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Copyright (c) 2016 OpenPOWER Foundation
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Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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You may obtain a copy of the License at
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http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
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xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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xmlns:xl="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
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version="5.0"
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xml:lang="en"
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xml:id="dbdoclet.50569332_72964">
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<title><emphasis>ibm,get-vpd</emphasis> RTAS Call</title>
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<para>This RTAS call allows for collection of VPD that changes after OS
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boot time (after the initial reporting in the OF device tree). When this
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call is implemented, there is no overlap between what is reported in the
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device tree and what is reported with this RTAS call. Also, when this
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RTAS call is implemented, all VPD, except PCI and I/O device VPD, which
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is dynamically changed during OS run time is reported with this call and
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not via the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,vpd”</literal></emphasis> property in the OF device
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tree.</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><emphasis role="bold">R1-<xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569332_72964"
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xrefstyle="select: labelnumber nopage"/>-1.</emphasis></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>For all Dynamic Reconfiguration options
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except PCI Hot Plug, when the platform VPD can change dynamically due to
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a Dynamic Reconfiguration operation, the platform must implement the
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<emphasis>ibm,get-vpd</emphasis> RTAS call.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><emphasis role="bold">R1-<xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569332_72964"
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xrefstyle="select: labelnumber nopage"/>-2.</emphasis></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>The RTAS function
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<emphasis>ibm,get-vpd</emphasis> must implement the argument call buffer
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defined by
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<xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569332_62393" />.</para>
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<table frame="all" pgwide="1" xml:id="dbdoclet.50569332_62393">
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<title>Argument Call Buffer
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<emphasis>ibm,get-vpd</emphasis></title>
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<tgroup cols="3">
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<colspec colname="c1" colwidth="1*" />
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<colspec colname="c2" colwidth="2*" />
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<colspec colname="c3" colwidth="4*" />
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<thead>
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<row>
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<entry>
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<para>
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<emphasis role="bold">Parameter Type</emphasis>
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</para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para>
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<emphasis role="bold">Name</emphasis>
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</para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para>
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<emphasis role="bold">Values</emphasis>
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</para>
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</entry>
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</row>
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</thead>
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<tbody>
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<row>
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<entry morerows="6" valign="middle">
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<para>In</para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Token</emphasis>
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</para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para>Token for
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<emphasis>ibm,get-vpd</emphasis></para>
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</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Number Inputs</emphasis>
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</para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para>4</para>
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</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Number Outputs</emphasis>
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</para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para>3</para>
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</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Pointer to Location Code</emphasis>
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</para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para>Real address of NULL-terminated string, contiguous in
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real memory and below 4GB, which is the location code of the
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FRU for which to obtain the VPD. When this parameter references
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a NULL string the VPD for all location codes is
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returned.</para>
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</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Work Area Address</emphasis>
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</para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para>Address of work area</para>
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</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Work Area Size</emphasis>
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</para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para>Size of work area</para>
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</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Sequence Number</emphasis>
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</para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para>Integer representing the sequence number of the call.
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First call in sequence starts with 1, following calls (if
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necessary) use the
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<emphasis>Next Sequence Number</emphasis> returned from the
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previous call.</para>
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</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry morerows="2" valign="middle">
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<para>Out</para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Status</emphasis>
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</para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para>-1: Hardware error</para>
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<para>-3: Parameter error</para>
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<para>-4: Optional: VPD changed, start again</para>
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<para>0: Success</para>
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<para>1: More data available; call again</para>
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<para>990x: Extended Delay where x is a number 0-5 (see text
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below)</para>
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</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Next Sequence Number</emphasis>
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</para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para>Return this integer as the
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<emphasis>Sequence Number</emphasis> parameter on the next call
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to continue the sequence, or 1 if no more calls are
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required</para>
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</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Bytes Returned</emphasis>
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</para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para>Integer representing the number of valid bytes returned
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in the work area.</para>
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</entry>
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</row>
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</tbody>
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</tgroup>
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</table>
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<para>When the 990x
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<emphasis>Status</emphasis> is returned, it is suggested that software
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delay for 10 raised to the x milliseconds (where x is the last digit of
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the 990x return code), before calling
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<emphasis>ibm,get-vpd</emphasis> with the same input parameters. However,
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software may issue the
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<emphasis>ibm,get-vpd</emphasis> call again either earlier or later than
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this.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><emphasis role="bold">R1-<xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569332_72964"
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xrefstyle="select: labelnumber nopage"/>-3.</emphasis></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>On the first call to
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<emphasis>ibm,get-vpd</emphasis> for a particular VPD gathering operation,
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the caller must provide a
