linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc/pseries: read the lpar name from the firmware

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Message-ID: <60df1f67-dc37-f891-3c83-aba5a15bdddc@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Wed, 1 Dec 2021 16:57:06 +0100
From:   Laurent Dufour <ldufour@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Nathan Lynch <nathanl@...ux.ibm.com>, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/pseries: read the lpar name from the firmware

On 01/12/2021, 16:30:29, Nathan Lynch wrote:
> Laurent Dufour <ldufour@...ux.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.