powerpc/nvram: Fix an incorrect partition merge
Stewart Smith
stewart at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Tue Jun 7 15:24:16 AEST 2016
xinhui <xinhui.pan at linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
>> Has it always been broken?
>>
>
> no. after nvram partition corruption hit, all nvram partitions will be
> erased and re-alloc after the second machine reboot.
> I don't know who does it but i guess it is the firmware. :)
It is. PAPR says we format NVRAM when it's corrupted. This is also true
for NVRAM for PowerNV (not just pseries guest).
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Stewart Smith
OPAL Architect, IBM.
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