New Features

• ACPICA: Update to version 20170728
• New ACPI tests defined by ACPI 6.2
  • acpi: sdei: add ACPI SDEI test (mantis 1714)
  • acpi: pcct: refactor subspace to individual functions

  • acpi: pcct: update PCCT table to ACPI 6.2 (mantis 1659 & 1755)

  • acpi: dppt: add ACPI DPPT test (mantis 1795)
  • acpi: pptt: add ACPI PPTT test
  • acpi: hmat: add ACPI HMAT test (mantis 1705)
  • acpi: method: add _LSI test according to ACPI 6.2 (mantis 1721)
  • acpi: madt: Add support for ACPI 6.2
• New tests for SBBR
  • acpi: fadt: add SBBR compliance tests
  • acpi: madt: add SBBR compliance tests
  • acpi: spcr: add SBBR compliance tests
  • acpi: xsdt: add SBBR compliance tests
  • acpi: dbg2: add SBBR compliance tests
  • acpi: gtdt: add SBBR compliance tests
  • acpi: acpitables: add SBBR compliance tests
  • dmi: dmicheck: add SBBR compliance tests
  • acpi: method: add SBBR compliance tests
  • acpi: rsdp: add SBBR compliance tests
  • acpi: sbbr: sync up with new SBBR tests

Fixed Bugs

• dmicheck: fix dmi_reserved_bits_check function when size is 64
• acpi: pmtt: fix typo from pmmt to pmtt
• acpi: rasf: add ACPI RASF test
• acpi: remove "Linux-ready Firmware Developer Kit" from license header of files not derived from the LFDK
• opal: fix build error on Ubuntu 12.04 i386 with gcc 4.6.3
• lib: fwts_safe_mem: remove need to copy into a buffer
• acpi: bert: add safe memory read check on mmap'd memory
• acpi: hpet: add safe memory read check on mmap'd memory
• acpi: mcfg: add safe memory read check on mmap'd PCI config memory
• acpi: pcc: add safe memory read check on mmap'd PCC header
• bios: pciirq: add safe memory read check on mmap'd pci irq region
• bios: pnp: add safe memory read check on mmap'd memory region
• dmi: dmicheck: fix incorrect safe memory read check on DMI mmap'd region
• uefi: csm: add safe memory read check on mmap'd interrupt and option ROM regions
• fwts_safe_mem: workaround longjmp clobber warnings
• lib: fwts_smbios: use fwts_safe_memcpy to read SMBIOS entry
• lib: fwts_acpi_tables: re-work fwts_acpi_get_rsdp, less memory copies
• lib: fwts_safe_mem: really force reads
• lib: fwts_acpi_tables: unmap mem, fixes memory leak
• acpi: xsdt: fix build error on 32 bit systems
• acpica: fwts_acpica: fix linker issues on Fedora (LP: #1712572)
• acpi: method: Fix error message.

Detail Changelog

To check /usr/share/doc/fwts/changelog.Debian.gz or fwts_17.08.00-0ubuntu1.debian.tar.gz from https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fwts