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version="5.0"
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version="5.0"
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xml:lang="en">
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<title>Non Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) Option</title>
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<section>
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<title>Summary of Extensions to Support NUMA</title>
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<para>NUMA platforms to a first level approximation are simply a large
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scale Symmetric Multi-Processor. However to tune system performance and to aid
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in platform maintenance, the OS needs additional information and mechanisms.
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<para>NUMA platforms to a first level approximation are simply a large
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scale Symmetric Multi-Processor. However to tune system performance and to aid
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in platform maintenance, the OS needs additional information and mechanisms.
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These include:</para>
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<para>Associativity -- to determine the platform resource
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<para>Associativity -- to determine the platform resource
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groupings.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Relative Performance Distances -- to determine the performance
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<para>Relative Performance Distances -- to determine the performance
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between resources within different groupings.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Performance Monitor -- to provide usage data on the NUMA
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<para>Performance Monitor -- to provide usage data on the NUMA
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fabric.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Dynamic Reconfiguration -- due to such causes as platform upgrade,
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<para>Dynamic Reconfiguration -- due to such causes as platform upgrade,
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reallocation of resources, or a repair of a failure.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>There are two NUMA support options: the “NUMA” option
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and its proper subset the “Associativity Information”
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<para>There are two NUMA support options: the “NUMA” option
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and its proper subset the “Associativity Information”
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option.</para>
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</section>
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<section xml:id="dbdoclet.50569346_90086">
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<title>NUMA Resource Associativity</title>
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<para>Associativity Codes represent the groupings of the various platform
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resources into domains of substantially similar mean performance relative to
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resources outside of that domain. Resources subsets of a given domain that
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exhibit better performance relative to each other than relative to other
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resources subsets, are represented as being members of a sub-grouping domain.
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Such sub-domain grouping is represented to any level deemed significant by the
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platform design. <xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569346_57930"/> presents a simple
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system configuration with one possible decomposition into associativity
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domains. From the decomposition provided the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity”</literal></emphasis> value string for each resource is
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<para>Associativity Codes represent the groupings of the various platform
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resources into domains of substantially similar mean performance relative to
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resources outside of that domain. Resources subsets of a given domain that
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exhibit better performance relative to each other than relative to other
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resources subsets, are represented as being members of a sub-grouping domain.
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Such sub-domain grouping is represented to any level deemed significant by the
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platform design. <xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569346_57930"/> presents a simple
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system configuration with one possible decomposition into associativity
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domains. From the decomposition provided the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity”</literal></emphasis> value string for each resource is
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enumerated. </para>
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<figure xml:id="dbdoclet.50569346_57930">
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<title>Example NUMA configuration with
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domains and corresponding <emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity”</literal></emphasis>
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<title>Example NUMA configuration with
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domains and corresponding <emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity”</literal></emphasis>
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values </title>
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</mediaobject>
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</figure>
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<para> The OF Device Tree node for each allocable resource
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(processor, memory region, and IO slot) conveys information about the resources
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statically assigned to the client program; and contains the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity”</literal></emphasis>
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property (see <xref linkend="LoPAR.RTAS"/>). This property allows the client
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program to determine the associativity between any two of it’s
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resources. The greater the associativity the greater the expected performance
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<para> The OF Device Tree node for each allocable resource
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(processor, memory region, and IO slot) conveys information about the resources
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statically assigned to the client program; and contains the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity”</literal></emphasis>
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property (see <xref linkend="LoPAR.RTAS"/>). This property allows the client
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program to determine the associativity between any two of it’s
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resources. The greater the associativity the greater the expected performance
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when using those two resources in a given operation.</para>
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<para>The legal form of the <emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity”</literal></emphasis>
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property is dependent upon the setting of the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,architecture-vec-5”</literal></emphasis>
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property byte 5 bit 0. The bit value of zero allows the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity”</literal></emphasis> property string to be sequenced in
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priority order; this form is being deprecated for new implementations in favor
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of the form indicated by the
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<para>The legal form of the <emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity”</literal></emphasis>
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property is dependent upon the setting of the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,architecture-vec-5”</literal></emphasis>
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property byte 5 bit 0 having the value of one in which the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity”</literal></emphasis> property string represents the
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property byte 5 bit 0. The bit value of zero allows the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity”</literal></emphasis> property string to be sequenced in
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priority order; this form is being deprecated for new implementations in favor
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of the form indicated by the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,architecture-vec-5”</literal></emphasis>
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property byte 5 bit 0 having the value of one in which the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity”</literal></emphasis> property string represents the
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strict physical hierarchy of the platform.</para>
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<para>When the LPAR option is also implemented, the partition virtual
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resources may be mapped onto physical resources with in a very dynamic manor.
