Bug 1157850

Summary: File command does not recognize kernel images on ppc64le
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Reporter: Mike Gahagan <mgahagan>
Component: fileAssignee: Jan Kaluža <jkaluza>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Karel Srot <ksrot>
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Priority: medium    
Version: 7.0CC: blc, jbastian, jfeeney, kdudka
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Hardware: ppc64le   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: file-5.11-23.el7 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2015-11-19 08:09:32 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Mike Gahagan 2014-10-27 21:02:35 UTC 
Description of problem:
File command does not recognize kernel images on ppc64le, instead it just shows them as ELF 64-bit object files

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
file-5.11-22.ael7a.ppc64le

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.file /boot/vmlinu*
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Actual results:
file vmlinuz-0-rescue-530839d186024aa99897faa25fc1a5d5 
vmlinuz-0-rescue-530839d186024aa99897faa25fc1a5d5: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, version 1 (SYSV), statically linked, BuildID[sha1]=0xce6fe29d08ce88aa655ea453ab57965b6005a93a, stripped
[root@ibm-p8-kvm-03-guest-05 boot]# file vmlinuz-3.10.0-191.ael7a.ppc64le 
vmlinuz-3.10.0-191.ael7a.ppc64le: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, version 1 (SYSV), statically linked, BuildID[sha1]=0xce6fe29d08ce88aa655ea453ab57965b6005a93a, stripped

Expected results:
similar to (from x86_64 system):
[m@localhost ~]$ file /boot/vmlinuz-*
/boot/vmlinuz-0-rescue-f4533630f4e24fa0a5a1101b4fbc65ec: Linux kernel x86 boot executable bzImage, version 3.10.0-48.el7.x86_64 (mockbuild.eng.bos.redhat.co, RO-rootFS, swap_dev 0x4, Normal VGA
/boot/vmlinuz-3.10.0-105.el7.bz1076077.2.x86_64:         Linux kernel x86 boot executable bzImage, version 3.10.0-105.el7.bz1076077.2.x86_64 (mockbuild.eng., RO-rootFS, swap_dev 0x4, Normal VGA
/boot/vmlinuz-3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64:                     Linux kernel x86 boot executable bzImage, version 3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64 (mockbuild.eng.bos.redhat.c, RO-rootFS, swap_dev 0x4, Normal VGA
/boot/vmlinuz-3.10.0-143.el7.x86_64:                     Linux kernel x86 boot executable bzImage, version 3.10.0-143.el7.x86_64 (mockbuild.eng.bos.redhat.c, RO-rootFS, swap_dev 0x4, Normal VGA
/boot/vmlinuz-3.10.0-185.el7.x86_64:                     Linux kernel x86 boot executable bzImage, version 3.10.0-185.el7.x86_64 (mockbuild.eng.bos.redhat.c, RO-rootFS, swap_dev 0x4, Normal VGA

Additional info:
Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2015-11-19 08:09:32 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2155.html