Re: [PATCH] VT-d: Tylersburg errata apply to further steppings

2021-08-18 Thread Jan Beulich
On 18.08.2021 13:32, Andrew Cooper wrote: > On 03/08/2021 12:13, Jan Beulich wrote: >> While for 5500 and 5520 chipsets only B3 and C2 are mentioned in the >> spec update, X58's also mentions B2, and searching the internet suggests >> systems with this stepping are actually in use. Even worse, for

Re: [PATCH] VT-d: Tylersburg errata apply to further steppings

2021-08-18 Thread Andrew Cooper
On 03/08/2021 12:13, Jan Beulich wrote: > While for 5500 and 5520 chipsets only B3 and C2 are mentioned in the > spec update, X58's also mentions B2, and searching the internet suggests > systems with this stepping are actually in use. Even worse, for X58 > erratum #69 is marked applicable even to

RE: [PATCH] VT-d: Tylersburg errata apply to further steppings

2021-08-16 Thread Tian, Kevin
> From: Jan Beulich > Sent: Tuesday, August 3, 2021 7:14 PM > > While for 5500 and 5520 chipsets only B3 and C2 are mentioned in the > spec update, X58's also mentions B2, and searching the internet suggests > systems with this stepping are actually in use. Even worse, for X58 > erratum #69 is ma

Re: [PATCH] VT-d: Tylersburg errata apply to further steppings

2021-08-03 Thread Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
On Tue, Aug 03, 2021 at 03:44:10PM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote: > On 03.08.2021 15:30, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 03, 2021 at 03:16:14PM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote: > >> On 03.08.2021 15:12, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote: > >>> On Tue, Aug 03, 2021 at 03:06:50PM +0200, Jan Beul

Re: [PATCH] VT-d: Tylersburg errata apply to further steppings

2021-08-03 Thread Jan Beulich
On 03.08.2021 15:30, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote: > On Tue, Aug 03, 2021 at 03:16:14PM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote: >> On 03.08.2021 15:12, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote: >>> On Tue, Aug 03, 2021 at 03:06:50PM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote: On 03.08.2021 15:01, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote

Re: [PATCH] VT-d: Tylersburg errata apply to further steppings

2021-08-03 Thread Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
On Tue, Aug 03, 2021 at 03:16:14PM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote: > On 03.08.2021 15:12, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 03, 2021 at 03:06:50PM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote: > >> On 03.08.2021 15:01, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote: > >>> Ok, then, just setting iommu_intremap=false should

Re: [PATCH] VT-d: Tylersburg errata apply to further steppings

2021-08-03 Thread Jan Beulich
On 03.08.2021 15:12, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote: > On Tue, Aug 03, 2021 at 03:06:50PM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote: >> On 03.08.2021 15:01, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote: >>> Ok, then, just setting iommu_intremap=false should do the right thing, >> >> ... if "iommu=force" is in use (but not ot

Re: [PATCH] VT-d: Tylersburg errata apply to further steppings

2021-08-03 Thread Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
On Tue, Aug 03, 2021 at 03:06:50PM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote: > On 03.08.2021 15:01, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote: > > Ok, then, just setting iommu_intremap=false should do the right thing, > > ... if "iommu=force" is in use (but not otherwise), ... But that's the purpose of iommu=force, no? W

Re: [PATCH] VT-d: Tylersburg errata apply to further steppings

2021-08-03 Thread Jan Beulich
On 03.08.2021 15:01, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote: > On Tue, Aug 03, 2021 at 02:29:01PM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote: >> On 03.08.2021 14:21, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote: >>> If we would have an option (in >>> toolstack, or Xen) to force interrupt remapping, then indeed when it's >>> broken, P

Re: [PATCH] VT-d: Tylersburg errata apply to further steppings

2021-08-03 Thread Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
On Tue, Aug 03, 2021 at 02:29:01PM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote: > On 03.08.2021 14:21, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote: > > If we would have an option (in > > toolstack, or Xen) to force interrupt remapping, then indeed when it's > > broken, PCI passthrough should be refused (or maybe even system sho

Re: [PATCH] VT-d: Tylersburg errata apply to further steppings

2021-08-03 Thread Jan Beulich
On 03.08.2021 14:21, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote: > On Tue, Aug 03, 2021 at 01:13:40PM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote: >> While for 5500 and 5520 chipsets only B3 and C2 are mentioned in the >> spec update, X58's also mentions B2, and searching the internet suggests >> systems with this stepping are

Re: [PATCH] VT-d: Tylersburg errata apply to further steppings

2021-08-03 Thread Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
On Tue, Aug 03, 2021 at 01:13:40PM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote: > While for 5500 and 5520 chipsets only B3 and C2 are mentioned in the > spec update, X58's also mentions B2, and searching the internet suggests > systems with this stepping are actually in use. Even worse, for X58 > erratum #69 is marke