Re: [PATCH 0/5] FlexRM support in VFIO platform

[Anup Patel]

On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 4:27 PM, Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 19/07/17 10:33, Anup Patel wrote:
>> This patchset primarily adds Broadcom FlexRM reset module for
>> VFIO platform driver. We also have minor improvments in IOMMU
>> and VFIO driver to allow VFIO no-IOMMU mode access to FlexRM.
>
> I'm struggling to understand the IOMMU changes here - what's the
> FlexRM's hardware relationship with the IOMMU, and how is it different
> from any other device? Furthermore, if there *is* a relevant IOMMU
> present, why would no-IOMMU mode need to be involved at all?

We want to have FlexRM device accessible from user-space
using VFIO platform with and without IOMMU.

Currently, if IOMMU ops are available for platform bus then
I cannot access FlexRM device using VFIO no-IOMMU mode.

Since, SMMU can bypass transactions which do not match
any SMRs, we should allow no-IOMMU mode for devices
when IOMMU group is not available.

Regards,
Anup