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powerpc-ibm-utils package

Update powerpc-utils for LE support

Bug #1359422 reported by bugproxy
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
powerpc-ibm-utils (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Adam Conrad
Trusty
Fix Released
High
Adam Conrad
Utopic
Fix Released
High
Adam Conrad

Bug Description

[Justification]
The powerpc-ibm-utils package is specific to IBM POWER servers. It is built for Ubuntu's powerpc and ppc64el architectures. However, the version in Ubuntu 14.04 lacks full support for running on a little-endian host (ppc64el); and because powerpc is a 32-bit host OS its usage on IBM POWER servers is minimal. This is a hardware-enablement SRU to fix behavior of powerpc-ibm-utils on ppc64el.

[Test case]
Proper functioning of powerpc-ibm-utils to be confirmed by IBM.

[Regression potential]
The new upstream version of powerpc-ibm-utils consists primarily of endianness fixes and build system changes, with a few minimal backwards-compatible changes to scripts. The current package is of minimal utility on powerpc and is known to work only partly on ppc64el. Risk of regression is negligible.

---Problem Description---
Updated package to support ppc64 little endian is available. This fixes various issues found with LE. Kindly update:
powerpc-utils 1.2.22
git://git.code.sf.net/p/powerpc-utils/powerpc-utils
http://sourceforge.net/projects/powerpc-utils/files/powerpc-utils/powerpc-utils-1.2.22.tar.gz/download

Machine Type = POWER8
Package name : powerpc-utils

Please update both 14.04 and 14.10 branch.

-Vasant

See original description
bugproxy (bugproxy)
tags: added: architecture-ppc64le bugnameltc-114746 severity-medium targetmilestone-inin1410
Luciano Chavez (lnx1138)
affects: ubuntu → powerpc-utils (Ubuntu)
Breno Leitão (breno-leitao)
Changed in powerpc-utils (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
assignee: nobody → Taco Screen team (taco-screen-team)
Steve Langasek (vorlon)
affects: powerpc-utils (Ubuntu) → powerpc-ibm-utils (Ubuntu)
Changed in powerpc-ibm-utils (Ubuntu Trusty):
assignee: nobody → Adam Conrad (adconrad)
Changed in powerpc-ibm-utils (Ubuntu Utopic):
assignee: Taco Screen team (taco-screen-team) → Adam Conrad (adconrad)
status: Confirmed → In Progress
importance: Undecided → High
Changed in powerpc-ibm-utils (Ubuntu Trusty):
status: New → In Progress
importance: Undecided → High
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package powerpc-ibm-utils - 1.2.22-1

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powerpc-ibm-utils (1.2.22-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release, with more little-endian fixes (LP: #1359422)

 -- Adam Conrad <adconrad@0c3.net> Fri, 03 Oct 2014 15:50:11 -0600

Changed in powerpc-ibm-utils (Ubuntu Utopic):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
bugproxy (bugproxy) wrote : Comment bridged from LTC Bugzilla

------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2014-10-15 13:31 EDT-------
I see requested version is available in 14.10 branch.

dpkg-query --list |grep powerpc
ii powerpc-ibm-utils 1.2.22-1 ppc64el utilities for maintenance of IBM PowerPC platforms

Lets wait until its included in 14.04 SP2 cycle (November?).

-Vasant

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bugproxy (bugproxy) wrote :

------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2014-11-11 11:09 EDT-------
Latest upstream version (v.1.2.23)

http://sourceforge.net/projects/powerpc-utils/files/powerpc-utils/powerpc-utils-1.2.23.tar.gz/download

-Vasant

bugproxy (bugproxy)
tags: added: targetmilestone-inin1504
removed: targetmilestone-inin1410
Revision history for this message
Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote : Please test proposed package

Hello bugproxy, or anyone else affected,

Accepted powerpc-ibm-utils into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/powerpc-ibm-utils/1.2.22-1~14.04 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

description: updated
Changed in powerpc-ibm-utils (Ubuntu Trusty):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
tags: added: verification-needed
Revision history for this message
Breno Leitão (breno-leitao) wrote :

Thanks Steve, I was able to verify and validate the latest release (1.2.22-1~14.04) in 14.04 -proposed repository. Thanks

tags: added: verification-done
removed: verification-needed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package powerpc-ibm-utils - 1.2.22-1~14.04

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powerpc-ibm-utils (1.2.22-1~14.04) trusty; urgency=medium

  * Straight backport to trusty for ppc64el hardware enablement.

powerpc-ibm-utils (1.2.22-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release, with more little-endian fixes (LP: #1359422)

powerpc-ibm-utils (1.2.21-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Adopt powerpc-ibm-utils, in conjuction with IBM (closes: #677761)
  * New upstream release, with several endianness and other bug fixes.
  * Define the new --threads-per-core option in our ppc64_cpu manpage.
 -- Adam Conrad <email address hidden> Fri, 16 Jan 2015 16:16:25 -0700

Changed in powerpc-ibm-utils (Ubuntu Trusty):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Chris J Arges (arges) wrote : Update Released

The verification of the Stable Release Update for powerpc-ibm-utils has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

bugproxy (bugproxy)
tags: removed: verification-done
bugproxy (bugproxy)
tags: added: targetmilestone-inin1410
removed: targetmilestone-inin1504
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