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Given that the resource mapping to the associativity domain is substantially
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consistent, the client program can make use of the associativity information to
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on the average optimize performance. If the resource mapping to the
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associativity domain is substantially inconsistent, then associativity
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information for the resources is not provided to prevent erroneous operation.
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If the long term mapping changes the client program can be made aware of the
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new associativity information using the <emphasis>ibm,update-properties</emphasis> RTAS call (See
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<para>When the LPAR option is also implemented, the partition virtual
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resources may be mapped onto physical resources with in a very dynamic manor.
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Given that the resource mapping to the associativity domain is substantially
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consistent, the client program can make use of the associativity information to
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on the average optimize performance. If the resource mapping to the
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associativity domain is substantially inconsistent, then associativity
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information for the resources is not provided to prevent erroneous operation.
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If the long term mapping changes the client program can be made aware of the
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new associativity information using the <emphasis>ibm,update-properties</emphasis> RTAS call (See
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<xref linkend="LoPAR.RTAS"/>).</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry xml:id="dbdoclet.50569346_19785">
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<term><emphasis role="bold">R1-<xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569346_90086"
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<term><emphasis role="bold">R1-<xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569346_90086"
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xrefstyle="select: labelnumber nopage"/>-1.</emphasis></term>
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<listitem>
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<para><emphasis role="bold">For the NUMA or Associativity
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Information option:</emphasis> The platform must include the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity”</literal></emphasis> in the OF device tree
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>memory</literal></emphasis> node and the nodes of each processor, memory
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region, and PCI bridge onto which IOAs may be plugged if the component is
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dedicated to the partition. (The device tree node for a component that the
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platform intends to virtualize should include an
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity”</literal></emphasis> property if the associativity
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<para><emphasis role="bold">For the NUMA or Associativity
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Information option:</emphasis> The platform must include the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity”</literal></emphasis> in the OF device tree
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>memory</literal></emphasis> node and the nodes of each processor, memory
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region, and PCI bridge onto which IOAs may be plugged if the component is
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dedicated to the partition. (The device tree node for a component that the
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platform intends to virtualize should include an
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity”</literal></emphasis> property if the associativity
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domain information is substantially accurate.)</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.50569346_90086"
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<term><emphasis role="bold">R1-<xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569346_90086"
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xrefstyle="select: labelnumber nopage"/>-2.</emphasis></term>
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<para><emphasis role="bold">For the NUMA option and SPLPAR
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option:</emphasis> In the case that both the NUMA and SPLPAR options are
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implemented, Requirement <xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569346_19785"/> is modified
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to remove processors from the list of system elements that must include the
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respective properties or interfaces described by that requirement. (The
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platform is encouraged to provide processor associativity information if it is
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<para><emphasis role="bold">For the NUMA option and SPLPAR
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option:</emphasis> In the case that both the NUMA and SPLPAR options are
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implemented, Requirement <xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569346_19785"/> is modified
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to remove processors from the list of system elements that must include the
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respective properties or interfaces described by that requirement. (The
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platform is encouraged to provide processor associativity information if it is
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substantially accurate.)</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<para>The <emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity”</literal></emphasis>
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property contains one or more lists of numbers representing the
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resource’s platform grouping domains. Each list, starts with a number
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representing the domain number of the highest level grouping within which the
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platform is capable of supporting direct access. This highest level may be a
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NUMA collective or possibly a cluster of machines with direct DMA access.
