grub-install / powerpc-ibm-utils ofpathname does not support NVMe adapters

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== Comment: #0 - Mauricio Faria De Oliveira - 2016-03-16 13:43:06 ==
---Problem Description---
grub-install / powerpc-ibm-utils ofpathname does not support NVMe adapters

---Additional Hardware Info---
NVMe adapters

---Steps to Reproduce---
 Try ofpathname on a NVMe device/partitoin.
# ofpathname /dev/nvme<something>

Userspace tool common name: ofpathname

Userspace deb: powerpc-ibm-utils

== Comment: #1 - Mauricio Faria De Oliveira - 2016-03-16 13:45:20 ==
Hi Canonical,

The following patches submitted upstream for this problem apply/work fine on Ubuntu 16.04.
Attaching a debdiff.

https://github.com/nfont/powerpc-utils/pull/3

== Comment: #4 - Mauricio Faria De Oliveira - 2016-03-16 13:47:46 ==
@taco-screen-team please assign to @mathieu-tl (who's already submitted patches to powerpc-ibm-utils on the same area, for multipath devices)

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------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2016-03-21 09:33 EDT-------
Hi Canonical,

FYI, the patches have been accepted upstream in the next branch (March, 17 [1]).

[1] https://github.com/nfont/powerpc-utils/commits/next

[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox)]

Do we need to land this in 14.04 as well? The bug tags don't indicate it, but just in case ;)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package powerpc-ibm-utils - 1.2.26-2ubuntu2

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powerpc-ibm-utils (1.2.26-2ubuntu2) xenial; urgency=medium

  [ Mauricio Faria de Oliveira ]
  * Add support for NVMe logical/OpenFirmware device paths (LP: #1558263)
    - ofpathname-nvme-l2of.patch: NVMe: convert logical device path to
      OpenFirmware device path.
    - ofpathname-nvme-of2l.patch: NVMe: convert OpenFirmware device path
      to logical device path.

 -- Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <email address hidden> Mon, 21 Mar 2016 10:27:56 -0400

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------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2016-03-21 12:18 EDT-------
Hi @mathieu-tl,

Thank you!

No, thanks. Only 16.04 at this time :)