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Re: [Xen-devel] Xen security advisory CVE-2011-1898 - VT-d (PCI passthro

At 21:48 +0100 on 19 May (1305841716), Cihula, Joseph wrote:
> So how would the user (or installation SW) specify to use the best
> (IOMMU) security available on the platform?

iommu=on.  That pretty much lines up with the current meaining. 

Only iommu=force requires a fully secure IOMMU, and you can
overide that with iommu=force,nointremap.  

Tim.

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Tim Deegan <Tim.Deegan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Principal Software Engineer, Xen Platform Team
Citrix Systems UK Ltd.  (Company #02937203, SL9 0BG)

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