##### 8.5.4.11 Partition Attribute Self_Location

Except for the boot partition on which the boot server is located, a partition is reachable through a dynamically computed location (for instance, the partition looks for a free port when the protocol is tcp). The user may want such a partition to be reachable from a given location, especially if the user wants to make this partition a boot mirror. To do so, he can force the partition location with self_location feature.

         REPRESENTATION_CLAUSE ::=
            for PARTITION_IDENTIFIER'Self_Location use LOCATION;
          | for PARTITION_IDENTIFIER'Self_Location use LOCATION_LIST;

If the attribute definition clause applies to the predefined type Partition, the locations have to be incomplete. Otherwise, all the partitions would be reachable through the same locations, which is definitively not recommended.

When an attribute self_location definition clause applies to a given partition, the protocol units needed for this partition are linked in the executable. By default, when the self_location attribute is not redefined, the default protocol used by the partition and loaded in its executable is the tcp protocol.