[PATCH 11/11] powerpc/nvram: Rename ppc64, linux partition to ibm, rtas-log

Benjamin Herrenschmidt benh at kernel.crashing.org
Mon Aug 2 10:55:22 EST 2010


I'm not aware of any userspace tool accessing it by its name anyways,
it's read back by the kernel itself on the next boot to get back
older log entries

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh at kernel.crashing.org>
---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/nvram.c |   23 +++++++++++++----------
 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/nvram.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/nvram.c
index c8b3f0f..e3acb0b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/nvram.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/nvram.c
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ struct err_log_info {
 #define NVRAM_MAX_REQ		2079
 #define NVRAM_MIN_REQ		1055
 
+#define NVRAM_LOG_PART_NAME	"ibm,rtas-log"
+
 static ssize_t pSeries_nvram_read(char *buf, size_t count, loff_t *index)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
@@ -262,8 +264,8 @@ int nvram_clear_error_log(void)
  * error logs and cleanup partitions if needed.
  *
  * The general strategy is the following:
- * 1.) If there is ppc64,linux partition large enough then use it.
- * 2.) If there is not a ppc64,linux partition large enough, search
+ * 1.) If there is log partition large enough then use it.
+ * 2.) If there is none large enough, search
  * for a free partition that is large enough.
  * 3.) If there is not a free partition large enough remove 
  * _all_ OS partitions and consolidate the space.
@@ -277,34 +279,35 @@ static int __init pseries_nvram_init_log_partition(void)
 	loff_t p;
 	int size;
 
-	p = nvram_find_partition("ppc64,linux", NVRAM_SIG_OS, &size);
+	p = nvram_find_partition(NVRAM_LOG_PART_NAME, NVRAM_SIG_OS, &size);
 
 	/* Found one but too small, remove it */
 	if (p && size < NVRAM_MIN_REQ) {
-		pr_info("nvram: Found too small ppc64,linux partition"
+		pr_info("nvram: Found too small "NVRAM_LOG_PART_NAME" partition"
 			",removing it...");
-		nvram_remove_partition("ppc64,linux", NVRAM_SIG_OS);
+		nvram_remove_partition(NVRAM_LOG_PART_NAME, NVRAM_SIG_OS);
 		p = 0;
 	}
 
 	/* Create one if we didn't find */
 	if (!p) {
-		p = nvram_create_partition("ppc64,linux", NVRAM_SIG_OS,
+		p = nvram_create_partition(NVRAM_LOG_PART_NAME, NVRAM_SIG_OS,
 					   NVRAM_MIN_REQ, NVRAM_MAX_REQ);
 		/* No room for it, try to get rid of any OS partition
 		 * and try again
 		 */
 		if (p == -ENOSPC) {
-			pr_info("nvram: No room to create ppc64,linux"
+			pr_info("nvram: No room to create "NVRAM_LOG_PART_NAME
 				" partition, deleting all OS partitions...");
 			nvram_remove_partition(NULL, NVRAM_SIG_OS);
-			p = nvram_create_partition("ppc64,linux", NVRAM_SIG_OS,
-						   NVRAM_MIN_REQ, NVRAM_MAX_REQ);
+			p = nvram_create_partition(NVRAM_LOG_PART_NAME,
+						   NVRAM_SIG_OS, NVRAM_MIN_REQ,
+						   NVRAM_MAX_REQ);
 		}
 	}
 
 	if (p <= 0) {
-		pr_err("nvram: Failed to find or create ppc64,linux"
+		pr_err("nvram: Failed to find or create "NVRAM_LOG_PART_NAME
 		       " partition, err %d\n", (int)p);
 		return 0;
 	}
-- 
1.6.3.3



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