Firmware Test Suite - version test
This test simply gathers the kernel version information, boot command line and ACPI versions. Typical output from this test is as follows:
Gather kernel system information. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Test 1 of 4: Gather kernel signature. Signature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-7.15-generic 3.8.0 Test 2 of 4: Gather kernel system information. Kernel Version: Linux version 3.8.0-7-generic (buildd@roseapple) (gcc version 4.7.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.7.2-21ubuntu3) ) #15-Ubuntu SMP Thu Feb 21 20:07:18 UTC 2013 Test 3 of 4: Gather kernel boot command line. Kernel boot command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-7-generic root=UUID=06ef3f46-f45f-4474-9644-8e2d392e9bf7 ro quiet splash pcie_aspm=force vt.handoff=7 Test 4 of 4: Gather ACPI driver version. ACPI Version: 20121018 ================================================================================ 0 passed, 0 failed, 0 warnings, 0 aborted, 0 skipped, 4 info only. ================================================================================
Examples:
fwts version -
Explanation of test results
Certain test results may require a little more explanation. This section will try and give some context to specific test failures.
Error ID |
Explanation |
KernelProcVersion |
Cannot get version info from /proc/version. Is /proc mounted? |
KernelACPIVersion |
Cannot get ACPI version info from /sys/module/acpi/parameters/acpica_version or /proc/acpi/info. Is /sys or /proc mounted? |