[Bug 1359422] Re: Update powerpc-utils for LE support

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Title:
  Update powerpc-utils for LE support

Status in powerpc-ibm-utils package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in powerpc-ibm-utils source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released
Status in powerpc-ibm-utils source package in Utopic:
  Fix Released

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

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