Disable DAC on VIA bridges Several reports that VIA bridges don't support DAC and corrupt data. I don't know if it's fixed, but let's just blacklist them all for now. It can be overwritten with iommu=usedac Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen --- arch/x86_64/kernel/pci-dma.c | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) Index: linux/arch/x86_64/kernel/pci-dma.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/arch/x86_64/kernel/pci-dma.c +++ linux/arch/x86_64/kernel/pci-dma.c @@ -322,5 +322,17 @@ static int __init pci_iommu_init(void) return 0; } +#ifdef CONFIG_PCI +/* Many VIA bridges seem to corrupt data for DAC. Disable it here */ + +static __devinit void via_no_dac(struct pci_dev *dev) +{ + if ((dev->class >> 16) == PCI_CLASS_BRIDGE_PCI && forbid_dac == 0) { + printk(KERN_INFO "PCI: VIA PCI bridge detected. Disabling DAC.\n"); + forbid_dac = 1; + } +} +DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_FINAL(PCI_VENDOR_ID_VIA, PCI_ANY_ID, via_no_dac); +#endif /* Must execute after PCI subsystem */ fs_initcall(pci_iommu_init);