This was approved at today's PSARC meeting. Dan
Daniel Hain wrote: > I am sponsoring the following fasttrack for Scott Daventport, requesting patch > binding and a timeout of 07/18/2008. > > -Dan > > > Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.66 04/17/08 SMI > This information is Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems > 1. Introduction > 1.1. Project/Component Working Name: > sun4v Platform Independent Topology Enumerator - libmdesc extensions > 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier: > Author: Scott Davenport > 1.3 Date of This Document: > 11 July, 2008 > 4. Technical Description > Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.66 04/17/08 SMI > This information is Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems > 1. Introduction > 1.1. Project/Component Working Name: > sun4v Platform Independent Topology Enumerator - libmdesc extensions > > 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier: > Author: Scott Davenport > > 1.3 Date of This Document: > July 10, 2008 > > 1.4. Name of Major Document Customer(s)/Consumer(s): > 1.4.1. The Community you expect to review your project: > > ON > > 1.4.2. The ARC(s) you expect to review your project: > > PSARC - Open. > > > 4. Technical Description > > SUMMARY: > The Physical Resource Inventory (PRI) on sun4v systems is > to be used as the source for building an FMA topology. This > case adds interfaces to libmdesc so the sun4v enumerator > can walk the hierarchy in the PRI and build an FMA topology. > > This case seeks patch binding for an ON10 Update release. > > > PROBLEM: > The current APIs in libmdesc are for directed queries when > one knows apriori something about the nodes of interest. The > sun4v platform independent enumerator, by virtue of being > generic, cannot assume anything about the MD/PRI contents. > New APIs are needed to allow the arbitrary walk of the > MD/PRI graph. > > PROPOSED SOLUTION: > This case adds new interfaces to the libmdesc library to > walk the MD/PRI graph and perform a callback. The libmdesc > library was initially introduced as part of the following > cases: > > FWARC/2006/141 Logical Domains (LDOMS) 1.0 FMA > FWARC 2005/116 sun4v core API > PSARC/2004/515 sun4v_machine_class > > The interfaces being added are: > > Interface Classification > ---------------------- --------------- > md_walk_dag Project Private > md_get_prop_arcs Project Private > > > ISSUES: > NONE > > REFERENCE DOCUMENTS: > > FWARC/2006/141 Logical Domains (LDOMS) 1.0 FMA > FWARC 2005/116 sun4v core API > PSARC/2004/515 sun4v_machine_class > sun4v PI Enumerator FMA Portfolio > > http://wikihome.sfbay/fma-portfolio/Wiki.jsp?page=2008.015.sun4v_pi_enumerator > > 6. Resources and Schedule > 6.4. Steering Committee requested information > 6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name: > on > 6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack > 6.6. ARC Exposure: open > > -- Dan Hain Solaris Revenue Product Engineering (RPE) http://namefinder/NameFinder?nfquery=-s+88796 -------------------------------------------------------------- NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. --------------------------------------------------------------