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Successive numbers represent sub-divisions of the previous higher level within
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which the expected mean value of the performance relative to outside resources
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is substantially similar. Implementations determine the number of levels that
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they report, subject to Requirements <xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569346_19785"/>
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and <xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569346_29131"/>. The lowest level always being
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that of the allocable resource itself. The user of this information is
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cautioned not to imply any specific physical/logical significance of the
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<para>The <emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity”</literal></emphasis>
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property contains one or more lists of numbers representing the
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resource’s platform grouping domains. Each list, starts with a number
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representing the domain number of the highest level grouping within which the
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platform is capable of supporting direct access. This highest level may be a
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NUMA collective or possibly a cluster of machines with direct DMA access.
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Successive numbers represent sub-divisions of the previous higher level within
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which the expected mean value of the performance relative to outside resources
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is substantially similar. Implementations determine the number of levels that
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they report, subject to Requirements <xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569346_19785"/>
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and <xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569346_29131"/>. The lowest level always being
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that of the allocable resource itself. The user of this information is
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cautioned not to imply any specific physical/logical significance of the
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various intermediate levels.</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry xml:id="dbdoclet.50569346_29131">
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<term><emphasis role="bold">R1-<xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569346_90086"
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<term><emphasis role="bold">R1-<xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569346_90086"
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xrefstyle="select: labelnumber nopage"/>-3.</emphasis></term>
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<listitem>
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<para><emphasis role="bold">For the NUMA or Associativity
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Information option:</emphasis> Differing levels of resource grouping represented in the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity”</literal></emphasis> property
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must reflect statistically repeatable differences in the expected mean of
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<para><emphasis role="bold">For the NUMA or Associativity
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Information option:</emphasis> Differing levels of resource grouping represented in the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity”</literal></emphasis> property
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must reflect statistically repeatable differences in the expected mean of
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measured performance.</para>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><emphasis role="bold">R1-<xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569346_90086"
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<term><emphasis role="bold">R1-<xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569346_90086"
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xrefstyle="select: labelnumber nopage"/>-4.</emphasis></term>
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<listitem>
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<para><emphasis role="bold">For the NUMA or Associativity
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Information option:</emphasis> The expected mean performance of any resource
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of a given type within the same grouping domain represented in the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity”</literal></emphasis> property relative to
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<para><emphasis role="bold">For the NUMA or Associativity
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Information option:</emphasis> The expected mean performance of any resource
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of a given type within the same grouping domain represented in the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity”</literal></emphasis> property relative to
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resources outside of that grouping domain must be substantially similar.</para>
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<para>The reason that the <emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity”</literal></emphasis>
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property may contain
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multiple associativity lists is that a resource may be multiply connected into
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the platform. This resource then has a different associativity characteristics
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relative to its multiple connections. To determine the associativity between
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any two resources, the OS scans down the two resources associativity lists in
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all pair wise combinations counting how many domains are the same until the
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first domain where the two list do not agree. The highest such count is the
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property may contain
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multiple associativity lists is that a resource may be multiply connected into
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the platform. This resource then has a different associativity characteristics
