From: Laurent Dufour <ldufour@linux.ibm.com>
To: Nathan Lynch <nathanl@linux.ibm.com>, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/pseries: read the lpar name from the firmware
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2021 16:57:06 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <60df1f67-dc37-f891-3c83-aba5a15bdddc@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87h7bsny0a.fsf@linux.ibm.com>
On 01/12/2021, 16:30:29, Nathan Lynch wrote:
> Laurent Dufour <ldufour@linux.ibm.com> writes:
>> 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.
> Could lparstat be changed to make the appropriate get-system-parameter
> call via librtas, avoiding a kernel change?
You're right, I could do that directly in lparstat without changes in the
kernel.
Thanks,
Laurent.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-12-01 15:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-12-01 14:48 [PATCH] powerpc/pseries: read the lpar name from the firmware Laurent Dufour
2021-12-01 15:30 ` Nathan Lynch
2021-12-01 15:57 ` Laurent Dufour [this message]
2021-12-01 18:00 ` Laurent Dufour
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