[ Installing debs on ppc64el works ]

root@lazy:/# wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.10/linux-image-4.10.0-041000-generic_4.10.0-041000.201702191831_ppc64el.deb
--2017-02-23 21:16:49--  http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.10/linux-image-4.10.0-041000-generic_4.10.0-041000.201702191831_ppc64el.deb
Resolving kernel.ubuntu.com (kernel.ubuntu.com)... 91.189.94.216
Connecting to kernel.ubuntu.com (kernel.ubuntu.com)|91.189.94.216|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 59612954 (57M) [application/x-debian-package]
Saving to: ‘linux-image-4.10.0-041000-generic_4.10.0-041000.201702191831_ppc64el.deb’

linux-image-4.10.0- 100%[===================>]  56.85M  2.23MB/s    in 39s

2017-02-23 21:17:29 (1.45 MB/s) - ‘linux-image-4.10.0-041000-generic_4.10.0-041000.201702191831_ppc64el.deb’ saved [59612954/59612954]

root@lazy:/# dpkg -i linux-image-4.10.0-041000-generic_4.10.0-041000.201702191831_ppc64el.deb
Selecting previously unselected package linux-image-4.10.0-041000-generic.
(Reading database ... 54943 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack linux-image-4.10.0-041000-generic_4.10.0-041000.201702191831_ppc64el.deb ...
Done.
Unpacking linux-image-4.10.0-041000-generic (4.10.0-041000.201702191831) ...
Setting up linux-image-4.10.0-041000-generic (4.10.0-041000.201702191831) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 4.10.0-041000-generic /boot/vmlinux-4.10.0-041000-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 4.10.0-041000-generic /boot/vmlinux-4.10.0-041000-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.10.0-041000-generic
Unsupported ioctl: cmd=0x5331
W: mdadm: /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf defines no arrays.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/unattended-upgrades 4.10.0-041000-generic /boot/vmlinux-4.10.0-041000-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-notifier 4.10.0-041000-generic /boot/vmlinux-4.10.0-041000-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub 4.10.0-041000-generic /boot/vmlinux-4.10.0-041000-generic
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinux-4.10.0-041000-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.10.0-041000-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinux-4.9.0-15-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.9.0-15-generic
  WARNING: Failed to connect to lvmetad. Falling back to device scanning.
  Found Ubuntu Zesty Zapus (development branch) (17.04) on /dev/sda2
  Adding boot menu entry for EFI firmware configuration
  done
root@lazy:/#

root@lazy:/# wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.10/linux-headers-4.10.0-041000-generic_4.10.0-041000.201702191831_ppc64el.deb
--2017-02-23 21:25:36--  http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.10/linux-headers-4.10.0-041000-generic_4.10.0-041000.201702191831_ppc64el.deb
Resolving kernel.ubuntu.com (kernel.ubuntu.com)... 91.189.94.216
Connecting to kernel.ubuntu.com (kernel.ubuntu.com)|91.189.94.216|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 923282 (902K) [application/x-debian-package]
Saving to: ‘linux-headers-4.10.0-041000-generic_4.10.0-041000.201702191831_ppc64el.deb’

linux-headers-4.10. 100%[===================>] 901.64K   862KB/s    in 1.0s

2017-02-23 21:25:37 (862 KB/s) - ‘linux-headers-4.10.0-041000-generic_4.10.0-041000.201702191831_ppc64el.deb’ saved [923282/923282]


root@lazy:/# wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.10/linux-headers-4.10.0-041000_4.10.0-041000.201702191831_all.deb
--2017-02-23 21:26:22--  http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.10/linux-headers-4.10.0-041000_4.10.0-041000.201702191831_all.deb
Resolving kernel.ubuntu.com (kernel.ubuntu.com)... 91.189.94.216
Connecting to kernel.ubuntu.com (kernel.ubuntu.com)|91.189.94.216|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 10340044 (9.9M) [application/x-debian-package]
Saving to: ‘linux-headers-4.10.0-041000_4.10.0-041000.201702191831_all.deb’

linux-headers-4.10. 100%[===================>]   9.86M  2.64MB/s    in 4.6s

2017-02-23 21:26:26 (2.16 MB/s) - ‘linux-headers-4.10.0-041000_4.10.0-041000.201702191831_all.deb’ saved [10340044/10340044]

root@lazy:/# dpkg -i linux-headers-4.10.0-041000*.deb
Selecting previously unselected package linux-headers-4.10.0-041000.
(Reading database ... 69913 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack linux-headers-4.10.0-041000_4.10.0-041000.201702191831_all.deb ...
Unpacking linux-headers-4.10.0-041000 (4.10.0-041000.201702191831) ...
Preparing to unpack linux-headers-4.10.0-041000-generic_4.10.0-041000.201702191831_ppc64el.deb ...
Unpacking linux-headers-4.10.0-041000-generic (4.10.0-041000.201702191831) over (4.10.0-041000.201702191831) ...
Setting up linux-headers-4.10.0-041000 (4.10.0-041000.201702191831) ...
Setting up linux-headers-4.10.0-041000-generic (4.10.0-041000.201702191831) ...
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