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relative to its multiple connections. To determine the associativity between
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any two resources, the OS scans down the two resources associativity lists in
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all pair wise combinations counting how many domains are the same until the
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first domain where the two list do not agree. The highest such count is the
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associativity between the two resources.</para>
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</section>
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<section xml:id="sec_numa_perf_distance">
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<title>Relative Performance Distance</title>
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<para>An OS applies its NUMA tuning techniques based upon associativity and
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relative performance distance attributes. As a guide to relative performance
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distance, RISC Platforms provide the <emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity-reference-points”</literal></emphasis>
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property. The information in this property represents a first order approximation to points
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having associativity and relative performance distance characteristics deemed
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<para>An OS applies its NUMA tuning techniques based upon associativity and
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relative performance distance attributes. As a guide to relative performance
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distance, RISC Platforms provide the <emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity-reference-points”</literal></emphasis>
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property. The information in this property represents a first order approximation to points
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having associativity and relative performance distance characteristics deemed
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to be of significant interest to optimizing client program performance.</para>
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<para>The contents of the <emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity-reference-points”</literal></emphasis>
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property is dependent upon the setting of the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,architecture-vec-5”</literal></emphasis>
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property byte 5 bit 0. The bit value of zero allows the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity-reference-points”</literal></emphasis> property string
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to indicate logical structure points; this form is being deprecated for new
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implementations in favor of the form indicated by the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,architecture-vec-5”</literal></emphasis>
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property byte 5 bit 0 having the value of one in which the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity-reference-points”</literal></emphasis> property string
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represents boundaries between associativity domains presented by the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity”</literal></emphasis> property containing
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<para>The contents of the <emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity-reference-points”</literal></emphasis>
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property is dependent upon the setting of the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,architecture-vec-5”</literal></emphasis>
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property byte 5 bit 0. The bit value of zero allows the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity-reference-points”</literal></emphasis> property string
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to indicate logical structure points; this form is being deprecated for new
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implementations in favor of the form indicated by the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,architecture-vec-5”</literal></emphasis>
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property byte 5 bit 0 having the value of one in which the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity-reference-points”</literal></emphasis> property string
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represents boundaries between associativity domains presented by the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity”</literal></emphasis> property containing
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“near” and “far” resources.</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><emphasis role="bold">R1-<xref linkend="sec_numa_perf_distance"
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<term><emphasis role="bold">R1-<xref linkend="sec_numa_perf_distance"
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xrefstyle="select: labelnumber nopage"/>-1.</emphasis></term>
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<listitem>
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<para><emphasis role="bold">For the NUMA or Associativity
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Information option:</emphasis> The RTAS OF device tree node must contain the
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<para><emphasis role="bold">For the NUMA or Associativity
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Information option:</emphasis> The RTAS OF device tree node must contain the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity-reference-points”</literal></emphasis>.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<section>
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<title>Form 0</title>
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<para>When the <emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,architecture-vec-5”</literal></emphasis>
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property byte 5 bit 0 has the value of zero, the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity-reference-points”</literal></emphasis> property defines
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reference points in the <emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity”</literal></emphasis>
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property (see <xref linkend="LoPAR.DeviceTree"/>) which roughly correspond to
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traditional notions of platform topology constructs. It is important for the
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user to realize that these reference points are not exact and their
