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diff --git a/arch/x86_64/Kconfig b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
index 02dd394..a55382a 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
@@ -458,8 +458,8 @@ config IOMMU
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 IOMMU and a software bounce buffer based IOMMU used on Intel
- systems and as fallback.
+ 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.
@@ -496,6 +496,12 @@ config CALGARY_IOMMU_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT
# need this always selected by IOMMU for the VIA workaround
config SWIOTLB
bool
+ help
+ Support for software bounce buffers used on x86-64 systems
+ which don't have a hardware IOMMU (e.g. the current generation
+ of Intel's x86-64 CPUs). Using this PCI devices which can only
+ access 32-bits of memory can be used on systems with more than
+ 3 GB of memory. If unsure, say Y.
config X86_MCE
bool "Machine check support" if EMBEDDED
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