[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1613750] Re: [Ubuntu 16.10] powerpc/devtree: Add support for 2 new DRC properties
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Assignee: Tim Gardner (timg-tpi) => (unassigned) ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Yakkety) Assignee: Tim Gardner (timg-tpi) => (unassigned) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1613750 Title: [Ubuntu 16.10] powerpc/devtree: Add support for 2 new DRC properties Status in linux package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in linux source package in Yakkety: Won't Fix Bug description: powerpc/devtree: Add support for 2 new DRC properties to the Ubuntu distribution for powerpc Several properties in the DRC device tree format are replaced by more compact representations to allow, for example, for the encoding of vast amounts of memory, and or reduced duplication of information in related data structures. "ibm,drc-info": This property, when present, replaces the following four properties: "ibm,drc-indexes", "ibm,drc-names", "ibm,drc-types" and "ibm,drc-power-domains". This property is defined for all dynamically reconfigurable platform nodes. The "ibm,drc-info" elements are intended to provide a more compact representation, and reduce some search overhead. "ibm,dynamic-memory-v2": This property replaces the "ibm,dynamic-memory" node representation within the "ibm,dynamic-reconfiguration-memory" property provided by the BMC. This element format is intended to provide a more compact representation of memory, especially, for systems with massive amounts of RAM. To simplify portability, this property is converted to the "ibm,dynamic-memory" property during system boot. "ibm,architecture.vec": Bit flags are added to this data structure by the front end processor to inform the kernel as to whether to expect the changes to one or both of the device tree structures "ibm,drc-info" and "ibm,dynamic-memory-v2". Signed-off-by: Michael Bringmann https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146536.html Michael Bringmann (8): powerpc/firmware: Add definitions for new firmware features. https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146537.html powerpc/memory: Parse new memory property to register blocks. https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146538.html powerpc/memory: Parse new memory property to initialize structures. https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146539.html pseries/hotplug init: Convert new DRC memory property for hotplug runtime https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146540.html pseries/drc-info: Search new DRC properties for CPU indexes https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146541.html hotplug/drc-info: Add code to search new devtree properties https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146542.html powerpc: Check arch.vec earlier during boot for memory features https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146543.html powerpc: Enable support for new DRC devtree properties https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146544.html To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1613750/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1613750] Re: [Ubuntu 16.10] powerpc/devtree: Add support for 2 new DRC properties
** Tags added: cscc -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1613750 Title: [Ubuntu 16.10] powerpc/devtree: Add support for 2 new DRC properties Status in linux package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in linux source package in Yakkety: Won't Fix Bug description: powerpc/devtree: Add support for 2 new DRC properties to the Ubuntu distribution for powerpc Several properties in the DRC device tree format are replaced by more compact representations to allow, for example, for the encoding of vast amounts of memory, and or reduced duplication of information in related data structures. "ibm,drc-info": This property, when present, replaces the following four properties: "ibm,drc-indexes", "ibm,drc-names", "ibm,drc-types" and "ibm,drc-power-domains". This property is defined for all dynamically reconfigurable platform nodes. The "ibm,drc-info" elements are intended to provide a more compact representation, and reduce some search overhead. "ibm,dynamic-memory-v2": This property replaces the "ibm,dynamic-memory" node representation within the "ibm,dynamic-reconfiguration-memory" property provided by the BMC. This element format is intended to provide a more compact representation of memory, especially, for systems with massive amounts of RAM. To simplify portability, this property is converted to the "ibm,dynamic-memory" property during system boot. "ibm,architecture.vec": Bit flags are added to this data structure by the front end processor to inform the kernel as to whether to expect the changes to one or both of the device tree structures "ibm,drc-info" and "ibm,dynamic-memory-v2". Signed-off-by: Michael Bringmann https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146536.html Michael Bringmann (8): powerpc/firmware: Add definitions for new firmware features. https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146537.html powerpc/memory: Parse new memory property to register blocks. https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146538.html powerpc/memory: Parse new memory property to initialize structures. https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146539.html pseries/hotplug init: Convert new DRC memory property for hotplug runtime https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146540.html pseries/drc-info: Search new DRC properties for CPU indexes https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146541.html hotplug/drc-info: Add code to search new devtree properties https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146542.html powerpc: Check arch.vec earlier during boot for memory features https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146543.html powerpc: Enable support for new DRC devtree properties https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146544.html To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1613750/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1613750] Re: [Ubuntu 16.10] powerpc/devtree: Add support for 2 new DRC properties
bren...