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property byte 5 bit 0 has the value of zero, the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity-reference-points”</literal></emphasis> property defines
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reference points in the <emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity”</literal></emphasis>
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property (see <xref linkend="LoPAR.DeviceTree"/>) which roughly correspond to
|
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traditional notions of platform topology constructs. It is important for the
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user to realize that these reference points are not exact and their
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characteristics vary among implementations. </para>
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<para>The first integer in the <emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity-reference-points”</literal></emphasis>
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property relates the 1 based ordinal in the associativity lists of the platform’s
|
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity”</literal></emphasis> property associated
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with the traditional notion of a symmetric multi-processor within a NUMA
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platform. That is the level that represents building blocks of processors and
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<para>The first integer in the <emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity-reference-points”</literal></emphasis>
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property relates the 1 based ordinal in the associativity lists of the platform’s
|
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity”</literal></emphasis> property associated
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with the traditional notion of a symmetric multi-processor within a NUMA
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platform. That is the level that represents building blocks of processors and
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memory that have the following characteristics:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>An OS is likely to view all members having roughly uniform access
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<para>An OS is likely to view all members having roughly uniform access
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|
characteristics.</para>
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</listitem>
|
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<listitem>
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<para>Represents the highest level before an OS is likely to notice
|
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<para>Represents the highest level before an OS is likely to notice
|
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|
major Non-Uniformity of access.</para>
|
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</listitem>
|
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</itemizedlist>
|
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<para>The second integer in the <emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity-reference-points”</literal></emphasis>
|
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|
property relates the 1 based ordinal in the associativity lists of the platform’s
|
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity”</literal></emphasis> property associated
|
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|
with the traditional notion of a processor group which is sometimes packaged in
|
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|
|
a multi-chip module. A processor group has similar characteristics to an SMP,
|
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|
|
however, several processor groups get packaged densely within the same physical
|
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|
|
enclosure forming an SMP. While the intra processor group accesses are
|
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|
|
measurably greater than inter processor group accesses they are a second order
|
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|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
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|
<para>The second integer in the <emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity-reference-points”</literal></emphasis>
|
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|
|
property relates the 1 based ordinal in the associativity lists of the platform’s
|
|
|
|
|
<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity”</literal></emphasis> property associated
|
|
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|
|
with the traditional notion of a processor group which is sometimes packaged in
|
|
|
|
|
a multi-chip module. A processor group has similar characteristics to an SMP,
|
|
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|
|
however, several processor groups get packaged densely within the same physical
|
|
|
|
|
enclosure forming an SMP. While the intra processor group accesses are
|
|
|
|
|
measurably greater than inter processor group accesses they are a second order
|
|
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|
|
effect. </para>
|
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|
|
<para>Subsequent <emphasis>ibm,associativity-reference-points</emphasis> entries are reserved.</para>
|
|
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|
|
</section>
|
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|
|
<section xml:id="dbdoclet.50569346_82008">
|
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|
|
<title>Form 1</title>
|
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|
|
<para>When the <emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,architecture-vec-5”</literal></emphasis>
|
|
|
|
|
property byte 5 bit 0 has the value of one, the
|
|
|
|
|
<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity-reference-points”</literal></emphasis> property
|
|
|
|
|
indicates boundaries between associativity domains presented by the
|
|
|
|
|
<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity”</literal></emphasis> property containing
|
|
|
|
|
“near” and “far” resources. The first such boundary
|
|
|
|
|
in the list represents the 1 based ordinal in the associativity lists of the
|
|
|
|
|
most significant boundary, with subsequent entries indicating progressively
|
|
|
|
|
property byte 5 bit 0 has the value of one, the
|
|
|
|
|
<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity-reference-points”</literal></emphasis> property
|
|
|
|
|
indicates boundaries between associativity domains presented by the
|
|
|
|
|
<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativity”</literal></emphasis> property containing
|
|
|
|
|
“near” and “far” resources. The first such boundary
|
|
|
|
|
in the list represents the 1 based ordinal in the associativity lists of the
|
|
|
|
|
