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<appendix xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
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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="app_coherent_platform_facility_error_handling_recovery">
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<title>Coherent Platform Facility Error Handling and Recovery</title>
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<para>During the course of operation, a coherent platform function can encounter errors.
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Some possible reason for errors are:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Hardware recoverable and unrecoverable errors</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Transient and over-threshold correctable errors</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>This architecture is not meant to contain an exhaustive list of errors,
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implementations can vary.</para>
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<section xml:id="app_capi_error_states">
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<title>Error States</title>
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<informaltable frame="all" pgwide="1">
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<tgroup cols="3">
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<colspec colname="c1" colwidth="25*" align="center" />
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<colspec colname="c2" colwidth="10*" align="center" />
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<colspec colname="c2" colwidth="65*" />
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<thead valign="middle">
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<row>
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<entry>
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<para>
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<emphasis role="bold">State</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">Value</emphasis>
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</para>
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</entry>
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<entry align="center">
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<para>
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<emphasis role="bold">Description</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 valign="middle">
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<row>
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<entry>
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<para>Normal</para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para>1</para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para>Coherent platform function is operating normally. This is the
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default state.</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>Disabled</para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para>2</para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para>Coherent platform function is operating, but all process
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execution is disabled.</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>Temporarily Unavailable</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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<entry>
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<para>Platform has initiated error recovery and the coherent
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platform function is temporarily not available.</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>Permanently Unavailable</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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<entry>
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<para>Platform has encountered a fatal error with the coherent platform
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function. Recovery is impossible, without partition reboot, DLPAR
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re-assignment, system reboot or hardware replacement.</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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</informaltable>
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</section>
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<section xml:id="app_coherent_platform_function_state_transitions">
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<title>Coherent Platform Function State Transitions</title>
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<informaltable frame="all" pgwide="1" >
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<tgroup cols="5">
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<colspec colname="c1" colwidth="20*" align="center" />
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<colspec colname="c2" colwidth="20*" align="center" />
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<colspec colname="c3" colwidth="20*" align="center" />
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<colspec colname="c4" colwidth="20*" align="center" />
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<colspec colname="c5" colwidth="20*" align="center" />
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<thead valign="middle">
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<row>
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<entry morerows="1">
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<para><emphasis role="bold">Initial State</emphasis></para>
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</entry>
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<entry namest='c2' nameend='c5'>
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<para>Final State</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><emphasis role="bold">1</emphasis><?linebreak?>
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<emphasis role="bold">Normal</emphasis></para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para><emphasis role="bold">2</emphasis><?linebreak?>
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<emphasis role="bold">Disabled</emphasis></para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para><emphasis role="bold">3</emphasis><?linebreak?>
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<emphasis role="bold">Temporarily Unavailable</emphasis></para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para><emphasis role="bold">4</emphasis><?linebreak?>
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<emphasis role="bold">Permanently Unavailable</emphasis></para>
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</entry>
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</row>
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</thead>
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<tbody valign="middle">
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<row>
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<entry>
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<para>1<?linebreak?>Normal</para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<?dbhtml bgcolor="#87878a" ?><?dbfo bgcolor="#87878a" ?>
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<para> </para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para>Platform initiated action</para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para>Platform initiated action during recovery /
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H_CONTROL_<?linebreak?>CA_FUNCTION Read Error State</para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para>Platform detected permanent error</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>2<?linebreak?>Disabled</para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para>H_CONTROL_<?linebreak?>CA_FUNCTION / Reset or Partition Reboot /
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DLPAR re-assignment</para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<?dbhtml bgcolor="#87878a" ?><?dbfo bgcolor="#87878a" ?>
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<para> </para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para>Platform initiated action</para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para>Platform detected permanent error</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>3<?linebreak?>Temporarily Unavailable</para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<?dbhtml bgcolor="#dec69e" ?><?dbfo bgcolor="#dec69e" ?>
