Firmware Test Suite 13.11.00 released

[Keng-Yu Lin]

Hi all:
  fwts 13.11.00 is released just now.

  The source tarball is available at
http://fwts.ubuntu.com/release/fwts-V13.11.00.tar.gz

  For Ubuntu users, the debs are available in the PPA
https://launchpad.net/~firmware-testing-team/+archive/ppa-fwts-stable

  The new release is also uploaded to Ubuntu 14.04 already.

  The release notes:

= 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 (LP:#1247749)
  * uefi: uefidump: compare the SignarureType GUID and print out type
for signature database parser (LP:#1247749)
  * uefi: uefidump: add support for KEK, KEKDefault, PK, PKDefault
global variables scan (LP:#1247749)
  * 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 (LP:#1223736)
  * 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


  cheers,
-kengyu