ppc64el: Need fix for exported OPAL functions

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Example of bad thing:

[ 95.307704] Oops: Exception in kernel mode, sig: 4 [#1]
[ 95.307869] SMP NR_CPUS=2048 NUMA PowerNV
[ 95.307923] Modules linked in: i2c_dev bnep rfcomm bluetooth 6lowpan_iphc joydev mac_hid ast ttm hid_generic drm_kms_helper usbhid drm hid syscopyarea at24 sysfillrect sysimgblt i2c_algo_bit uio_pdrv_genirq uio rtc_generic i2c_opal powernv_rng parport_pc ppdev lp parport mlx4_en vxlan uas usb_storage mlx4_core ahci libahci
[ 95.308294] CPU: 1 PID: 3017 Comm: test-i2c Not tainted 3.16.0-32-generic #42
[ 95.308346] task: c00000077fd35200 ti: c00000077fdbc000 task.ti: c00000077fdbc000
[ 95.308399] NIP: c0000007fe0b7c44 LR: 0000000000000000 CTR: c00000000006e86f
[ 95.308451] REGS: c00000077fdbf7a0 TRAP: 0e40 Not tainted (3.16.0-32-generic)
[ 95.308502] MSR: 9000000000081002 <SF,HV,ME,RI> CR: 28000022 XER: 00000000
[ 95.308599] CFAR: d00000000fcd08bc SOFTE: 1
GPR00: 000000000000006d c00000077fdbfa20 c0000007fe0c4948 0000000000000000
GPR04: 0000000000000001 c00000077fdbfb10 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
GPR08: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 c0000007fe0b7c38
GPR12: c0000007fe0b7c40 c00000000fb80900 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
GPR16: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
GPR20: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
GPR24: 0000000000000000 00000000ffff3819 0000000000000002 c000000784a20690
GPR28: c000000001422180 0000000000000001 0000000000000000 c00000077fdbfb10
[ 95.309272] NIP [c0000007fe0b7c44] 0xc0000007fe0b7c44
[ 95.309308] LR [0000000000000000] (null)
[ 95.309342] Call Trace:
[ 95.309364] [c00000077fdbfa20] [d00000000fcd00e0] i2c_opal_send_request+0x50/0x120 [i2c_opal] (unreliable)
[ 95.309435] [c00000077fdbfaf0] [d00000000fcd0500] i2c_opal_master_xfer+0xd0/0x1d0 [i2c_opal]
[ 95.309498] [c00000077fdbfb50] [c0000000007efd44] __i2c_transfer+0xb4/0x350
[ 95.309551] [c00000077fdbfbb0] [c0000000007f3b28] i2c_transfer+0xc8/0x160
[ 95.309604] [c00000077fdbfc30] [d0000000151906b0] i2cdev_ioctl_rdrw+0x180/0x340 [i2c_dev]
[ 95.309665] [c00000077fdbfcb0] [d000000015190dcc] i2cdev_ioctl+0x24c/0x370 [i2c_dev]
[ 95.309732] [c00000077fdbfd40] [c0000000002c9940] do_vfs_ioctl+0x470/0x780
[ 95.309786] [c00000077fdbfde0] [c0000000002c9d24] SyS_ioctl+0xd4/0xf0
[ 95.309839] [c00000077fdbfe30] [c00000000000a17c] syscall_exit+0x0/0x7c

$ git describe --contains 19d36c2152aaf093c97431b5b4d13d29305a63a3
v3.18-rc3~35^2~7

Sent SRU for Utopic.

Confirmed this was applied to mainline in the versions in vivid.

This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed-utopic' to 'verification-done-utopic'.

If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you!

Email from Benh verified this bug.

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 3.16.0-34.45

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linux (3.16.0-34.45) utopic; urgency=low

  [ Luis Henriques ]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1435400

  [ Andy Whitcroft ]

  * [Packaging] generate live watchdog blacklists
    - LP: #1432837

  [ Chris J Arges ]

  * [Config] Add ibmvfc to d-i
    - LP: #1416001

  [ John Johansen ]

  * SAUCE: (no-up): apparmor: fix mediation of fs unix sockets
    - LP: #1408833

  [ Seth Forshee ]

  * [Config] updateconfigs - enable X86_UP_APIC_MSI

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * cdc-acm: add sanity checks
    - LP: #1413992
  * x86: thinkpad_acpi.c: fixed spacing coding style issue
    - LP: #1417915
  * thinkpad_acpi: support new BIOS version string pattern
    - LP: #1417915
  * powernv: Use _GLOBAL_TOC for opal wrappers
    - LP: #1431196
  * Btrfs: clear compress-force when remounting with compress option
    - LP: #1434183
  * Btrfs: send, don't delay dir move if there's a new parent inode
    - LP: #1434223
  * [media] em28xx: fix em28xx-input removal
    - LP: #1434595
  * [media] em28xx: ensure "closing" messages terminate with a newline
    - LP: #1434595
  * [media] em28xx-input: fix missing newlines
    - LP: #1434595
  * [media] em28xx-core: fix missing newlines
    - LP: #1434595
  * [media] em28xx-audio: fix missing newlines
    - LP: #1434595
  * [media] em28xx-audio: fix missing newlines
    - LP: #1434595
  * [media] em28xx-dvb: fix missing newlines
    - LP: #1434595
  * [media] em28xx-video: fix missing newlines
    - LP: #1434595
  * ARM: pxa: add regulator_has_full_constraints to corgi board file
    - LP: #1434595
  * ARM: pxa: add regulator_has_full_constraints to poodle board file
    - LP: #1434595
  * ARM: pxa: add regulator_has_full_constraints to spitz board file
    - LP: #1434595
  * hx4700: regulator: declare full constraints
    - LP: #1434595
  * HID: input: fix confusion on conflicting mappings
    - LP: #1434595
  * HID: fixup the conflicting keyboard mappings quirk
    - LP: #1434595
  * ARM: dts: tegra20: fix GR3D, DSI unit and reg base addresses
    - LP: #1434595
  * megaraid_sas: disable interrupt_mask before enabling hardware
    interrupts
    - LP: #1434595
  * PCI: Generate uppercase hex for modalias var in uevent
    - LP: #1434595
  * usb: core: buffer: smallest buffer should start at ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN
    - LP: #1434595
  * tty/serial: at91: enable peripheral clock before accessing I/O
    registers
    - LP: #1434595
  * tty/serial: at91: fix error handling in atmel_serial_probe()
    - LP: #1434595
  * axonram: Fix bug in direct_access
    - LP: #1434595
  * btrfs: fix leak of path in btrfs_find_item
    - LP: #1434595
  * ksoftirqd: Enable IRQs and call cond_resched() before poking RCU
    - LP: #1434595
  * TPM: Add new TPMs to the tail of the list to prevent inadvertent change
    of dev
    - LP: #1434595
  * char: tpm: Add missing error check for devm_kzalloc
    - LP: #1434595
  * tpm_tis: verify interrupt during init
    - LP: #1434595
  * tpm: Fix NULL return in tpm_ibmvtpm_get_desired_dma
    - LP: #1434595
  * tpm/tpm_i2c_stm_st33: Fix potential bug in tpm_stm_i2c_send
    - LP: #1434595
  * tpm/tpm_i2c_stm_st33:...