Re: [PATCH 1/1] docs: adding NUMA documentation for pseries

2020-08-03 Thread Daniel Henrique Barboza

David,

This patch is breaking the build, as Greg mentioned below. Just sent
a v2 that works properly.

If you prefer you can squash this to the existing patch to fix it:


$ git diff HEAD^ docs/specs/index.rst
diff --git a/docs/specs/index.rst b/docs/specs/index.rst
index 426632a475..1b0eb979d5 100644
--- a/docs/specs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/specs/index.rst
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Contents:
 
ppc-xive

ppc-spapr-xive
+   ppc-spapr-numa
acpi_hw_reduced_hotplug
tpm
acpi_hest_ghes



Thank you Greg  for reporting it. This went under my radar completely.


Daniel


On 8/3/20 9:53 AM, Greg Kurz wrote:

On Mon, 3 Aug 2020 09:14:22 -0300
Daniel Henrique Barboza  wrote:




On 8/3/20 8:49 AM, Greg Kurz wrote:

On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 10:58:52 +1000
David Gibson  wrote:


On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 09:57:56AM -0300, Daniel Henrique Barboza wrote:

This patch adds a new documentation file, ppc-spapr-numa.rst,
informing what developers and user can expect of the NUMA distance
support for the pseries machine, up to QEMU 5.1.

In the (hopefully soon) future, when we rework the NUMA mechanics
of the pseries machine to at least attempt to contemplate user
choice, this doc will be extended to inform about the new
support.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Henrique Barboza 


Applied to ppc-for-5.2, thanks.



I'm now hitting this:

Warning, treated as error:
docs/specs/ppc-spapr-numa.rst:document isn't included in any toctree


How are you hitting this? I can't reproduce this error. Tried running
./autogen.sh and 'make' and didn't see it.



I do out-of-tree builds and my configure line is:

configure \
--enable-docs \
--disable-strip \
--disable-xen \
--enable-trace-backend=log \
--enable-kvm \
--enable-linux-aio \
--enable-vhost-net \
--enable-virtfs \
--enable-seccomp \
--target-list='ppc64-softmmu'


Checking what other docs are doing I figure that this might be missing:

$ git diff
diff --git a/docs/specs/index.rst b/docs/specs/index.rst
index 426632a475..1b0eb979d5 100644
--- a/docs/specs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/specs/index.rst
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Contents:
   
  ppc-xive

  ppc-spapr-xive
+   ppc-spapr-numa
  acpi_hw_reduced_hotplug
  tpm
  acpi_hest_ghes



Can you please check if this solves the error?



Yes it does ! Thanks !




Thanks,


Daniel




---
   docs/specs/ppc-spapr-numa.rst | 191 ++
   1 file changed, 191 insertions(+)
   create mode 100644 docs/specs/ppc-spapr-numa.rst

diff --git a/docs/specs/ppc-spapr-numa.rst b/docs/specs/ppc-spapr-numa.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00..e762038022
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/specs/ppc-spapr-numa.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+
+NUMA mechanics for sPAPR (pseries machines)
+
+
+NUMA in sPAPR works different than the System Locality Distance
+Information Table (SLIT) in ACPI. The logic is explained in the LOPAPR
+1.1 chapter 15, "Non Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) Option". This
+document aims to complement this specification, providing details
+of the elements that impacts how QEMU views NUMA in pseries.
+
+Associativity and ibm,associativity property
+
+
+Associativity is defined as a group of platform resources that has
+similar mean performance (or in our context here, distance) relative to
+everyone else outside of the group.
+
+The format of the ibm,associativity property varies with the value of
+bit 0 of byte 5 of the ibm,architecture-vec-5 property. The format with
+bit 0 equal to zero is deprecated. The current format, with the bit 0
+with the value of one, makes ibm,associativity property represent the
+physical hierarchy of the platform, as one or more lists that starts
+with the highest level grouping up to the smallest. Considering the
+following topology:
+
+::
+
+Mem M1  Proc P1|
+-  | Socket S1  ---|
+  chip C1  |   |
+   | HW module 1 (MOD1)
+Mem M2  Proc P2|   |
+-  | Socket S2  ---|
+  chip C2  |
+
+The ibm,associativity property for the processors would be:
+
+* P1: {MOD1, S1, C1, P1}
+* P2: {MOD1, S2, C2, P2}
+
+Each allocable resource has an ibm,associativity property. The LOPAPR
+specification allows multiple lists to be present in this property,
+considering that the same resource can have multiple connections to the
+platform.
+
+Relative Performance Distance and ibm,associativity-reference-points
+
+
+The ibm,associativity-reference-points property is an array that is used
+to define the relevant performance/distance  related boundaries, defining
+the NUMA levels for the platform.
+
+The definition of its elements also varies with the value of bit 0 of byte 5
+of the ibm,architecture-vec-5 property. The f

