Firmware Test Suite Features and Improvements

(PUT your thoughts here)

• low priority wish list:
  • LP#859568 method test could give references to ACPI specification when it detects non-compliant AML
  • LP#853875 battery test should sanity check _BTP via /proc/acpi/battery/*/alarm
  • remove the need to call lspci (we can just scan /sys/bus/pci/devices instead in most cases)
  • continue to get Coverity Scan warnings down (now just in the ACPICA components)
  • add the UEFI global variables for uefidump parser under UEFI 2.4 spec.
  • continue to integrate in ACPICA updates.
  • change test short descriptions from "Check ..." to "Test ..."
  • conditionally compile in Ubuntu specific code
• fwts-live
  • if the current version of live-build can build it?
    • current config is really old (live-build v2.x based)
  • move the config to a public git? (currently in a private bzr)
  • Bug #1223805 [FWTS-LIVE] fwts-efi-runtime-dkms does not generate the .ko
• debian packaging
  • Bug #1201250 [packaging] integrate fwts-test in the fwts package with dh_auto_test
• category tests
  • for example: fwts uefi (runs uefirtmisc uefirttime uefirtvariable) and fwts acpi (all acpi tests) and so on
• acpi
  • check current acpi methods and tables tests and improve them if needed
    • Secretary of ACPI 5.0 SIG showed interests of using fwts-live as ACPI test suite (like UEFI SCT)
• 12.04.04 support
  • kengyu does not how the RM is or whom to talk to about this.
  • kengyu is more confident to have the new fwts in Watauga3 (osp2)
  • tjaalton sugguests to quest a backport (precise-backports)

Release Schedule

Work items

(Each workitem will be reported as a bug in LP for tracking)