---

yaml --- r: 99638 b: refs/heads/master c: 18d2220 h: refs/heads/master v: v3
git-mirror · Jul 4, 2008 · c980cd9 · c980cd9
1 parent 7c21db9
commit c980cd9
Show file tree

Hide file tree

Showing 2 changed files with 10 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 7441e9cb18a1a1e5b87f516fa97b6d4abb0838e3
+refs/heads/master: 18d22200740b83a5d968d3236c27c310b3e8fda6
diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86/Kconfig b/trunk/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -554,7 +554,15 @@ config AMD_IOMMU
 	select SWIOTLB
 	depends on X86_64 && PCI && ACPI
 	help
-	  Select this to get support for AMD IOMMU hardware in your system.
+	  With this option you can enable support for AMD IOMMU hardware in
+	  your system. An IOMMU is a hardware component which provides
+	  remapping of DMA memory accesses from devices. With an AMD IOMMU you
+	  can isolate the the DMA memory of different devices and protect the
+	  system from misbehaving device drivers or hardware.
+
+	  You can find out if your system has an AMD IOMMU if you look into
+	  your BIOS for an option to enable it or if you have an IVRS ACPI
+	  table.
 
 # need this always selected by IOMMU for the VIA workaround
 config SWIOTLB