Merge branch 'x86/iommu'

[karo-tx-linux.git] / arch / x86 / Kconfig

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 826f4e7a3faa603e7886185317ad7566db49dbfa..e30d9d92818958202c0da3503fd3b013e91876ff 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -757,20 +757,25 @@ config DMI
          BIOS code.
 
 config GART_IOMMU
-       bool "GART IOMMU support" if EXPERT
-       default y
+       bool "Old AMD GART IOMMU support"
        select SWIOTLB
        depends on X86_64 && PCI && AMD_NB
        ---help---
-         Support for full DMA access of devices with 32bit memory access only
-         on systems with more than 3GB. This is usually needed for USB,
-         sound, many IDE/SATA chipsets and some other devices.
-         Provides a driver for the AMD Athlon64/Opteron/Turion/Sempron GART
-         based hardware IOMMU and a software bounce buffer based IOMMU used
-         on Intel systems and as fallback.
-         The code is only active when needed (enough memory and limited
-         device) unless CONFIG_IOMMU_DEBUG or iommu=force is specified
-         too.
+         Provides a driver for older AMD Athlon64/Opteron/Turion/Sempron
+         GART based hardware IOMMUs.
+
+         The GART supports full DMA access for devices with 32-bit access
+         limitations, on systems with more than 3 GB. This is usually needed
+         for USB, sound, many IDE/SATA chipsets and some other devices.
+
+         Newer systems typically have a modern AMD IOMMU, supported via
+         the CONFIG_AMD_IOMMU=y config option.
+
+         In normal configurations this driver is only active when needed:
+         there's more than 3 GB of memory and the system contains a
+         32-bit limited device.
+
+         If unsure, say Y.
 
 config CALGARY_IOMMU
        bool "IBM Calgary IOMMU support"