIOTLB
def_bool y if X86_64
---help---
Support for software bounce buffers used on x86-64 systems
- which don't have a hardware IOMMU (e.g. the current generation
- of Intel's x86-64 CPUs). Using this PCI devices which can only
- access 32-bits of memory can be used on systems with more than
- 3 GB of memory. If unsure, say Y.
+ which don't have a hardware IOMMU (e.g. all Intel CPUs released
+ before 2008). Using this PCI devices which can only access 32-bits
+ of memory can be used on systems with more than 3 GB of memory. If
+ unsure, say Y.
config IOMMU_HELPER
def_bool (CALGARY_IOMMU || GART_IOMMU || SWIOTLB || AMD_IOMMU)
--
1.7.9.5
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