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New Features

• Since this release, fwts will be time-based released. The versioning also changes to fit the new release model. For the detail, please check FirmwareTestSuiteReleaseCadence

• acpica: update to ACPICA version 20130517
• cpu: cpufreq: make test more generic for non-x86 system
• lib: fwts_uefi: add the function to check the efivars interface existence
• dmi: dmi_decode: Add checks for frequent bad defaults on AMI firmware
• Add klog patterns to sync with 3.9 kernel changes
  • data: klog.json: Add ACPI video notify handler check
  • data: klog.json: Add ACPI video notify handler remove check
  • data: klog.json: Add checks for Intel Lynxpoint LPSS errors
  • data: klog.json: Add check for ACPI region field type error
  • data: klog.json: Add check for object repair or convert failure
  • data: klog.json: Add ACPI fixed event error checking

  • data: klog.json: Make ArgType a regex to match various similar strings

  • data: klog.json: Drop ACPI prefix, make patten a string match
  • data: klog.json: Bit offset pattern should be a regex not a string match

Fixed Bugs

• bios: mtrr: add uncached string for DEFAULT type
• lib: fwts_uefi: make vars work on recent kernels (LP: #1171617)
• cpufreq: use qsort to sort frequencies
• lib: fwts_uefi: modify the return value of the fwts_uefi_get_interface
• pci: maxreadreq: Audio device to chipset devices.
• doc/fwts.1 add in names of contributors to fwts
• uefi: uefidump: don't recurse forever on zero lengths (LP: #1174947)
• acpica: Fix for _INI regression.
• lib: framework: don't check for long string if src is NULL
• securebootcert: need to check the efivars interface existence while checking the variable db and kek
• data: klog.json: remove a redundant line break for "Evaluating _SRS"
• fix a number of code style problems
  • various source code tidy up and style fixes reported by Coverity
  • various memory leak bugs
• cpu: microcode: rewrite so we no longer need to load microcode (LP: #1120240)
• acpi: wakealarm: enable for non-x86 devices (LP: #1182630)

Known Issues

• None

Detail Changelog

• To check /usr/share/doc/fwts/changelog.Debian.gz or fwts_13.06.0-0ubuntu1.debian.tar.gz from https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fwts