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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 13/26] Start implementing pSeries logical partit
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Alexander Graf |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 13/26] Start implementing pSeries logical partition machine |
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Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:46:14 +0100 |
On 16.03.2011, at 22:59, Anthony Liguori <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 03/15/2011 11:56 PM, David Gibson wrote:
>> This patch adds a "pseries" machine to qemu. This aims to emulate a
>> logical partition on an IBM pSeries machine, compliant to the
>> "PowerPC Architecture Platform Requirements" (PAPR) document.
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> Can we call the machine 'papr' or at least 'lpar'
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> Technically speaking, System P is the proper name these days, but I think
> papr or lpar would make a lot more sense to people.
I actually find the name pretty nice. It gives you what you'd expect without
knowing ibm acronyms.
Lpar is just plain wrong semantically. It's a different dimension.
Papr would work, but then I'd rather go for spapr as there also is an epapr.
Alex
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- [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 15/26] Virtual hash page table handling on pSeries machine, (continued)
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 14/26] Implement the bus structure for PAPR virtual IO, David Gibson, 2011/03/16
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 13/26] Start implementing pSeries logical partition machine, David Gibson, 2011/03/16
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 16/26] Implement hcall based RTAS for pSeries machines, David Gibson, 2011/03/16
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 16/26] Implement hcall based RTAS for pSeries machines, Anthony Liguori, 2011/03/16
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 20/26] Add (virtual) interrupt to PAPR virtual tty device, David Gibson, 2011/03/16
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 19/26] Add PAPR H_VIO_SIGNAL hypercall and infrastructure for VIO interrupts, David Gibson, 2011/03/16