Ivan Hu of Canonical has announced the release of FirmWare Test Suite (FWTS) version 16.02.00.
New Features:
* ACPICA: Update to version 20160212 (LP: #1545099)
* Full ACPI compliance testing for the FADT
* FADT: enable compiling on non-x86 architectures
* FADT: non-x86 machines need an FADT but x86 can survive without one
* FADT: disable SCI_EN and RESET_REG tests when in reduced hardware mode
* FADT: add in code to log basic info about the various FADT flag fields
* Add in bit masks for FACS flags.
* FADT: move log info out of test2, will provide it elsewhere
* ACPI: Add hypervisor ID field to FADT.
* FADT: minor cleanup and initial compliance tests
* FADT: expand the compliance test for FIRMWARE_CTRL fields
* FADT: expand compliance checks for DSDT and X_DSDT fields
* FADT: add compliance tests for reserved fields, PM profile, reduced hardware
* FADT: restructure test sequence around reduced hardware mode
* FADT: expand compliance tests for the SMI_CMD field
* FADT: add compliance tests for the ACPI_ENABLE and ACPI_DISABLE fields
* FADT: add compliance tests for S4BIOS_REQ and PSTATE_CNT fields
* FADT: extend and add PM address block compliance tests
* FADT: enhance compliance tests for GPE blocks
* FADT: add compliance test for the CST_CNT field
* FADT: add in compliance tests for C2/C3 latency fields
* FADT: add in SLEEP_CONTROL_REG and SLEEP_STATUS_REG compliance tests
* FADT: remove no longer useful variables from test1
* FADT: add safety checks for older versions of FADT
* acpi: method: add _PMC test
* acpi: method: add _PRT test
* acpi: method: add _RDI test
* acpi: method: add _LPI test
* data: klog.json: update to sync with 4.6 kernel changes
See the changelog or full announcement for the list of fixed bug:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fwts
http://fwts.ubuntu.com/release/fwts-V16.02.00.tar.gz
https://launchpad.net/~firmware-testing-team/+archive/ubuntu/ppa-fwts-stable
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FirmwareTestSuite/ReleaseNotes/16.02.00
http://wiki.osdev.org/FADT
