[vfio-users] Want to Confirm ACS on Root Ports i7-5930K "High End", and Understand "PCH root port ACS Workaround Enabled "

[Jeff]

I'm pretty certain that ACS on the CPU root ports are working from the
output of sudo lspci -vvv for the 3 CPU PCI bridges

(Heavily snipped)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E5 v3/Core i7 PCI Express Root
Port 1
 Capabilities: [110 v1] Access Control Services
                ACSCap: SrcValid+ TransBlk+ ReqRedir+ CmpltRedir+
UpstreamFwd+ EgressCtrl- DirectTrans-
                ACSCtl: SrcValid+ TransBlk- ReqRedir+ CmpltRedir+
UpstreamFwd+ EgressCtrl- DirectTrans-

However I don't understand the dmesg | grep output:
pci 0000:00:1c.0: Intel PCH root port ACS workaround enabled
pci 0000:00:1c.6: Intel PCH root port ACS workaround enabled
pci 0000:00:1c.7: Intel PCH root port ACS workaround enabled

I understand that is from the PCH, but don't understand the "workaround"
being used for these ports.

The IOMMU listing outputs proper isolation per device, but I wanted to make
sure there is no issues for expansion slots coming from the PCH and details
of the workaround.

My brief understanding is that is has to do with properly grouping the
devices or something of that nature.
Thanks for listening.
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