@br.ibm.com - Zesty kernel freeze is March 30. However, it doesn't look like these patches have made much progress. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1613750 Title: [Ubuntu 16.10] powerpc/devtree: Add support for 2 new DRC properties Status in linux package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in linux source package in Yakkety: In Progress Bug description: powerpc/devtree: Add support for 2 new DRC properties to the Ubuntu distribution for powerpc Several properties in the DRC device tree format are replaced by more compact representations to allow, for example, for the encoding of vast amounts of memory, and or reduced duplication of information in related data structures. "ibm,drc-info": This property, when present, replaces the following four properties: "ibm,drc-indexes", "ibm,drc-names", "ibm,drc-types" and "ibm,drc-power-domains". This property is defined for all dynamically reconfigurable platform nodes. The "ibm,drc-info" elements are intended to provide a more compact representation, and reduce some search overhead. "ibm,dynamic-memory-v2": This property replaces the "ibm,dynamic-memory" node representation within the "ibm,dynamic-reconfiguration-memory" property provided by the BMC. This element format is intended to provide a more compact representation of memory, especially, for systems with massive amounts of RAM. To simplify portability, this property is converted to the "ibm,dynamic-memory" property during system boot. "ibm,architecture.vec": Bit flags are added to this data structure by the front end processor to inform the kernel as to whether to expect the changes to one or both of the device tree structures "ibm,drc-info" and "ibm,dynamic-memory-v2". Signed-off-by: Michael Bringmann https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146536.html Michael Bringmann (8): powerpc/firmware: Add definitions for new firmware features. https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146537.html powerpc/memory: Parse new memory property to register blocks. https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146538.html powerpc/memory: Parse new memory property to initialize structures. https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146539.html pseries/hotplug init: Convert new DRC memory property for hotplug runtime https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146540.html pseries/drc-info: Search new DRC properties for CPU indexes https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146541.html hotplug/drc-info: Add code to search new devtree properties https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146542.html powerpc: Check arch.vec earlier during boot for memory features https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146543.html powerpc: Enable support for new DRC devtree properties https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146544.html To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1613750/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1613750] Re: [Ubuntu 16.10] powerpc/devtree: Add support for 2 new DRC properties
** Tags removed: targetmilestone-inin1610 ** Tags added: targetmilestone-inin1704 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1613750 Title: [Ubuntu 16.10] powerpc/devtree: Add support for 2 new DRC properties Status in linux package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in linux source package in Yakkety: In Progress Bug description: powerpc/devtree: Add support for 2 new DRC properties to the Ubuntu distribution for powerpc Several properties in the DRC device tree format are replaced by more compact representations to allow, for example, for the encoding of vast amounts of memory, and or reduced duplication of information in related data structures. "ibm,drc-info": This property, when present, replaces the following four properties: "ibm,drc-indexes", "ibm,drc-names", "ibm,drc-types" and "ibm,drc-power-domains". This property is defined for all dynamically reconfigurable platform nodes. The "ibm,drc-info" elements are intended to provide a more compact representation, and reduce some search overhead. "ibm,dynamic-memory-v2": This property replaces the "ibm,dynamic-memory" node representation within the "ibm,dynamic-reconfiguration-memory" property provided by the BMC. This element format is intended to provide a more compact representation of memory, especially, for systems with massive amounts of RAM. To simplify portability, this property is converted to the "ibm,dynamic-memory" property during system boot. "ibm,architecture.vec": Bit flags are added to this data structure by the front end processor to inform the kernel as to whether to expect the changes to one or both of the device tree structures "ibm,drc-info" and "ibm,dynamic-memory-v2". Signed-off-by: Michael Bringmann https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146536.html Michael Bringmann (8): powerpc/firmware: Add definitions for new firmware features. https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146537.html powerpc/memory: Parse new memory property to register blocks. https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146538.html powerpc/memory: Parse new memory property to initialize structures. https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146539.html pseries/hotplug init: Convert new DRC memory property for hotplug runtime https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146540.html pseries/drc-info: Search new DRC properties for CPU indexes https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146541.html hotplug/drc-info: Add code to search new devtree properties https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146542.html powerpc: Check arch.vec earlier during boot for memory features https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146543.html powerpc: Enable support for new DRC devtree properties https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146544.html To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1613750/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1613750] Re: [Ubuntu 16.10] powerpc/devtree: Add support for 2 new DRC properties
Please notify me when this patch set makes it into linux-next. ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Yakkety) Importance: Medium Assignee: Canonical Kernel Team (canonical-kernel-team) Status: Triaged ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Yakkety) Status: Triaged => In Progress ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Yakkety) Assignee: Canonical Kernel Team (canonical-kernel-team) => Tim Gardner (timg-tpi) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1613750 Title: [Ubuntu 16.10] powerpc/devtree: Add support for 2 new DRC properties Status in linux package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in linux source package in Yakkety: In Progress Bug description: powerpc/devtree: Add support for 2 new DRC properties to the Ubuntu distribution for powerpc Several properties in the DRC device tree format are replaced by more compact representations to allow, for example, for the encoding of vast amounts of memory, and or reduced duplication of information in related data structures. "ibm,drc-info": This property, when present, replaces the following four properties: "ibm,drc-indexes", "ibm,drc-names", "ibm,drc-types" and "ibm,drc-power-domains". This property is defined for all dynamically reconfigurable platform nodes. The "ibm,drc-info" elements are intended to provide a more compact representation, and reduce some search overhead. "ibm,dynamic-memory-v2": This property replaces the "ibm,dynamic-memory" node representation within the "ibm,dynamic-reconfiguration-memory" property provided by the BMC. This element format is intended to provide a more compact representation of memory, especially, for systems with massive amounts of RAM. To simplify portability, this property is converted to the "ibm,dynamic-memory" property during system boot. "ibm,architecture.vec": Bit flags are added to this data structure by the front end processor to inform the kernel as to whether to expect the changes to one or both of the device tree structures "ibm,drc-info" and "ibm,dynamic-memory-v2". Signed-off-by: Michael Bringmann https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146536.html Michael Bringmann (8): powerpc/firmware: Add definitions for new firmware features. https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146537.html powerpc/memory: Parse new memory property to register blocks. https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146538.html powerpc/memory: Parse new memory property to initialize structures. https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146539.html pseries/hotplug init: Convert new DRC memory property for hotplug runtime https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146540.html pseries/drc-info: Search new DRC properties for CPU indexes https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146541.html hotplug/drc-info: Add code to search new devtree properties https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146542.html powerpc: Check arch.vec earlier during boot for memory features https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146543.html powerpc: Enable support for new DRC devtree properties https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146544.html To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1613750/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1613750] Re: [Ubuntu 16.10] powerpc/devtree: Add support for 2 new DRC properties
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Assignee: Taco Screen team (taco-screen-team) => Canonical Kernel Team (canonical-kernel-team) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1613750 Title: [Ubuntu 16.10] powerpc/devtree: Add support for 2 new DRC properties Status in linux package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in linux source package in Yakkety: In Progress Bug description: powerpc/devtree: Add support for 2 new DRC properties to the Ubuntu distribution for powerpc Several properties in the DRC device tree format are replaced by more compact representations to allow, for example, for the encoding of vast amounts of memory, and or reduced duplication of information in related data structures. "ibm,drc-info": This property, when present, replaces the following four properties: "ibm,drc-indexes", "ibm,drc-names", "ibm,drc-types" and "ibm,drc-power-domains". This property is defined for all dynamically reconfigurable platform nodes. The "ibm,drc-info" elements are intended to provide a more compact representation, and reduce some search overhead. "ibm,dynamic-memory-v2": This property replaces the "ibm,dynamic-memory" node representation within the "ibm,dynamic-reconfiguration-memory" property provided by the BMC. This element format is intended to provide a more compact representation of memory, especially, for systems with massive amounts of RAM. To simplify portability, this property is converted to the "ibm,dynamic-memory" property during system boot. "ibm,architecture.vec": Bit flags are added to this data structure by the front end processor to inform the kernel as to whether to expect the changes to one or both of the device tree structures "ibm,drc-info" and "ibm,dynamic-memory-v2". Signed-off-by: Michael Bringmann https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146536.html Michael Bringmann (8): powerpc/firmware: Add definitions for new firmware features. https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146537.html powerpc/memory: Parse new memory property to register blocks. https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146538.html powerpc/memory: Parse new memory property to initialize structures. https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146539.html pseries/hotplug init: Convert new DRC memory property for hotplug runtime https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146540.html pseries/drc-info: Search new DRC properties for CPU indexes https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146541.html hotplug/drc-info: Add code to search new devtree properties https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146542.html powerpc: Check arch.vec earlier during boot for memory features https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146543.html powerpc: Enable support for new DRC devtree properties https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-July/146544.html To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1613750/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