Re: [PATCH 1/1] docs: adding NUMA documentation for pseries

2020-08-03 Thread Daniel Henrique Barboza




On 8/3/20 9:59 AM, Peter Maydell wrote:

On Mon, 3 Aug 2020 at 13:15, Daniel Henrique Barboza
 wrote:

On 8/3/20 8:49 AM, Greg Kurz wrote:

I'm now hitting this:

Warning, treated as error:
docs/specs/ppc-spapr-numa.rst:document isn't included in any toctree


How are you hitting this? I can't reproduce this error. Tried running
./autogen.sh and 'make' and didn't see it.


We don't have an autogen.sh...



I intended to say ../configure and by force of habit I mentioned the Libvirt
one :(




Anyway, 'make' will build the documentation, but only if you have
the necessary tools installed. If you pass '--enable-docs' to configure
then it will error out if you're missing something rather than
its default of quietly not building the docs.


Thanks for the info. I used --enable-docs and discovered that I was missing
one of the doc packages. I'm seeing the error now.

Thanks,


DHB



thanks
-- PMM





Re: [PATCH 1/1] docs: adding NUMA documentation for pseries

2020-08-03 Thread Peter Maydell
On Mon, 3 Aug 2020 at 13:15, Daniel Henrique Barboza
 wrote:
> On 8/3/20 8:49 AM, Greg Kurz wrote:
> > I'm now hitting this:
> >
> > Warning, treated as error:
> > docs/specs/ppc-spapr-numa.rst:document isn't included in any toctree
>
> How are you hitting this? I can't reproduce this error. Tried running
> ./autogen.sh and 'make' and didn't see it.

We don't have an autogen.sh...

Anyway, 'make' will build the documentation, but only if you have
the necessary tools installed. If you pass '--enable-docs' to configure
then it will error out if you're missing something rather than
its default of quietly not building the docs.

thanks
-- PMM



Re: [PATCH 1/1] docs: adding NUMA documentation for pseries

2020-08-03 Thread Greg Kurz
On Mon, 3 Aug 2020 09:14:22 -0300
Daniel Henrique Barboza  wrote:

> 
> 
> On 8/3/20 8:49 AM, Greg Kurz wrote:
> > On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 10:58:52 +1000
> > David Gibson  wrote:
> > 
> >> On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 09:57:56AM -0300, Daniel Henrique Barboza wrote:
> >>> This patch adds a new documentation file, ppc-spapr-numa.rst,
> >>> informing what developers and user can expect of the NUMA distance
> >>> support for the pseries machine, up to QEMU 5.1.
> >>>
> >>> In the (hopefully soon) future, when we rework the NUMA mechanics
> >>> of the pseries machine to at least attempt to contemplate user
> >>> choice, this doc will be extended to inform about the new
> >>> support.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Daniel Henrique Barboza 
> >>
> >> Applied to ppc-for-5.2, thanks.
> >>
> > 
> > I'm now hitting this:
> > 
> > Warning, treated as error:
> > docs/specs/ppc-spapr-numa.rst:document isn't included in any toctree
> 
> How are you hitting this? I can't reproduce this error. Tried running
> ./autogen.sh and 'make' and didn't see it.
> 

I do out-of-tree builds and my configure line is:

configure \
--enable-docs \
--disable-strip \
--disable-xen \
--enable-trace-backend=log \
--enable-kvm \
--enable-linux-aio \
--enable-vhost-net \
--enable-virtfs \
--enable-seccomp \
--target-list='ppc64-softmmu'

> Checking what other docs are doing I figure that this might be missing:
> 
> $ git diff
> diff --git a/docs/specs/index.rst b/docs/specs/index.rst
> index 426632a475..1b0eb979d5 100644
> --- a/docs/specs/index.rst
> +++ b/docs/specs/index.rst
> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Contents:
>   
>  ppc-xive
>  ppc-spapr-xive
> +   ppc-spapr-numa
>  acpi_hw_reduced_hotplug
>  tpm
>  acpi_hest_ghes
> 
> 
> 
> Can you please check if this solves the error?
> 

Yes it does ! Thanks !

> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> Daniel
> 
> > 
> >>> ---
> >>>   docs/specs/ppc-spapr-numa.rst | 191 ++
> >>>   1 file changed, 191 insertions(+)
> >>>   create mode 100644 docs/specs/ppc-spapr-numa.rst
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/docs/specs/ppc-spapr-numa.rst b/docs/specs/ppc-spapr-numa.rst
> >>> new file mode 100644
> >>> index 00..e762038022
> >>> --- /dev/null
> >>> +++ b/docs/specs/ppc-spapr-numa.rst
> >>> @@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
> >>> +
> >>> +NUMA mechanics for sPAPR (pseries machines)
> >>> +
> >>> +
> >>> +NUMA in sPAPR works different than the System Locality Distance
> >>> +Information Table (SLIT) in ACPI. The logic is explained in the LOPAPR
> >>> +1.1 chapter 15, "Non Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) Option". This
> >>> +document aims to complement this specification, providing details
> >>> +of the elements that impacts how QEMU views NUMA in pseries.
> >>> +
> >>> +Associativity and ibm,associativity property
> >>> +
> >>> +
> >>> +Associativity is defined as a group of platform resources that has
> >>> +similar mean performance (or in our context here, distance) relative to
> >>> +everyone else outside of the group.
> >>> +
> >>> +The format of the ibm,associativity property varies with the value of
> >>> +bit 0 of byte 5 of the ibm,architecture-vec-5 property. The format with
> >>> +bit 0 equal to zero is deprecated. The current format, with the bit 0
> >>> +with the value of one, makes ibm,associativity property represent the
> >>> +physical hierarchy of the platform, as one or more lists that starts
> >>> +with the highest level grouping up to the smallest. Considering the
> >>> +following topology:
> >>> +
> >>> +::
> >>> +
> >>> +Mem M1  Proc P1|
> >>> +-  | Socket S1  ---|
> >>> +  chip C1  |   |
> >>> +   | HW module 1 (MOD1)
> >>> +Mem M2  Proc P2|   |
> >>> +-  | Socket S2  ---|
> >>> +  chip C2  |
> >>> +
> >>> +The ibm,associativity property for the processors would be:
> >>> +
> >>> +* P1: {MOD1, S1, C1, P1}
> >>> +* P2: {MOD1, S2, C2, P2}
> >>> +
> >>> +Each allocable resource has an ibm,associativity property. The LOPAPR
> >>> +specification allows multiple lists to be present in this property,
> >>> +considering that the same resource can have multiple connections to the
> >>> +platform.
> >>> +
> >>> +Relative Performance Distance and ibm,associativity-reference-points
> >>> +
> >>> +
> >>> +The ibm,associativity-reference-points property is an array that is used
> >>> +to define the relevant performance/distance  related boundaries, defining
> >>> +the NUMA levels for the platform.
> >>> +
> >>> +The definition of its elements also varies with the value of bit 0 of 
> >>> byte 5
> >>> +of the ibm,architecture-vec-5 property. The format with bit 0 equal to 
> >>> zero
> >>> +is also deprecated. 

Re: [PATCH 1/1] docs: adding NUMA documentation for pseries

2020-08-03 Thread Daniel Henrique Barboza




On 8/3/20 8:49 AM, Greg Kurz wrote:

On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 10:58:52 +1000
David Gibson  wrote:


On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 09:57:56AM -0300, Daniel Henrique Barboza wrote:

This patch adds a new documentation file, ppc-spapr-numa.rst,
informing what developers and user can expect of the NUMA distance
support for the pseries machine, up to QEMU 5.1.

In the (hopefully soon) future, when we rework the NUMA mechanics
of the pseries machine to at least attempt to contemplate user
choice, this doc will be extended to inform about the new
support.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Henrique Barboza 


Applied to ppc-for-5.2, thanks.



