--- /dev/null
+From: kiler129 <grzegorz@noflash.pl>
+
+allow opt-in to allow pass-through on broken hardware..
+
+adapted from https://github.com/kiler129/relax-intel-rmrr , licensed under MIT or GPL 2.0+
+
+--- a/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c
++++ b/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c
+@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@
+ static int dmar_map_ipu = 1;
+ static int intel_iommu_superpage = 1;
+ static int iommu_identity_mapping;
++static int intel_relaxable_rmrr = 0;
+ static int iommu_skip_te_disable;
+
+ #define IDENTMAP_GFX 2
+@@ -358,6 +359,9 @@
+ } else if (!strncmp(str, "tboot_noforce", 13)) {
+ pr_info("Intel-IOMMU: not forcing on after tboot. This could expose security risk for tboot\n");
+ intel_iommu_tboot_noforce = 1;
++ } else if (!strncmp(str, "relax_rmrr", 10)) {
++ pr_info("Intel-IOMMU: assuming all RMRRs are relaxable. This can lead to instability or data loss\n");
++ intel_relaxable_rmrr = 1;
+ } else {
+ pr_notice("Unknown option - '%s'\n", str);
+ }
+@@ -2538,7 +2542,7 @@
+ return false;
+
+ pdev = to_pci_dev(dev);
+- if (IS_USB_DEVICE(pdev) || IS_GFX_DEVICE(pdev))
++ if (intel_relaxable_rmrr || IS_USB_DEVICE(pdev) || IS_GFX_DEVICE(pdev))
+ return true;
+ else
+ return false;