13.11.00

New Features

  • acpi: method: add _CBA control method test (LP: #1249171)
  • acpi: method: add _CDM control method test (LP: #1249172)
  • acpi: method: add _CID control method test (LP: #1249174)
  • acpi: method: add _GAI control method test (LP: #1249894)
  • acpi: method: add _MSG control method test (LP: #1249939)
  • acpi: method: add _PMM control method test (LP: #1249941)
  • acpi: mcfg: Parse /sys/bus/pci rather than using lspci (LP: #1226615)
  • syntaxcheck: report IASL compiler remarks as low failures (LP: #1200606)
  • acpi: fadt: sanity check reset register settings (LP: #1230394)
  • ACPICA: update to version 20130927.
  • iasl: capture output from stderr to catch iasl fatal errors
  • pci: aspm: remove the need to run and parse lspci output (LP: #1227853)
  • lib: fwts_klog: Add ability to write message to kernel log
  • acpi: s3: add timings report for suspend/resume (LP: #1241638)
  • acpi: s3: add --s3-suspend-time and --s3-resume-time (LP: #1241638)
  • lib: add new PCI definitions
  • pci: aspm: use new fwts PCI defintions
  • pci: maxreadreq: don't use lspci to get PCI specific data (LP: #1244676)
  • bios: mtrr: don't use lspci to get PCI specific data (LP: #1244673)
  • wakealarm: use ioctl() interface as this more of a generic interface (LP: #1244184)
  • Tests: replace "check" with "test" in test name headings (LP: #1246650)
  • data: klog.json: Sync up with latest kernel 3.12 (LP: #1248499)
  • lib: Add PCI helper to return description of a device
  • lib: fwts_hwinfo: don't use external utils for H/W checks (LP: #1246646)
  • debian: control: remove some unrequired suggests
  • uefi: uefidump: Add support for DriverOrder (LP: #1237263)

  • uefi: uefidump: add support for Driver#### (LP: #1237263)
  • uefidump: add support for Key#### (LP: #1237263)
  • uefi: uefidump: add support for db, dbx, dbt... variables scan ()

  • uefi: uefidump: compare the SignatureType GUID and print out type for signature database parser ()

  • uefi: uefidump: add support for KEK, KEKDefault, PK, PKDefault global variables scan ()

  • acpi: brightness: use /sys/class/backlight interface (LP: #1250517)
  • acpi: brightness: break up brightness test (LP: #1250429)
  • acpi: method: add _UPD and _UPP control method tests (LP: #1251168)
  • acpi: syntaxcheck: non-x86 may have ACPI support (LP: #1251293)

Fixed Bugs

  • acpi: method: correct alphabetical order in comments to sync with acpi spec
  • acpi: method: add missing names to acpi-method list
  • lib: framework: report warning[s] correctly ()

  • lib: update copyright year. (LP: #1226590)
  • uefi: uefidump: add more checks to avoid buffer overruns (LP: #1239641)
  • uefi: uefidump: fix the boot load option Boot#### larger than Boot1000 doesn't be parsered (LP: #1225850)
  • Force to use automake1.11 to prevent FTBFS in Trusy (LP: #1250340)

Known Issues

  • can only build with automake 1.13 or older.

Detail Changelog

To check /usr/share/doc/fwts/changelog.Debian.gz or fwts_13.11.00-0ubuntu1.debian.tar.gz from https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fwts

FirmwareTestSuite/ReleaseNotes/13.11.00 (last edited 2013-11-15 16:14:12 by cpc3-craw6-2-0-cust180)