I'm now hitting this:

Warning, treated as error:
docs/specs/ppc-spapr-numa.rst:document isn't included in any toctree


How are you hitting this? I can't reproduce this error. Tried running
./autogen.sh and 'make' and didn't see it.

Checking what other docs are doing I figure that this might be missing:

$ git diff
diff --git a/docs/specs/index.rst b/docs/specs/index.rst
index 426632a475..1b0eb979d5 100644
--- a/docs/specs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/specs/index.rst
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Contents:
 
ppc-xive

ppc-spapr-xive
+   ppc-spapr-numa
acpi_hw_reduced_hotplug
tpm
acpi_hest_ghes



Can you please check if this solves the error?



Thanks,


Daniel




---
  docs/specs/ppc-spapr-numa.rst | 191 ++
  1 file changed, 191 insertions(+)
  create mode 100644 docs/specs/ppc-spapr-numa.rst

diff --git a/docs/specs/ppc-spapr-numa.rst b/docs/specs/ppc-spapr-numa.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00..e762038022
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/specs/ppc-spapr-numa.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+
+NUMA mechanics for sPAPR (pseries machines)
+
+
+NUMA in sPAPR works different than the System Locality Distance
+Information Table (SLIT) in ACPI. The logic is explained in the LOPAPR
+1.1 chapter 15, "Non Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) Option". This
+document aims to complement this specification, providing details
+of the elements that impacts how QEMU views NUMA in pseries.
+
+Associativity and ibm,associativity property
+
+
+Associativity is defined as a group of platform resources that has
+similar mean performance (or in our context here, distance) relative to
+everyone else outside of the group.
+
+The format of the ibm,associativity property varies with the value of
+bit 0 of byte 5 of the ibm,architecture-vec-5 property. The format with
+bit 0 equal to zero is deprecated. The current format, with the bit 0
+with the value of one, makes ibm,associativity property represent the
+physical hierarchy of the platform, as one or more lists that starts
+with the highest level grouping up to the smallest. Considering the
+following topology:
+
+::
+
+Mem M1  Proc P1|
+-  | Socket S1  ---|
+  chip C1  |   |
+   | HW module 1 (MOD1)
+Mem M2  Proc P2|   |
+-  | Socket S2  ---|
+  chip C2  |
+
+The ibm,associativity property for the processors would be:
+
+* P1: {MOD1, S1, C1, P1}
+* P2: {MOD1, S2, C2, P2}
+
+Each allocable resource has an ibm,associativity property. The LOPAPR
+specification allows multiple lists to be present in this property,
+considering that the same resource can have multiple connections to the
+platform.
+
+Relative Performance Distance and ibm,associativity-reference-points
+
+
+The ibm,associativity-reference-points property is an array that is used
+to define the relevant performance/distance  related boundaries, defining
+the NUMA levels for the platform.
+
+The definition of its elements also varies with the value of bit 0 of byte 5
+of the ibm,architecture-vec-5 property. The format with bit 0 equal to zero
+is also deprecated. With the current format, each integer of the
+ibm,associativity-reference-points represents an 1 based ordinal index (i.e.
+the first element is 1) of the ibm,associativity array. The first
+boundary is the most significant to application performance, followed by
+less significant boundaries. Allocated resources that belongs to the
+same performance boundaries are expected to have relative NUMA distance
+that matches the relevancy of the boundary itself. Resources that belongs
+to the same first boundary will have the shortest distance from each
+other. Subsequent boundaries represents greater distances and degraded
+performance.
+
+Using the previous example, the following setting reference points defines
+three NUMA levels:
+
+* ibm,associativity-reference-points = {0x3, 0x2, 0x1}
+
+The first NUMA level (0x3) is interpreted as the third element of each
+ibm,associativity array, the second level is the second element and
+the third level is the first element. Let's also consider that elements
+belonging to 

Re: [PATCH 1/1] docs: adding NUMA documentation for pseries

2020-08-03 Thread Greg Kurz
On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 10:58:52 +1000
David Gibson  wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 09:57:56AM -0300, Daniel Henrique Barboza wrote:
> > This patch adds a new documentation file, ppc-spapr-numa.rst,
> > informing what developers and user can expect of the NUMA distance
> > support for the pseries machine, up to QEMU 5.1.
> > 
> > In the (hopefully soon) future, when we rework the NUMA mechanics
> > of the pseries machine to at least attempt to contemplate user
> > choice, this doc will be extended to inform about the new
> > support.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Daniel Henrique Barboza 
> 
> Applied to ppc-for-5.2, thanks.
> 

