From sacadmin Wed Aug 22 12:40:53 2007 Received: from sunmail5.uk.sun.com (sunmail5.UK.Sun.COM [129.156.85.165]) by sac.sfbay.sun.com (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l7MJeqOi020816 for ; Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:40:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nwk-avmta-2.sfbay.sun.com (nwk-avmta-2.SFBay.Sun.COM [129.145.155.6]) by sunmail5.uk.sun.com (8.13.7+Sun/8.13.7/ENSMAIL,v2.2) with ESMTP id l7MJcE6T008304; Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:38:19 +0100 (BST) Received: from pmxchannel-daemon.nwk-avmta-2.sfbay.sun.com by nwk-avmta-2.sfbay.sun.com (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-3.04 (built Jul 15 2005)) id <0JN600603X7S9X00@nwk-avmta-2.sfbay.sun.com>; Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:38:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from brmea-mail-1.sun.com ([192.18.98.31]) by nwk-avmta-2.sfbay.sun.com (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-3.04 (built Jul 15 2005)) with ESMTP id <0JN60008HX7SD560@nwk-avmta-2.sfbay.sun.com>; Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:38:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fe-amer-06.sun.com ([192.18.108.180]) by brmea-mail-1.sun.com (8.13.6+Sun/8.12.9) with ESMTP id l7MJcGwS012748; Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:38:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from conversion-daemon.mail-amer.sun.com by mail-amer.sun.com (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) id <0JN600G01X374Y00@mail-amer.sun.com> (original mail from Narayan.Venkat@Sun.COM); Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:38:16 -0600 (MDT) Received: from [129.148.180.37] by mail-amer.sun.com (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPSA id <0JN60031UX7RXR94@mail-amer.sun.com>; Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:38:16 -0600 (MDT) Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:38:15 -0400 From: Narayan Venkat Subject: FWARC 2007/480: sun4v Cpu MD node property updates Sender: Narayan.Venkat@sun.com To: Firmware Arch Cc: Narayan Venkat , Wayne Mesard , hvrock-dev@sun.com Message-id: <6A3A6121-9525-4465-8671-DC864A96091A@sun.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-PMX-Version: 5.2.0.264296 Status: RO Content-Length: 1898 I am sponsoring this fast-track case for Wayne Mesard. This case adds optional properties to the sun4v Cpu node to inform the guest about underlying CPU features. This case will be approved for minor/micro/patch OS binding and minor/micro binding for the firmware. The document describing the new properties is available in the materials directory at, http://sac.sfbay.sun.com/arc/FWARC/2007/480/materials/one-pager.txt The brief description of the changes are: Name Tag Req'd? Description ---------------------------------------------------------------------- hwcap-list PROP_DATA No A list of strings identifying which ISA extensions are implemented in this processor. The currently defined values for constructing an 'hwcap-list' are: fjfmau","fmaf","ASIBlkInit","vis2", "vis","popc","v8plus", "fsmuld", "div32","mul32". [*] memory-model-list PROP_DATA No A list of strings identifying which memory models are supported, as per UA-2009 (or future revs of same) Appendix D (Formal Specification of the Memory Models). Currently defined values are: "tso", "rmo" and "wc". These are, respectively, "Total Store Order", "Relaxed Memory Order", and "Weak Consistency". From sacadmin Thu Aug 30 11:38:56 2007 Received: from sunmail3mpk.sfbay.sun.com (sunmail3mpk [129.146.11.52]) by sac.sfbay.sun.com (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l7UIctKQ023598 for ; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:38:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com (brm-avmta-1.Central.Sun.COM [129.147.4.11]) by sunmail3mpk.sfbay.sun.com (8.13.7+Sun/8.13.7/ENSMAIL,v2.2) with ESMTP id l7UIaEG1000032; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:36:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pmxchannel-daemon.brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com by brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-3.04 (built Jul 15 2005)) id <0JNL00L0JNOEJ500@brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com>; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:36:14 -0600 (MDT) Received: from brmea-mail-4.sun.com ([192.18.98.36]) by brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-3.04 (built Jul 15 2005)) with ESMTP id <0JNL0079KNODTGE0@brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com>; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:36:13 -0600 (MDT) Received: from fe-amer-09.sun.com ([192.18.108.183]) by brmea-mail-4.sun.com (8.13.6+Sun/8.12.9) with ESMTP id l7UIaDHk005228; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:36:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from conversion-daemon.mail-amer.sun.com by mail-amer.sun.com (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) id <0JNL00201NHEQZ00@mail-amer.sun.com> (original mail from Narayan.Venkat@Sun.COM); Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:36:13 -0600 (MDT) Received: from [10.0.248.246] ([129.150.65.14]) by mail-amer.sun.com (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPSA id <0JNL004PWNOAR4BJ@mail-amer.sun.com>; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:36:12 -0600 (MDT) Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:36:20 -0400 From: Narayan Venkat Subject: Re: FWARC 2007/480: sun4v Cpu MD node property updates In-reply-to: <6A3A6121-9525-4465-8671-DC864A96091A@sun.com> Sender: Narayan.Venkat@Sun.COM To: Firmware Arch Cc: Wayne Mesard , Narayan Venkat , hvrock-dev@Sun.COM Message-id: <5B491BDE-C320-4B4B-8351-E6C78BB85980@Sun.COM> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-PMX-Version: 5.2.0.264296 References: <6A3A6121-9525-4465-8671-DC864A96091A@sun.com> Status: RO Content-Length: 2210 Hi This case has timed out and hence is approved. I will update the IAM file. This case is approved for minor/micro/patch OS binding and minor/micro binding for the firmware. Thanks -Narayan On Aug 22, 2007, at 3:38 PM, Narayan Venkat wrote: > I am sponsoring this fast-track case for Wayne Mesard. This case > adds optional properties to the sun4v Cpu node to inform the guest > about underlying CPU features. > > This case will be approved for minor/micro/patch OS binding and > minor/micro binding for the firmware. > > The document describing the new properties is available in the > materials directory at, > > http://sac.sfbay.sun.com/arc/FWARC/2007/480/materials/one-pager.txt > > The brief description of the changes are: > > Name Tag Req'd? Description > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > hwcap-list PROP_DATA No A list of strings identifying > which ISA extensions are > implemented in this processor. > The currently defined values for > constructing an 'hwcap-list' are: > > fjfmau","fmaf","ASIBlkInit","vis2", > "vis","popc","v8plus", "fsmuld", > "div32","mul32". [*] > > memory-model-list > PROP_DATA No A list of strings identifying > which memory models are > supported, > as per UA-2009 (or future revs of > same) Appendix D (Formal > Specification of the Memory > Models). Currently defined > values > are: "tso", "rmo" and "wc". > These > are, respectively, > "Total Store Order", > "Relaxed Memory Order", and > "Weak Consistency". > >