[Bug 1491977] Re: update_flash fails on Ubuntu in PowerVM mode

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Title:
  update_flash fails on Ubuntu in PowerVM mode

Status in powerpc-ibm-utils package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  ---Problem Description---
  update_flash (PowerVM mode) from Ubuntu fails with a 'bad variable name'.
    
  ---uname output---
  Linux neo33-2 3.19.0-21-generic #21-Ubuntu SMP Sun Jun 14 19:33:37 UTC 2015 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux
   
  Machine Type = type_model=8247-22L
    
  ---Steps to Reproduce---
   # update_flash -f 01SV840_016_016.img 
  /usr/sbin/update_flash: 185: local: FW830.00: bad variable name

  If I comment out line 252 and run it again, things do work (but there
  is checking that doesn't happen in that case)

  #        echo_validate_return_status "$output"

  
  Upstream commit ID :

  commit 546174be41c74894126414515644888ed8b31584
  Author: Vasant Hegde <hegdevasant at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
  Date:   Wed Sep 2 10:23:21 2015 -0400

      update_flash: Fix bad variable issue
      
      Shells like dash throws error if we try to assign string with space
      without double quote. ex:
       local bug=ML FW830.00 FW830.00

  
  > [PATCH] update_flash: Stop kexec service before starting firmware update on
  > PowerVM LPAR

  I've posted this patch to upstream today...

  -Vasant

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