I'm now hitting this:

Warning, treated as error:
docs/specs/ppc-spapr-numa.rst:document isn't included in any toctree

> > ---
> >  docs/specs/ppc-spapr-numa.rst | 191 ++
> >  1 file changed, 191 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 docs/specs/ppc-spapr-numa.rst
> > 
> > diff --git a/docs/specs/ppc-spapr-numa.rst b/docs/specs/ppc-spapr-numa.rst
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 00..e762038022
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/docs/specs/ppc-spapr-numa.rst
> > @@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
> > +
> > +NUMA mechanics for sPAPR (pseries machines)
> > +
> > +
> > +NUMA in sPAPR works different than the System Locality Distance
> > +Information Table (SLIT) in ACPI. The logic is explained in the LOPAPR
> > +1.1 chapter 15, "Non Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) Option". This
> > +document aims to complement this specification, providing details
> > +of the elements that impacts how QEMU views NUMA in pseries.
> > +
> > +Associativity and ibm,associativity property
> > +
> > +
> > +Associativity is defined as a group of platform resources that has
> > +similar mean performance (or in our context here, distance) relative to
> > +everyone else outside of the group.
> > +
> > +The format of the ibm,associativity property varies with the value of
> > +bit 0 of byte 5 of the ibm,architecture-vec-5 property. The format with
> > +bit 0 equal to zero is deprecated. The current format, with the bit 0
> > +with the value of one, makes ibm,associativity property represent the
> > +physical hierarchy of the platform, as one or more lists that starts
> > +with the highest level grouping up to the smallest. Considering the
> > +following topology:
> > +
> > +::
> > +
> > +Mem M1  Proc P1|
> > +-  | Socket S1  ---|
> > +  chip C1  |   |
> > +   | HW module 1 (MOD1)
> > +Mem M2  Proc P2|   |
> > +-  | Socket S2  ---|
> > +  chip C2  |
> > +
> > +The ibm,associativity property for the processors would be:
> > +
> > +* P1: {MOD1, S1, C1, P1}
> > +* P2: {MOD1, S2, C2, P2}
> > +
> > +Each allocable resource has an ibm,associativity property. The LOPAPR
> > +specification allows multiple lists to be present in this property,
> > +considering that the same resource can have multiple connections to the
> > +platform.
> > +
> > +Relative Performance Distance and ibm,associativity-reference-points
> > +
> > +
> > +The ibm,associativity-reference-points property is an array that is used
> > +to define the relevant performance/distance  related boundaries, defining
> > +the NUMA levels for the platform.
> > +
> > +The definition of its elements also varies with the value of bit 0 of byte 
> > 5
> > +of the ibm,architecture-vec-5 property. The format with bit 0 equal to zero
> > +is also deprecated. With the current format, each integer of the
> > +ibm,associativity-reference-points represents an 1 based ordinal index 
> > (i.e.
> > +the first element is 1) of the ibm,associativity array. The first
> > +boundary is the most significant to application performance, followed by
> > +less significant boundaries. Allocated resources that belongs to the
> > +same performance boundaries are expected to have relative NUMA distance
> > +that matches the relevancy of the boundary itself. Resources that belongs
> > +to the same first boundary will have the shortest distance from each
> > +other. Subsequent boundaries represents greater distances and degraded
> > +performance.
> > +
> > +Using the previous example, the following setting reference points defines
> > +three NUMA levels:
> > +
> > +* ibm,associativity-reference-points = {0x3, 0x2, 0x1}
> > +
> > +The first NUMA level (0x3) is interpreted as the third element of each
> > +ibm,associativity array, the second level is the second element and
> > +the third level is the first element. Let's also consider that elements
> > +belonging to the first NUMA level have distance equal to 10 from each
> > +other, and each NUMA level doubles the distance from the previous. This
> > +means that the second would be 20 and the third level 40. For the P1

Re: [PATCH 1/1] docs: adding NUMA documentation for pseries

2020-07-29 Thread David Gibson
On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 09:57:56AM -0300, Daniel Henrique Barboza wrote:
> This patch adds a new documentation file, ppc-spapr-numa.rst,
> informing what developers and user can expect of the NUMA distance
> support for the pseries machine, up to QEMU 5.1.
> 
> In the (hopefully soon) future, when we rework the NUMA mechanics
> of the pseries machine to at least attempt to contemplate user
> choice, this doc will be extended to inform about the new
> support.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Henrique Barboza 

Applied to ppc-for-5.2, thanks.

