DMAR faults with Adaptec 3405 controller.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • After adding intel_iommu=on in kernel parameter KVM with PCI passthrough is not usable.
  • Dmesg contains the below logs after booting with intel_iommu=on,
[    0.669120] PCI-DMA: Intel(R) Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O
[    2.310875] dmar: DMAR:[DMA Write] Request device [02:01.0] fault addr ffbff000 
DMAR:[fault reason 02] Present bit in context entry is clear

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0

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