linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5] powerpc/pseries: read the lpar name from the firmware

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Date:   Tue, 15 Feb 2022 16:26:27 +1100
From:   Michael Ellerman <patch-notifications@...erman.id.au>
To:     Laurent Dufour <ldufour@...ux.ibm.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc:     Nathan Lynch <nathanl@...ux.ibm.com>, tyreld@...ux.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] powerpc/pseries: read the lpar name from the firmware

On Thu, 6 Jan 2022 17:13:39 +0100, 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.
> 
> However this value could be read from RTAS.
> 
> Adding this value in the /proc/powerpc/lparcfg output allows to read the
> updated value.
> 
> [...]

Applied to powerpc/next.

[1/1] powerpc/pseries: read the lpar name from the firmware
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/eddaa9a402758d379520f6511fb61e89990698aa

cheers