> ---
>  docs/specs/ppc-spapr-numa.rst | 191 ++
>  1 file changed, 191 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 docs/specs/ppc-spapr-numa.rst
> 
> diff --git a/docs/specs/ppc-spapr-numa.rst b/docs/specs/ppc-spapr-numa.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 00..e762038022
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/docs/specs/ppc-spapr-numa.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
> +
> +NUMA mechanics for sPAPR (pseries machines)
> +
> +
> +NUMA in sPAPR works different than the System Locality Distance
> +Information Table (SLIT) in ACPI. The logic is explained in the LOPAPR
> +1.1 chapter 15, "Non Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) Option". This
> +document aims to complement this specification, providing details
> +of the elements that impacts how QEMU views NUMA in pseries.
> +
> +Associativity and ibm,associativity property
> +
> +
> +Associativity is defined as a group of platform resources that has
> +similar mean performance (or in our context here, distance) relative to
> +everyone else outside of the group.
> +
> +The format of the ibm,associativity property varies with the value of
> +bit 0 of byte 5 of the ibm,architecture-vec-5 property. The format with
> +bit 0 equal to zero is deprecated. The current format, with the bit 0
> +with the value of one, makes ibm,associativity property represent the
> +physical hierarchy of the platform, as one or more lists that starts
> +with the highest level grouping up to the smallest. Considering the
> +following topology:
> +
> +::
> +
> +Mem M1  Proc P1|
> +-  | Socket S1  ---|
> +  chip C1  |   |
> +   | HW module 1 (MOD1)
> +Mem M2  Proc P2|   |
> +-  | Socket S2  ---|
> +  chip C2  |
> +
> +The ibm,associativity property for the processors would be:
> +
> +* P1: {MOD1, S1, C1, P1}
> +* P2: {MOD1, S2, C2, P2}
> +
> +Each allocable resource has an ibm,associativity property. The LOPAPR
> +specification allows multiple lists to be present in this property,
> +considering that the same resource can have multiple connections to the
> +platform.
> +
> +Relative Performance Distance and ibm,associativity-reference-points
> +
> +
> +The ibm,associativity-reference-points property is an array that is used
> +to define the relevant performance/distance  related boundaries, defining
> +the NUMA levels for the platform.
> +
> +The definition of its elements also varies with the value of bit 0 of byte 5
> +of the ibm,architecture-vec-5 property. The format with bit 0 equal to zero
> +is also deprecated. With the current format, each integer of the
> +ibm,associativity-reference-points represents an 1 based ordinal index (i.e.
> +the first element is 1) of the ibm,associativity array. The first
> +boundary is the most significant to application performance, followed by
> +less significant boundaries. Allocated resources that belongs to the
> +same performance boundaries are expected to have relative NUMA distance
> +that matches the relevancy of the boundary itself. Resources that belongs
> +to the same first boundary will have the shortest distance from each
> +other. Subsequent boundaries represents greater distances and degraded
> +performance.
> +
> +Using the previous example, the following setting reference points defines
> +three NUMA levels:
> +
> +* ibm,associativity-reference-points = {0x3, 0x2, 0x1}
> +
> +The first NUMA level (0x3) is interpreted as the third element of each
> +ibm,associativity array, the second level is the second element and
> +the third level is the first element. Let's also consider that elements
> +belonging to the first NUMA level have distance equal to 10 from each
> +other, and each NUMA level doubles the distance from the previous. This
> +means that the second would be 20 and the third level 40. For the P1 and
> +P2 processors, we would have the following NUMA levels:
> +
> +::
> +
> +  * ibm,associativity-reference-points = {0x3, 0x2, 0x1}
> +
> +  * P1: associativity{MOD1, S1, C1, P1}
> +
> +  First NUMA level (0x3) => associativity[2] = C1
> +  Second NUMA level (0x2) => associativity[1] = S1
> +  Third NUMA level (0x1) => associativity[0] = MOD1
> +
> +  * P2: associativity{MOD1, S2,