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<para>Not a valid transition, must go through state 2</para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para>Platform initiated action after recovery</para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<?dbhtml bgcolor="#87878a" ?><?dbfo bgcolor="#87878a" ?>
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<para> </para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para>Platform detected permanent error</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>4<?linebreak?>Permanently Unavailable</para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para>Partition reboot or DLPAR reassignment</para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<?dbhtml bgcolor="#dec69e" ?><?dbfo bgcolor="#dec69e" ?>
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<para>Not a valid transition</para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<para>H_CONTROL_<?linebreak?>CA_FACILITY / Reset</para>
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</entry>
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<entry>
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<?dbhtml bgcolor="#87878a" ?><?dbfo bgcolor="#87878a" ?>
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<para> </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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</informaltable>
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</section>
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<section xml:id="app_general_error_recovery_procedure">
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<title>General Error Recovery Procedure</title>
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<para>The following flow is a description of the general error recovery steps
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required to reset operation of the coherent platform function. This recovery
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is initiated by platform firmware or after an error is detected by the OS.</para>
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<orderedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>If necessary, platform firmware freezes OS MMIO access for coherent
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platform function, error information is col- lected and cached in platform
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firmware for later retrieval by OS.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Platform firmware terminates and removes all processes and disables
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coherent platform function if possible.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>The error state for the coherent platform function changes to
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Temporarily Unavailable.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Platform firmware resets and reconfigures hardware associated with
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coherent platform function.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Platform firmware unfreezes OS MMIO access and sets coherent
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platform function to Disabled.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>OS calls H_CONTROL_CA_FUNCTION with operation of “Read Error State”
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until it observes state of Disabled.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Optionally, OS collects any coherent platform function error data via
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H_CONTROL_CA_FUNCTION with operation of “Get Error Buffer” and “Get Error
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Log”.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>OS calls H_CONTROL_CA_FUNCTION with operation of “Get Download Status”
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in order to determine if a download is required for the coherent platform
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function, if so, OS performs the download. After the download the coherent
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platform function is still in Disabled error state.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>OS calls <emphasis>ibm,update-nodes</emphasis> and
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<emphasis>ibm,update-properties</emphasis> for the affected
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coherent platform facility in order to receive current configuration values.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>OS uses H_CONTROL_CA_FUNCTION with operation of “Reset” to change the
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coherent platform function error state back to Normal.</para>
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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</section>
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<section xml:id="app_os_application_detected_error">
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<title>OS Application Detected Error</title>
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<para>Application detects an error, using implementation dependent methods.</para>
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<orderedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Application detects an error and determines a reset is necessary.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Application asks the OS to perform a reset to the AFU.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>OS calls H_CONTROL_CA_FUNCTION with operation of “Reset”.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Platform firmware performs a reset to the coherent platform function.
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See H_CONTROL_CA_FUNCTION with “Reset” operation for details.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>OS receives return code from H_CONTROL_CA_FUNCTION indicating if the
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reset was successful.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>If necessary, the OS can performs a download of the coherent platform
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function via H_DOWNLOAD_CA_FUNCTION.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>OS then re-attachs process contexts as necessary and the application
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resumes normal operation.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>If Reset operation does not clear error, OS should signal serviceable
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error to HMC and discontinue use of coherent platform function.</para>
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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</section>
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<section xml:id="app_os_application_download">
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<title>Application Download</title>
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<para>There are some instances in which the OS would like to re-download a c
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oherent platform function in operation. This could be due to unexpected
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behavior or bad state.</para>
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<orderedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>OS resets the coherent platform function by calling
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H_CONTROL_CA_FUNCTION with operation of “Reset”. The reset
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clears the download state.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>OS performs download to coherent platform function using
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H_DOWNLOAD_CA_FUNCTION and after a successful download.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>OS calls <emphasis>ibm,update-nodes</emphasis> and
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<emphasis>ibm,update-properties</emphasis> for the affected
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coherent platform facility in order to receive current configuration values.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>OS can attach processes and proceed with operation.</para>
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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</section>
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</appendix>
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