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authorBenjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>2010-08-02 10:51:25 +1000
committerBenjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>2010-11-30 15:38:50 +1100
commit9a866b870880065364c894823257e6982103d4e4 (patch)
treec84405cef523bbfdd2df93e23a09771fe0d1ab75 /arch
parentedc79a2f3ee1c74d915f6a0ce3cb22bf468f5ad5 (diff)
powerpc/nvram: Rename ppc64,linux partition to ibm,rtas-log
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@kernel.crashing.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/nvram.c23
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/nvram.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/nvram.c
index 55a7141131f..7e828ba29bc 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.
@@ -281,34 +283,35 @@ static int __init pseries_nvram_init_log_partition(void)
nvram_scan_partitions();
/* Lookg for ours */
- 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_MAX_REQ, NVRAM_MIN_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_MAX_REQ, NVRAM_MIN_REQ);
+ p = nvram_create_partition(NVRAM_LOG_PART_NAME,
+ NVRAM_SIG_OS, NVRAM_MAX_REQ,
+ NVRAM_MIN_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;
}