Re: Difference between IOVA and bus address when SMMU is enabled

[valmiki]

> On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 06:25:13PM +0530, valmiki wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > What is the difference between IOVA address and bus address
> > when SMMU is enabled ?
> >
> > Is IOVA address term used only when hypervisor is present ?
>
> IOVA = IO virtual address.  IOVA is the term normally used to describe
> the address used on the _device_ side of an IOMMU.
>
> For any general setup:
>
> RAM ----- MMU ----- DEVICE
>       ^         ^
>   physical   virtual
>   address    address
>
> where "device" can be an IO device or a CPU, the terms still apply.
>
> If you have something like this:
>
> RAM ----- PCI bridge ----- MMU ----- DEVICE
>       ^                ^         ^
>    physical           bus     virtual
>    address          address   address
>
> You could also have (eg, in the case of a system MMU):
>
> RAM ----- MMU ----- PCI bridge ----- DEVICE
>       ^         ^                ^
>    physical  virtual            bus
>    address   address          address
>            (this can also be
>             considered a bus
>             address!)
>
> In both of the above two cases, the PCI bridge may perform some address
> translation, meaning that the bus address is different from the address
> seen on the other side of the bridge.
>
> So, the terms used depend exactly on the overall bus topology.
>
> In the case of a system MMU, where the system MMU sits between peripheral
> devices and RAM, then the bus addresses are the same as the
> _IOVA of the system MMU_.
Thanks Russell.

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