Re: [PATCH v4] powerpc/pseries: read the lpar name from the firmware

2022-01-06 Thread Michael Ellerman
Laurent Dufour writes: > Happy New Year, Michael! > > Do you consider taking that patch soon? I did but I was hoping you and Nathan could come to an agreement. Looks like you did while I was sleeping, perfect :) I'll pick up v5. cheers > On 07/12/2021, 18:11:09, Laurent Dufour wrote: >> The

Re: [PATCH v4] powerpc/pseries: read the lpar name from the firmware

2022-01-06 Thread Laurent Dufour
On 06/01/2022, 02:17:21, Tyrel Datwyler wrote: > On 1/5/22 3:19 PM, Nathan Lynch wrote: >> Laurent Dufour writes: >>> On 07/12/2021, 18:11:09, Laurent Dufour wrote: The LPAR name may be changed after the LPAR has been started in the HMC. In that case lparstat command is not reporting the

Re: [PATCH v4] powerpc/pseries: read the lpar name from the firmware

2022-01-05 Thread Tyrel Datwyler
On 1/5/22 5:36 PM, Nathan Lynch wrote: > Tyrel Datwyler writes: >> On 1/5/22 3:19 PM, Nathan Lynch wrote: >>> >> >> Is there benefit of adding a partition_name field/value pair to lparcfg? The >> lparstat utility can just as easily make the get_sysparm call via librtas. >> Further, rtas_filters al

Re: [PATCH v4] powerpc/pseries: read the lpar name from the firmware

2022-01-05 Thread Nathan Lynch
Tyrel Datwyler writes: > On 1/5/22 3:19 PM, Nathan Lynch wrote: >> Laurent Dufour writes: >>> On 07/12/2021, 18:11:09, Laurent Dufour wrote: The LPAR name may be changed after the LPAR has been started in the HMC. In that case lparstat command is not reporting the updated value because

Re: [PATCH v4] powerpc/pseries: read the lpar name from the firmware

2022-01-05 Thread Tyrel Datwyler
On 1/5/22 3:19 PM, Nathan Lynch wrote: > Laurent Dufour writes: >> On 07/12/2021, 18:11:09, Laurent Dufour wrote: >>> The LPAR name may be changed after the LPAR has been started in the HMC. >>> In that case lparstat command is not reporting the updated value because it >>> reads it from the devic

Re: [PATCH v4] powerpc/pseries: read the lpar name from the firmware

2022-01-05 Thread Nathan Lynch
Laurent Dufour writes: > On 07/12/2021, 18:11:09, Laurent Dufour wrote: >> The LPAR name may be changed after the LPAR has been started in the HMC. >> In that case lparstat command is not reporting the updated value because it >> reads it from the device tree which is read at boot time. >> >> How

Re: [PATCH v4] powerpc/pseries: read the lpar name from the firmware

2022-01-05 Thread Laurent Dufour
Happy New Year, Michael! Do you consider taking that patch soon? Thanks, Laurent. On 07/12/2021, 18:11:09, Laurent Dufour wrote: > The LPAR name may be changed after the LPAR has been started in the HMC. > In that case lparstat command is not reporting the updated value because it > reads it fro

[PATCH v4] powerpc/pseries: read the lpar name from the firmware

2021-12-07 Thread Laurent Dufour
The LPAR name may be changed after the LPAR has been started in the HMC. In that case lparstat command is not reporting the updated value because it reads it from the device tree which is read at boot time. However this value could be read from RTAS. Adding this value in the /proc/powerpc/lparcfg