[PATCH] dt-bindings: PCI: mediatek-gen3: Allow memory-region for restricted DMA buffer
AngeloGioacchino Del Regno
angelogioacchino.delregno at collabora.com
Mon May 11 03:04:29 PDT 2026
On 5/8/26 08:36, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> On some SoCs without an IOMMU behind the PCIe controller, the PCIe
> controller memory access could be limited to a small region by the
> firmware configuring a memory protection unit. This memory region
> must be assigned to the PCIe controller so that the OS knows to
> use that region. Otherwise PCIe devices would not work properly.
>
> Allow the memory-region property with one item pointing to a
> restricted DMA buffer.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chen-Yu Tsai <wenst at chromium.org>
Makes a lot of sense, and actually makes us able to provide a correct hardware
description in the devicetrees.
Reviewed-by: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno at collabora.com>
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