From:   Nathan Lynch <nathanl@linux.ibm.com>
To:     Laurent Dufour <ldufour@linux.ibm.com>
Cc:     tyreld@linux.ibm.com, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] powerpc/pseries: read the lpar name from the firmware
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Date:   Thu, 06 Jan 2022 15:13:44 -0600
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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.
>
> However this value could be read from RTAS.
>
> Adding this value in the /proc/powerpc/lparcfg output allows to read the
> updated value.
>
> However the hypervisor, like Qemu/KVM, may not support this RTAS
> parameter. In that case the value reported in lparcfg is read from the
> device tree and so is not updated accordingly.
>
> Cc: Nathan Lynch <nathanl@linux.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Laurent Dufour <ldufour@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
> v5:
>  fallback to the device tree value if RTAS is not providing the value.
> v4:
>  address Nathan's new comments limiting size of the buffer.
> v3:
>  address Michael's comments.
> v2:
>  address Nathan's comments.
>  change title to partition_name aligning with existing partition_id

Thanks Laurent.

Reviewed-by: Nathan Lynch <nathanl@linux.ibm.com>