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<emphasis>Sequence Number</emphasis> of 1 (32-bit integer)</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><emphasis role="bold">R1-<xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569332_72964"
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xrefstyle="select: labelnumber nopage"/>-4.</emphasis></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Upon calling
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<emphasis>ibm,get-vpd</emphasis> with a
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<emphasis>Sequence Number</emphasis> of 1, a previously returned
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<emphasis>Next Sequence Number</emphasis> must be discarded. This means
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that multiple calls to
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<emphasis>ibm,get-vpd</emphasis> cannot be interleaved by multiple
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processors, and if processor “B” starts a new
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<emphasis>ibm,get-vpd</emphasis> sequence while processor “A”
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has a call sequence in process (that is, the function on processor
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“A” has returned a
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<emphasis>Status</emphasis> of 1, and the subsequent call has not yet been
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made) then the call sequence on processor “A” is
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abandoned.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><emphasis role="bold">R1-<xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569332_72964"
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xrefstyle="select: labelnumber nopage"/>-5.</emphasis></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Optionally, if firmware detects a change in
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the VPD being requested before the entire VPD is returned, the
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<emphasis>ibm,get-vpd</emphasis> call must return a
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<emphasis>Status</emphasis> of -4 and the caller must start again with a
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Starting Number of 1.</para>
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<para>
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<emphasis role="bold">Implementation Note:</emphasis> The platform should not impede
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forward progress by continuously returning a
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<emphasis>Status</emphasis> of -4.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><emphasis role="bold">R1-<xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569332_72964"
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xrefstyle="select: labelnumber nopage"/>-6.</emphasis></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>The return data format in the work area
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must be such that after returning all the data and concatenating all data
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together in the order received, that the data is the same as is obtained
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from the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,vpd”</literal></emphasis> property of the OF device
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tree.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><emphasis role="bold">R1-<xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569332_72964"
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xrefstyle="select: labelnumber nopage"/>-7.</emphasis></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Each stanza of the returned data must
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include the YL (location code) keyword.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><emphasis role="bold">R1-<xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569332_72964"
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xrefstyle="select: labelnumber nopage"/>-8.</emphasis></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>If the
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<emphasis>ibm,get-vpd</emphasis> RTAS call is implemented, then the
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platform must not provide the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,vpd”</literal></emphasis> or
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,loc-code”</literal></emphasis> properties in the OF
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device tree
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<emphasis>root</emphasis> node.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><emphasis role="bold">R1-<xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569332_72964"
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xrefstyle="select: labelnumber nopage"/>-9.</emphasis></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>If the
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<emphasis>ibm,get-vpd</emphasis> RTAS call is implemented, then any VPD
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which may change after OS boot must be reported via the
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<emphasis>ibm,get-vpd</emphasis> RTAS call.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><emphasis role="bold">R1-<xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569332_72964"
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xrefstyle="select: labelnumber nopage"/>-10.</emphasis></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>If the
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<emphasis>Status</emphasis> returned is 1 (more data available, call
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again), then the caller must call
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<emphasis>ibm,get-vpd</emphasis> again with the
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<emphasis>Sequence Number</emphasis> parameter set to the
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<emphasis>Next Sequence Number</emphasis> integer from the previously
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returned call.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><emphasis role="bold">R1-<xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569332_72964"
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xrefstyle="select: labelnumber nopage"/>-11.</emphasis></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>If a
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<emphasis>Status</emphasis> of anything other than 0 or 1 is returned, the
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contents of the work area is not defined.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><emphasis role="bold">R1-<xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569332_72964"
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xrefstyle="select: labelnumber nopage"/>-12.</emphasis></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>The work area must be contiguous in real
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memory and must reside below 4GB.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><emphasis role="bold">R1-<xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569332_72964"
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xrefstyle="select: labelnumber nopage"/>-13.</emphasis></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Firmware cannot count on the contents of
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the work area at the beginning of any call to
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<emphasis>ibm,get-vpd</emphasis> (regardless of the value of the
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<emphasis>Sequence Number</emphasis>).</para>
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</listitem>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><emphasis role="bold">R1-<xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569332_72964"
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xrefstyle="select: labelnumber nopage"/>-14.</emphasis></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>The location code referenced by the
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<emphasis>Pointer to Location Code</emphasis> parameter must reside in
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contiguous real memory below an address of 4GB.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><emphasis role="bold">R1-<xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569332_72964"
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xrefstyle="select: labelnumber nopage"/>-15.</emphasis></term>
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<para>If the
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<emphasis>ibm,get-vpd</emphasis> RTAS call is implemented, then firmware
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must supply the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,vpd-size”</literal></emphasis> property in the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>/rtas</literal></emphasis> node, the value of which is a single cell,
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encoded as with
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<emphasis>encode-int</emphasis>, which is the estimated maximum size in
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bytes of the VPD that is returned if the
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<emphasis>Pointer to Location Code</emphasis> parameter to the
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<emphasis>ibm,get-vpd</emphasis> RTAS function is NULL (that is, all
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system VPD). This size should take in to account possible concurrent
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addition of new platform elements after the partition is started. If
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firmware is unable to estimate this size, it may return a value of 0x0 to
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indicate that no estimate is available.</para>
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<para>
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<emphasis role="bold">Software Implementation Notes:</emphasis>
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</para>
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<orderedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>An OS should be prepared for older versions of firmware where
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the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,vpd-size”</literal></emphasis> property is not
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provided.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Each stanza of the returned data must include the YL (location
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code) keyword.</para>
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</section>
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