Subject: Re: powerpc/nvram: Fix an incorrect partition merge

From: Stewart Smith <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2016 15:24:16 +1000

xinhui <[email-masked]> writes:
>> Has it always been broken?
>>
>
> no. after nvram partition corruption hit, all nvram partitions will be
> erased and re-alloc after the second machine reboot.
> I don't know who does it but i guess it is the firmware. :)

It is. PAPR says we format NVRAM when it's corrupted. This is also true
for NVRAM for PowerNV (not just pseries guest).

-- 
Stewart Smith
OPAL Architect, IBM.