most significant boundary, with subsequent entries indicating progressively
|
|
|
|
|
less significant boundaries.</para>
|
|
|
|
|
<para><emphasis role="bold">Note</emphasis>: Platforms are encouraged to report
|
|
|
|
|
boundaries of actual significance. Thus if a platform has only a single
|
|
|
|
|
significant boundary to report, the preferred form of the
|
|
|
|
|
<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativ¬ity-reference-points”</literal></emphasis> would
|
|
|
|
|
contain a single entry. However, providing two or more entries that reference
|
|
|
|
|
the same associativity domains provides equivalent information and is a legal
|
|
|
|
|
<para><emphasis role="bold">Note</emphasis>: Platforms are encouraged to report
|
|
|
|
|
boundaries of actual significance. Thus if a platform has only a single
|
|
|
|
|
significant boundary to report, the preferred form of the
|
|
|
|
|
<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,associativ¬ity-reference-points”</literal></emphasis> would
|
|
|
|
|
contain a single entry. However, providing two or more entries that reference
|
|
|
|
|
the same associativity domains provides equivalent information and is a legal
|
|
|
|
|
representation.</para>
|
|
|
|
|
</section>
|
|
|
|
|
</section>
|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
|
<section xml:id="sec_numa_dr_cross_cec_io">
|
|
|
|
|
<title>Dynamic Reconfiguration with Cross CEC I/O Drawers</title>
|
|
|
|
|
<para>Should the configuration change in such a way that the associativity
|
|
|
|
|
between an OS image’s resources changes, the platform notifies the OS
|
|
|
|
|
<para>Should the configuration change in such a way that the associativity
|
|
|
|
|
between an OS image’s resources changes, the platform notifies the OS
|
|
|
|
|
via an event scan log. See <xref linkend="LoPAR.Error"/>. </para>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
|
<term><emphasis role="bold">R1-<xref linkend="sec_numa_dr_cross_cec_io"
|
|
|
|
|
<term><emphasis role="bold">R1-<xref linkend="sec_numa_dr_cross_cec_io"
|
|
|
|
|
xrefstyle="select: labelnumber nopage"/>-1.</emphasis></term>
|
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
|
|
|
<para><emphasis role="bold">For the NUMA or Associativity
|
|
|
|
|
Information option:</emphasis> If the platform configuration changes in such a
|
|
|
|
|
way that the associativity between an OS image’s resources might have
|
|
|
|
|
changed, the platform must notify the OS via an event scan or check exception
|
|
|
|
|
<para><emphasis role="bold">For the NUMA or Associativity
|
|
|
|
|
Information option:</emphasis> If the platform configuration changes in such a
|
|
|
|
|
way that the associativity between an OS image’s resources might have
|
|
|
|
|
changed, the platform must notify the OS via an event scan or check exception
|
|
|
|
|
log.</para>
|
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
|
@ -299,124 +299,130 @@ xml:lang="en">
|
|
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|
|
</section>
|
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|
|
<section xml:id="sec_numa_max_domains">
|
|
|
|
|
<title>Maximum Associativity Domains</title>
|
|
|
|
|
<para>Since the number of associativity domains that a platform may exhibit
|
|
|
|
|
is not apparent from the associativity properties presented at boot time, the
|
|
|
|
|
platform provides the <emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,max-associativity-domains”</literal></emphasis>
|
|
|
|
|
property in the <emphasis role="bold"><literal>/rtas</literal></emphasis> node of the device tree (see
|
|
|
|
|
<title>Maximum and Current Associativity Domains</title>
|
|
|
|
|
<para>Since the number of associativity domains that a platform may exhibit
|
|
|
|
|
is not apparent from the associativity properties presented at boot time, the
|
|
|
|
|
platform provides the
|
|
|
|
|
<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,max-associativity-domains”</literal></emphasis>
|
|
|
|
|
and the
|
|
|
|
|
<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,current-associativity-domains”</literal></emphasis>
|
|
|
|
|
properties in the <emphasis role="bold"><literal>/rtas</literal></emphasis> node of the device tree (see
|
|
|
|
|
<xref linkend="LoPAR.DeviceTree"/>).</para>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
|
<term><emphasis role="bold">R1-<xref linkend="sec_numa_max_domains"
|
|
|
|
|
<term><emphasis role="bold">R1-<xref linkend="sec_numa_max_domains"
|
|
|
|
|
xrefstyle="select: labelnumber nopage"/>-1.</emphasis></term>
|
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
|
|
|
<para><emphasis role="bold">For the NUMA or Associativity
|
|
|
|
|
Information option:</emphasis> The platform must provide the
|
|
|
|
|
<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,max-associativity-domains”</literal></emphasis> property in
|
|
|
|
|
<para><emphasis role="bold">For the NUMA or Associativity
|
|
|
|
|
Information option:</emphasis> The platform must provide the
|
|
|
|
|
<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,max-associativity-domains”</literal></emphasis>
|
|
|
|
|
and the
|
|
|
|
|
<emphasis role="bold"><literal>“ibm,current-associativity-domains”</literal></emphasis>
|
|
|
|
|
properties in
|
|
|
|
|
the <emphasis role="bold"><literal>/rtas</literal></emphasis> node of the device tree.</para>
|
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
|
</section>
|
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|
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|
|
|
|
<section xml:id="dbdoclet.50569346_88496">
|
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|
|
<title>Platform Resource Reassignment Notification Option (PRRN)</title>
|
|
|
|
|
<para>LoPAR platforms that implement the LPAR option are allowed to
|
|
|
|
|
transparently reassign the platform resources that are used by a partition. For
|
|
|
|
|
instance, if a processor or memory unit is predicted to fail, the platform may
|
|
|
|
|
transparently move the processing to an equivalent unused processor or the
|
|
|
|
|
memory state to an equivalent unused memory unit. However, reassigning
|
|
|
|
|
resources across NUMA boundaries may alter the performance of the partition.
|
|
|
|
|
When such reassignment is necessary, the PRRN option provides mechanisms that
|
|
|
|
|
inform the supporting OS of changes to the affinity among its platform
|
|
|
|
|
resources. It is expected that handling such notifications will involve
|
|
|
|
|
significant OS processing, therefore, changing affinity should be avoided, and
|
|
|
|
|
when it is necessary to change the affinity of several of the resources owned
|
|
|
|
|
by a partition, a single notification after all such changes have occurred is
|
|
|
|
|
<para>LoPAR platforms that implement the LPAR option are allowed to
|
|
|
|
|
transparently reassign the platform resources that are used by a partition. For
|
|
|
|
|
instance, if a processor or memory unit is predicted to fail, the platform may
|
|
|
|
|
transparently move the processing to an equivalent unused processor or the
|
|
|
|
|
memory state to an equivalent unused memory unit. However, reassigning
|
|
|
|
|
resources across NUMA boundaries may alter the performance of the partition.
