Section B.6.2.1 Root Node Properties of PAPR specification defines a set of properties which shall be present in the device tree root, one of these properties is "system-id" which "should be unique across all systems and all manufacturers". Since UUID is meant to be unique, it makes sense to use it as "system-id".
This adds "system-id" property to the device tree root when not empty. Signed-off-by: Alexey Kardashevskiy <a...@ozlabs.ru> --- This might be expected by AIX so here is the patch. I am really not sure if it makes sense to initialize property when UUID is all zeroes as the requirement is "unique" and zero-uuid is not. --- hw/ppc/spapr.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c index de77528..e8b407d 100644 --- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c +++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c @@ -374,6 +374,9 @@ static void *spapr_create_fdt_skel(hwaddr initrd_base, qemu_uuid[14], qemu_uuid[15]); _FDT((fdt_property_string(fdt, "vm,uuid", buf))); + if (qemu_uuid_set) { + _FDT((fdt_property_string(fdt, "system-id", buf))); + } g_free(buf); if (qemu_get_vm_name()) { -- 2.5.0.rc3