zfs-linux: FTBFS on arm64 and ppc64el

[Andy Whitcroft]

[Impact]
We are failing to build on both arm64 and ppc64el.

[Test Case]
Try building zfs-linux on arm64 or ppc64el.

[Andy Whitcroft (apw)]

Colin King has performed regression testing of ZFS for arm64 and ppc64el and confirms it to be functionally equivalent to x86.

[Colin Ian King (colin-king)]

Exhaustively Tested on:

arm64:
 fstests (POSIX tests) - passed
 xfs generic tests - passed
 zfs-tests - no regressions

ppc64:
 fstests (POSIX tests) - passed
 xfs generic tests - passed
 zfs-tests - no regressions
 stress-ng - I/O stress-ng tests against comprehensive mix of mount options - passed

[Chris J Arges (arges)]

Hello Andy, or anyone else affected,

Accepted zfs-linux into wily-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zfs-linux/0.6.4.2-0ubuntu1.1 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!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package zfs-linux - 0.6.4.2-0ubuntu1.1

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zfs-linux (0.6.4.2-0ubuntu1.1) wily; urgency=medium

  * Fix FTBFSs on ppc64el and arm64 (LP: #1513124):
   - ppc64el: drop endian override in powerpc architecture definition
     allowing both big and little endian builds.
   - zfs-initramfs -- this is only build on the indep architecture so only
     attempt to chmod the hook files if they are present.
   - arm64: reorder sys/types.h sys/param.h includes to avoid include ordering
     issues on arm64.

 -- Andy Whitcroft <email address hidden> Fri, 16 Oct 2015 13:57:18 +0100

[Chris J Arges (arges)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for zfs-linux 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.