|
|
|
|
|
When such reassignment is necessary, the PRRN option provides mechanisms that
|
|
|
|
|
inform the supporting OS of changes to the affinity among its platform
|
|
|
|
|
resources. It is expected that handling such notifications will involve
|
|
|
|
|
significant OS processing, therefore, changing affinity should be avoided, and
|
|
|
|
|
when it is necessary to change the affinity of several of the resources owned
|
|
|
|
|
by a partition, a single notification after all such changes have occurred is
|
|
|
|
|
preferred.</para>
|
|
|
|
|
<para>The OS and platform firmware negotiate their mutual support of the
|
|
|
|
|
PRRN option via the <emphasis role="bold"><literal>ibm,client-architecture-support</literal></emphasis>
|
|
|
|
|
interface (See <xref linkend="LoPAR.DeviceTree"/>). Should a partition be
|
|
|
|
|
migrated from a platform that did not support the PRRN option, the target
|
|
|
|
|
platform does not notify the partition’s OS of any PRRN events and, when
|
|
|
|
|
possible avoids changing the affinity among the partition’s resources.
|
|
|
|
|
Partitions that are about to be migrated complete/abort any in-process affinity
|
|
|
|
|
change processing prior to the migration, and if the target platform does not
|
|
|
|
|
support the PRRN option the partition will simply see no more PRRN
|
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<para>The OS and platform firmware negotiate their mutual support of the
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PRRN option via the <emphasis role="bold"><literal>ibm,client-architecture-support</literal></emphasis>
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interface (See <xref linkend="LoPAR.DeviceTree"/>). Should a partition be
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migrated from a platform that did not support the PRRN option, the target
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platform does not notify the partition’s OS of any PRRN events and, when
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possible avoids changing the affinity among the partition’s resources.
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Partitions that are about to be migrated complete/abort any in-process affinity
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change processing prior to the migration, and if the target platform does not
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support the PRRN option the partition will simply see no more PRRN
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events.</para>
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<para>A PRRN event is signaled via the RTAS <emphasis>event-scan</emphasis>
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mechanism, which returns a Hot Plug Event message “fixed
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part” (See <xref linkend="LoPAR.Error"/>) indicating “Platform
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Resource Reassignment”. In response to the Hot Plug Event message, the
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OS may call <emphasis>ibm,update-nodes</emphasis> to determine which resources
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were reassigned, and then <emphasis>ibm,update-properties</emphasis> to obtain
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<para>A PRRN event is signaled via the RTAS <emphasis>event-scan</emphasis>
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mechanism, which returns a Hot Plug Event message “fixed
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part” (See <xref linkend="LoPAR.Error"/>) indicating “Platform
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Resource Reassignment”. In response to the Hot Plug Event message, the
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OS may call <emphasis>ibm,update-nodes</emphasis> to determine which resources
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were reassigned, and then <emphasis>ibm,update-properties</emphasis> to obtain
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the new affinity information about those resources.</para>
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<para>The PRRN <emphasis>event-scan</emphasis> RTAS message contains only
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the “fixed part” with the “Type” field set to the
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value 160 and no Extended Event Log. The four (4) byte Extended Event Log
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Length field is repurposed, since no Extended Event Log message is included, to
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pass the “scope” parameter that causes the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>ibm,update-nodes</literal></emphasis> to return the nodes affected by the specific
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<para>The PRRN <emphasis>event-scan</emphasis> RTAS message contains only
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the “fixed part” with the “Type” field set to the
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value 160 and no Extended Event Log. The four (4) byte Extended Event Log
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Length field is repurposed, since no Extended Event Log message is included, to
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pass the “scope” parameter that causes the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>ibm,update-nodes</literal></emphasis> to return the nodes affected by the specific
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resource reassignment.</para>
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<para><emphasis role="bold">Requirements:</emphasis></para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><emphasis role="bold">R1-<xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569346_88496"
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<term><emphasis role="bold">R1-<xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569346_88496"
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xrefstyle="select: labelnumber nopage"/>-1.</emphasis></term>
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<listitem>
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<para><emphasis role="bold">For the PRRN Option:</emphasis>
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The platform must support the negotiation of the Associativity Information
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Option Control Platform Resource Reassignment Notification (Affinity Change)
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flag via the <emphasis role="bold"><literal>ibm,client-architecture-support</literal></emphasis>
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<para><emphasis role="bold">For the PRRN Option:</emphasis>
