Please review and consider this debdiff to Xenial. It fixes the issue reported here.
== Before Patch == ubuntu@P8lpar4:~$ lscpu Architecture: ppc64le Byte Order: Little Endian CPU(s): 128 On-line CPU(s) list: 0-127 Thread(s) per core: 8 Core(s) per socket: 1 Socket(s): 16 NUMA node(s): 2 Model: 2.1 (pvr 004b 0201) Model name: POWER8 (architected), altivec supported Hypervisor vendor: horizontal Virtualization type: full L1d cache: 64K L1i cache: 32K NUMA node0 CPU(s): NUMA node2 CPU(s): 0-127 ubuntu@P8lpar4:~$ == After Patch == ubuntu@P8lpar4:~$ lscpu Architecture: ppc64le Byte Order: Little Endian CPU(s): 128 On-line CPU(s) list: 0-127 Thread(s) per core: 8 Core(s) per socket: 1 Socket(s): 16 NUMA node(s): 2 Model: 2.1 (pvr 004b 0201) Model name: POWER8 (architected), altivec supported Hypervisor vendor: pHyp Virtualization type: para L1d cache: 64K L1i cache: 32K NUMA node0 CPU(s): NUMA node2 CPU(s): 0-127 ubuntu@P8lpar4:~$ ** Patch added: "Fix to identify virtualization type correctly in Xenial on PowerPC" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+bug/1764628/+attachment/5252296/+files/fix-virtualization-type.debdiff ** Changed in: util-linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => In Progress ** Changed in: ubuntu-power-systems Status: Incomplete => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to util-linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1764628 Title: incorrect hypervisor and virtualization type reported in compat mode guest Status in The Ubuntu-power-systems project: In Progress Status in util-linux package in Ubuntu: In Progress Bug description: [IMPACT] In xenial lscpu prints the wrong "Hypervisor vendor" and "Virtualization type" on PowerVM or KVM systems. Incorrect hypervisor and virtualization type reported in ubuntu 16.04.04 guest running in P8compat mode on P9 boston-LC. [TEST] Curent output: ubuntu@P8lpar3:~$ dpkg -l "*util-linux*" Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-==============-============-============-================================= ii util-linux 2.31.1-0.4ub ppc64el miscellaneous system utilities un util-linux-loc <none> <none> (no description available) ubuntu@P8lpar3:~$ lscpu Architecture: ppc64le Byte Order: Little Endian CPU(s): 128 On-line CPU(s) list: 0-127 Thread(s) per core: 8 Core(s) per socket: 1 Socket(s): 16 NUMA node(s): 2 Model: 2.1 (pvr 004b 0201) Model name: POWER8 (architected), altivec supported Hypervisor vendor: pHyp Virtualization type: para L1d cache: 64K L1i cache: 32K NUMA node0 CPU(s): NUMA node4 CPU(s): 0-127 ubuntu@P8lpar3:~$ Expected Output: $ lscpu Architecture: ppc64le Byte Order: Little Endian CPU(s): 128 On-line CPU(s) list: 0-127 Thread(s) per core: 8 Core(s) per socket: 1 Socket(s): 16 NUMA node(s): 2 Model: 2.1 (pvr 004b 0201) Model name: POWER8 (architected), altivec supported Hypervisor vendor: pHyp Virtualization type: para L1d cache: 64K L1i cache: 32K NUMA node0 CPU(s): NUMA node4 CPU(s): 0-127 [Potential Regression] The fix changes the logic to how lscpu-dmi returns from read_hypervisor_dmi() this could introduce potential regression in platforms that has incorrect DMI information. [Other Info] ---uname output--- Linux guest 4.15.0-13-generic #14~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Sat Mar 17 03:03:53 UTC 2018 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux Machine Type = boston-LC ---Debugger--- A debugger is not configured ---Steps to Reproduce--- Incorrect hypervisor and virtualization type reported in ubuntu 16.04.04 guest running in P8compat mode on P9 boston-LC: root@guest:/tmp# lscpu Architecture: ppc64le Byte Order: Little Endian CPU(s): 2 On-line CPU(s) list: 0,1 Thread(s) per core: 2 Core(s) per socket: 1 Socket(s): 1 NUMA node(s): 1 Model: 2.2 (pvr 004e 1202) Model name: POWER8 (architected), altivec supported >> Hypervisor vendor: horizontal >> Virtualization type: full L1d cache: 32K L1i cache: 32K NUMA node0 CPU(s): 0,1 Stack trace output: no Oops output: no We test what is coming along with distro. If you are not able to see issue with : https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util- linux/2.27.1-6ubuntu3.5 .. can we get this included in 16.04.x train ? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-power-systems/+bug/1764628/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
