Tag: FirmWare TestSuite

Firmware Test Suite 17.09.00 released

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FWTS 17.09.00 has been released. New UEFI, ACPI, and IPMI features. MANY bugfixes, see the full announcement.

New Features:
* ACPICA: Update to version 20170831
* dmi: dmicheck: Add BMC Interface Type definitions from IPMI spec
* lib: fwts_acpi_tables: add a new function to check Reserved field
* lib: fwts_acpi_tables: add a new function to check reserved bits
* efi_runtime: add resetsystem runtime service

http://fwts.ubuntu.com/release/fwts-V17.09.00.tar.gz
https://launchpad.net/~firmware-testing-team/+archive/ubuntu/ppa-fwts-stable
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FirmwareTestSuite/ReleaseNotes/17.09.00
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fwts

https://lists.01.org/pipermail/luv/2017-September/002089.html

 

FWTS 15.12.00 released

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Alex Hung of Canonical has announced the quarterly release of 15.12.00 of FirmWare TestSuite (FWTS). Besides updating to ACPICA to 20151124, it includes the following new features, including a handful of new UEFI features:

  * live-image/fwts-frontend-text: add a selection for recommended
  * data: klog.json: add in some more kernel error messages for 4.3
  * ACPI: Add ASPT test
  * lib: framework: allow mixed tests and test category options
  * fwts: framework: Add –log-level option
  * lib: fwts_uefi: add SD device path define
  * Boot path sync with UEFI spec. 2.5
  * uefibootpath: add test for the SD device path
  * uefidump: add dumping for the SD device path
  * lib: fwts_uefi: add efi bluetooth device path define
  * uefibootpath: add test for the bluetooth device path
  * uefidump: add dumping for the bluetooth device path
  * lib: fwts_uefi: add wireless device path define
  * uefibootpath: add test for the wireless device path
  * uefidump: add dumping for the wireless device path
  * lib: fwts_uefi: add ramdisk device path define
  * uefibootpath: add test for the ramdisk device path
  * uefidump: add dumping for the ramdisk device path

See full announcement for list of bugs fixed in this release.

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fwts
http://fwts.ubuntu.com/release/fwts-V15.12.00.tar.gz
https://launchpad.net/~firmware-testing-team/+archive/ubuntu/ppa-fwts-stable
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FirmwareTestSuite/ReleaseNotes/15.12.00

FWTS updated

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Ivan Hu of Canonical has announced the release of FWTS (FirmWare TestSuite), to 5.09.00. FWTS is a set of command line tools for Ubuntu-based and related Linux systems. It also includes a curses-based interface frontend, which is also the default UI to FWTS-live. FWTS is also included in LUV, the Linux UEFI Validation distribution, but it may be a few days until this latest release has been updated in LUV-live. The release features many bugfixes, as well as some new updates/features, including:

* Update ACPICA to version 20150717
* SMBios 3.0.0 tests supported
* acpi: add _CR3 test
* acpi: add _MTL test
* acpi: add _RST test
* acpi: add _PRR test
* dmicheck: SMBIOS 3.0.0 test

For more information, see the full announcement on the fwts-announce mailling list, and see the full changelog, /usr/share/doc/fwts/changelog.Debian.gz in the source tarball.

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fwts
http://fwts.ubuntu.com/release/fwts-V15.09.00.tar.gz
https://launchpad.net/~firmware-testing-team/+archive/ubuntu/ppa-fwts-stable
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FirmwareTestSuite/ReleaseNotes/15.09.00