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The platform must support the negotiation of the Associativity Information
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Option Control Platform Resource Reassignment Notification (Affinity Change)
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flag via the <emphasis role="bold"><literal>ibm,client-architecture-support</literal></emphasis>
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interface.</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.50569346_88496"
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<term><emphasis role="bold">R1-<xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569346_88496"
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xrefstyle="select: labelnumber nopage"/>-2.</emphasis></term>
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<listitem>
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<para><emphasis role="bold">For the PRRN Option:</emphasis>
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If the client code did not claim support for the PRRN option via the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>ibm,client-architecture-support</literal></emphasis> interface the platform must not
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present PRRN events per section <xref
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<para><emphasis role="bold">For the PRRN Option:</emphasis>
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If the client code did not claim support for the PRRN option via the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>ibm,client-architecture-support</literal></emphasis> interface the platform must not
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present PRRN events per section <xref
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linkend="dbdoclet.50569346_88496"/>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><emphasis role="bold">R1-<xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569346_88496"
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<term><emphasis role="bold">R1-<xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569346_88496"
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xrefstyle="select: labelnumber nopage"/>-3.</emphasis></term>
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<listitem>
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<para><emphasis role="bold">For the combination of the PRRN
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and Partition Suspension Options:</emphasis> To avoid firmware function
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conflicts the client code must complete or abort any PRRN processing prior to
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<para><emphasis role="bold">For the combination of the PRRN
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and Partition Suspension Options:</emphasis> To avoid firmware function
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conflicts the client code must complete or abort any PRRN processing prior to
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exercising the Partition Suspension option.</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.50569346_88496"
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<term><emphasis role="bold">R1-<xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569346_88496"
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xrefstyle="select: labelnumber nopage"/>-4.</emphasis></term>
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<listitem>
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<para><emphasis role="bold">For the PRRN Option:</emphasis>
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The platform must inform the client code of platform resource reassignments via
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the <emphasis>event-scan</emphasis> RTAS mechanism with a “fixed
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part” only event return message as presented in <xref
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<para><emphasis role="bold">For the PRRN Option:</emphasis>
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The platform must inform the client code of platform resource reassignments via
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the <emphasis>event-scan</emphasis> RTAS mechanism with a “fixed
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part” only event return message as presented in <xref
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linkend="dbdoclet.50569346_37599"/></para>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><emphasis role="bold">R1-<xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569346_88496"
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<term><emphasis role="bold">R1-<xref linkend="dbdoclet.50569346_88496"
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xrefstyle="select: labelnumber nopage"/>-5.</emphasis></term>
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<listitem>
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<para><emphasis role="bold">For the PRRN Option:</emphasis>
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The platform must support the Platform Resource Reassignment scope (negative of
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the value contained in bits 32:64 of the RTAS Event Return Format (Fixed Part)
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for PRRN events) input parameter to input the
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<para><emphasis role="bold">For the PRRN Option:</emphasis>
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The platform must support the Platform Resource Reassignment scope (negative of
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the value contained in bits 32:64 of the RTAS Event Return Format (Fixed Part)
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for PRRN events) input parameter to input the
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<emphasis role="bold"><literal>ibm,update-nodes</literal></emphasis> RTAS call.</para>
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<entry>
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<para> The scope parameter to be input the <emphasis>ibm,update-nodes</emphasis> RTAS call
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to retrieve the nodes that were changed by selected “Hot Plug”
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to retrieve the nodes that were changed by selected “Hot Plug”
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events. </para>
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</entry>
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Jeff Scheel
5 years ago